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👋 Welcome to the November edition of The Sister District Dispatch! Every month, we’ll catch you up on the latest election news and keep you informed on our collective fight to win permanent progressive power in the states. 

As we reflect on this election season, we want to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude to our incredible community of over 90,000 volunteers and supporters. Your tireless efforts — making phone calls, knocking on doors, writing postcards, and contributing grassroots dollars — are the engine behind this movement. 

Together, you’ve helped make meaningful gains in our state legislatures — precisely when we need it the most. We truly couldn’t do this work without you. Thank you for being the beating heart of Sister District! 

Keep reading to learn more about our 2024 wins! 
 

🎉  We won critical elections — and we’re ready to keep fighting! 

Another Trump presidency is tough news, but together, we’ve faced these challenges before—and we’ll do it again. And while we fought hard to stop this presidential outcome, there’s a lot to celebrate in state legislative races.

Sister District has helped elect 31 exceptional candidates to battleground state legislatures―where their determination and hard work will be critical to defending our progress, rights, and democracy itself in coming years. 

Our nationwide, grassroots community stepped up fearlessly in 2024, driving record-breaking field support for Sister District candidates that included 2 million dials, 85,000 postcards, and 9,000 door knocks as well as $1.4+ million in donations to their campaigns. Because of supporters like you, the following Sister District candidates have won their hard-fought races:

Arizona: Kevin Volk (LD-17 House), Lorena Austin (LD-9 House), Eva Burch (LD-9 Senate)
Georgia: Michelle Au (HD-50), Jasmine Clark (HD-108)
Michigan: Betsy Coffia (HD-103), Mai Xiong (HD-13), Carol Granville (HD-84)
Minnesota: Ann Johnson Stewart (SD-45), Lucille Rehm (HD-48B), Kari Rehrauer (HD-35B)
New Hampshire: Rosemarie Rung (Hillsborough 12), Catherine Rombeau (Hillsborough 02), Alissandra Murray (Hillsborough 20)
Nevada: Daniele Monroe-Moreno (AD-1), Brittney Miller (AD-5) 
North Carolina: Lisa Grafstein (SD-13), Dante Pittman (HD-24), Woodson Bradley (SD-42)
Pennsylvania: Patty Kim (SD-15), Mandy Steele (HD-33), Arvind Venkat (HD-30)
Wisconsin: Sarah Keyeski (SD-14), Robyn Vining (AD-13), Lee Snodgrass (AD-52), Kristin Alfheim (SD-18), Amaad Rivera Wagner (AD-90), Jodi Habush Sinykin (SD-8), Angelina Cruz (AD-62), Greta Neubauer (AD-66), Lori Palmeri (AD-54)

These wins resulted in some important chamber victories, including holding the MN Senate and PA House and breaking Republican supermajorities in the NC House and WI Senate! 

A number of our candidates are also pioneering representation as historic firsts in their state legislatures:

  • Lorena Austin is the first non-binary person to be re-elected to the AZ House.
  • Patty Kim is the first AAPI woman in the PA Senate.
  • Kristin Alfheim is the first openly LGBTQ woman to serve in the WI Senate.
  • Mai Xiong is the first Hmong American elected to the MI Assembly.
  • Amaad Rivera-Wagner is the first out gay Black man elected to the WI state legislature.
  • Lisa Grafstein continues to be the only out LGBTQ woman in the NC Senate.

Watch our 2024 Post-Election Debrief for a deeper dive into election outcomes and an inside look at how our community mobilized to deliver wins up and down the ballot this year!
 

🎟️  Fight for Our Future: It Starts with States

The 2024 Election may be over, but our work continues! Join Sister District on Sunday, December 10, for Fight for Our Future: It Starts with States. 


This virtual event is an opportunity to come together with fellow activists, reflect on the road ahead, and learn how strategic organizing can help build progressive power in the states. Don’t miss this chance to recharge and recommit to the fight. 


RSVP here — and be sure to invite friends and family to help expand our movement and strengthen our fight to build progressive power.
 

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That’s it until next month! Sister District members like you are essential to our movement — and there’s no doubt with your help, we’ll continue to achieve historic and momentous victories for progressives in states everywhere. 

 

Thank you for reading, and we hope you have a restful Thanksgiving break, John. 
 

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