Dear,

KEY HOUSE ELECTION ALERT: A crucial toss-up special election in California next week could hand the Republicans a key House seat and put Trump one step closer to taking back the House of Representatives.

This is one of the key districts we helped flip in 2018, and we can win again. (Because of the pandemic, this is an exclusively vote-by-mail election.)

But there’s one big problem: With COVID-19 dominating the news, a lot of voters have no idea this election is even happening -- especially young people. And that gives Republicans a huge advantage.

Courage California is launching a text-message campaign to share our voter guide to make sure that voters know about this key race and mail in their ballots before the day of the election.

Will you donate $5 to help keep this crucial House seat blue?

Even Republicans admit that when voter turnout is high, they lose. That’s why they’ve spent decades doing everything they can to make it harder to vote -- and that’s why they have a built-in advantage in a special election that’s getting much less public attention than a close congressional race usually would.(1)

In this race, every vote will matter.

California Congressional District 25 is one of the most evenly balanced districts in the country. The district, which is north of Los Angeles, voted for Mitt Romney in 2012. But Hillary Clinton narrowly won in 2016.

Then, in the blue wave of 2018, Democrat Katie Hill defeated the Republican incumbent by a solid 7 points. However, Hill resigned last year, forcing a special election in the middle of a pandemic.

If voter turnout now is what it was in 2018, Democrats would be pretty much guaranteed to win. But that is just not going to happen in this off year -- unless we fight to make sure it does.

Our online voter guide was incredibly effective with young voters in March's primary election, and it’s an ideal tool to alert the voters who are most likely to drop off in a special election.

Let’s be clear: If Republicans take back the House, Trump will have no restrictions on his power whatsoever. And this is one of the key seats they absolutely must win to take back the House.

Courage California helped lead the way toward flipping this seat to blue in 2018, and with your help, we can keep it blue in next week’s special election. Will you chip in $5?

Yes, I'll donate $5 to help alert voters about this crucial special election and stop Republicans from taking back the House of Representatives.

Yours in the fight for our democracy,

Eddie, along with Angela, Anne, Brian, Caitlin, Deepthi, Gabby, Jay, Lindsay, Molly, and Raquel (the Courage team)

Footnote:
1. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/30/trump-republican-party-voting-reform-coronavirus