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Hello there! My name is Jake Mellen and I am the Political Associate on staff for the Forward Party. I joined the Forward movement in 2023 as a volunteer in Colorado. Within a few weeks, I understood just how important our work was and knew I had to do everything I could to help it. It has been a privilege to meet with people who stepped up in 2024 to run for office and provide better leadership. Candidates are the backbone of our movement, and I am looking further to diving into more conversations in 2025!
What Went Well
The 2024 election was a monumental step for the Forward Party. We had organic interest from over 1,000 candidates who signed up to run as a Forward candidate or affiliate. We endorsed 125 candidates in the general election and were able to publish some incredible cross-party slates to promote our affiliates.
Lessons Learned
Despite our success, there is a lot more work to be done. We learned that we need to streamline our candidate recruitment pipeline and strengthen our support system.?
These are our thoughts from 2024, but we want to hear from you! Please head to this link and fill out your thoughts on lessons learned, the direction the party should head in, and projects we should tackle! We will read them all, and we will highlight our top 10, along with the people who submitted them, in early January as our New Years Resolutions. <[link removed]>
2025 Projects
In 2025, we will be updating & revising our candidates' process from intake to first conversation through our initial communications outreach. We will also work to increase & improve upon our phone and text banking initiative, where we made over 200,000 contacts in the month of October.?
If you're still feeling the season of giving, consider donating to Forward this season!
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Happy Holidays,
Jake Mellen
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