Hi, John. I’m Jarvis, Sister District’s Organizing and Political Director.
Have you ever wondered how we decide which candidates to endorse? Well, that’s why I’m emailing you today!
Sister District has a vigorous candidate selection process, and I want to give you a peek behind the curtain. But this strategy is robust, and this email is longer than normal. So if you don’t have time to read it through today, but want to support our work, please pitch in $15 today.
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Now, let’s get into it!
There are over 7,000 state legislative seats in the United States, but only a handful are competitive, winnable, and strategic.
That’s why we first undertake a rigorous quantitative and qualitative analytic process to identify the most promising electoral opportunities for our volunteers. We then work with community members to refine our targets and find the most compelling candidates running in strategic, winnable districts who will help us build progressive power in state legislatures across the country.
Candidates are evaluated on a number of factors, including their community leadership history, public positions taken on policy issues, how well they reflect their district, the local and broader coalitions of support they have built, campaign staff quality, and the campaign’s interest in our support.
Sister District endorses candidates from all backgrounds, and we are particularly proud to prioritize supporting women, candidates of color, LGBTQ+ folks, candidates from nontraditional backgrounds, and others from diverse communities and backgrounds to build a democracy that reflects the full chorus of American voices.
To ensure our candidates match the values of our volunteer community, our candidates must pledge to:
- Protect and expand the legal right to abortion, dismantle barriers to reproductive health services, and pursue policies that create the conditions to achieve reproductive justice, where all people can choose to have a child, not have a child, and parent with dignity;
- Protect and expand our social safety net, not dismantle it;
- Pursue common-sense gun safety policies, consistent with the Second Amendment and local community standards, which vary from community to community;
- Protect all members of our diverse community, and ensure that everyone, including the most vulnerable, is treated with fairness, justice, and equality;
- Ensure that districts are drawn fairly and protect and expand the right to vote, so that everyone can have a voice in public policies that affect our lives;
- Protect our environment and believe climate change is real.
Once we have assessed the candidate, the filing deadlines and/or contested primaries have passed, and we have found a good match for a candidate among our Sister District team community, we announce our endorsements and work hand-in-hand with their campaigns through Election Day!
The work we do in planning for each cycle—including identifying and supporting progressive candidates in high-impact races—is powered by grassroots contributions. As we get ready to announce our next wave of endorsements, can you pitch in to keep our work going strong?
Thank you for reading!
Jarvis Houston
Organizing and Political Director
Sister District
P.S. If you’d like to reach the full breakdown of each step in our process, read the details of our candidate selection process here!
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