I just got a thank you e-mail from Kyrsten Sinima (D candidate for Arizona senate).

[LAS14]

But I don't recall donating to her campaign. I don't even recall knowing her name. She was unopposed in the primary, so why would I have donated?

What's up? Anyone know?

tia
las

[brooklynite]

1. Donation acknowledgements are always by letter

Sometimes a campaign will send a generic "thank you for your (collective) support" message to everyone on their email list when they hit a fundraising goal.

[nycbos]

2. Have you ever donated to a Democrat in Arizona before?

[LAS14]

7. I don't think so. Several to Rosen in Nevada. nt

[nycbos]

9. Maybe some state party shared an email list with AZ

[Coventina]

3. She was not unopposed. There was another Dem candidate.

As to why you got a thank you, I cannot say.

[sweetloukillbot]

4. She wasn't unopposed

Dedra Aboud ran against her but got demolished.

[imanamerican63]

5. It could have a data based group email too?

[sweetloukillbot]

6. I have gotten thank yous from Dems in CA

And ones outside my district in AZ. I’ve gotten a lot more as well. I think it’s from Obama’s mailing list.

[LAS14]

8. Now that I think about it, it mentions my support and my contribution, but...

... doesn't explicitly mention money. It's clearly a generic "thank you" to some mailing list. But you'd think they wouldn't send such a letter to a mailing list that includes people who haven't explicitly supported her. In this case no harm. But it does remind me of how careful we have to be about unsolicited communications.... even from good Democrats. I could have been tipped over the edge to thinking I had donated and clicking the DONATE button.