Hi there,

I hope you and your family are safe and well. Chasten and I are at home in South Bend, practicing physical distancing, finding ways to share good information and supporting our community in staying safe and healthy. 

Meanwhile, we continue to remain in touch with the extraordinary community that we have built. I know from speaking to many of you that our supporters are eager for ways to continue furthering the values that drove our campaign. In that spirit, today I’m pleased to share with you that we have established Win the Era PAC -- a new way for us to make a positive impact. 

This is a big part of how we’ll continue the work we started with the campaign, and it’s only possible because of your hard work and our shared vision for the country.

Our nation and world are in a period of upheaval right now, which will make it more important than ever to support and elect good leaders this November and into the future. 

In a time of national crisis, there is more need than ever for a politics of belonging, defined not by who we push out, but by how we can call one another to our highest values. 

This is not only a question of replacing the current president and doing away with the division and cruelty that have characterized the Trump era, but also ensuring we have strong leaders at every level of government. In the past few weeks especially, we’ve seen the importance of our institutions and the reality that local and state leadership is extremely important. 

In the future, Win the Era PAC will be rolling out a series of endorsements of candidates who we believe embody our values and deserve your consideration. 

I have encountered extraordinary leaders during my time in office and campaigning, and look forward to supporting many of them. Many of America’s most promising emerging leaders are not always well known, so I’d also love to hear from you, Team Pete. Are you supporting a candidate (for any office) who you think we should pay attention to? If so, please click here and tell us why you believe in them.

In particular, we will be seeking out candidates and campaigns who reflect these values and characteristics: 

• Generational leadership: We will support candidates who represent a successor generation of leadership, and those who advocate and lift up the issues facing this and subsequent generations with a vision for a better future through real structural reform.
• Building belonging: The Democratic Party comprises Americans of every race, background, sexual orientation, gender identity, belief and ability. These voices are too often lacking in local, state, and national representation. We will lift up candidates who reflect the values of our party and the breadth of our country. 
• Pioneering campaigns: We will pay special attention to Democratic candidates competing and campaigning in typically conservative areas, especially areas with emerging diversity in the electorate not yet reflected in leadership. We remain convinced that there is no such thing as a permanently “red” state, district, or precinct.
• Substance and policy: We will seek out candidates and leaders who propose and support meaningful, bold policies to reform what must change in our political and economic system. We are looking for the architects of the kind of 2020s we must create in order for life to be better in the 2050s. This includes serious democratic reform, major climate action, and economic policies that empower workers, address systemic racism, and deliver real equity in our time.
• Personal qualities: We will seek out candidates who model the values and spirit of the Pete for America campaign. This includes a focus on our Rules of the Road: respect, teamwork, belonging, responsibility, boldness, truth, substance, excellence, discipline, and joy. Simply put: People in it for the right reasons, exhibiting empathy and service, will draw our support.

If you know (or if you are!) a candidate who reflects these qualities, please send us a note by clicking here and filling out this form.

I’m eager to hear from you, and more motivated than ever before to do everything I can to help Democrats win in November. As painful of a time as this is in our country, I also draw great hope from knowing what we can achieve together in the name of what we believe. 

Thank you, 

Pete