Dear MoveOn member,
The Democratic Party has been searching for a path back to power. They got it Tuesday night in Zohran Mamdani's seismic victory in the Democratic primary for mayor of America's largest city.
Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, ran a bold, unapologetically progressive, and joyful campaign laser-focused on making New York City affordable for working people.1
Voters came out in record numbers despite scorching heat to vote for Mamdani. In fact, it was the highest turnout in a New York City Democratic mayoral primary this century.2
Young people turned out in droves; in early voting, more 25- to 34-year-olds cast ballots than any other age group.3
And it comes on the heels of New York City's swinging strongly to Donald Trump last year.4
This race is a roadmap for how we win back power, build a future where everyone can thrive, and stop our country's fast slide into authoritarianism.
But the Democratic establishment is still coming to terms with its big losses last November. And big corporate interests, together with Trump donors, spent $30 million to try to stop Mamdani, so we have our work cut out for us.5
It's up to us to go out and recruit a new generation of bold, visionary, grassroots candidates who truly connect with voters and then help those candidates win.
And that's just what we're planning to do, John, but we need your help to do it.
We need many more candidates like him all over the country.
That’s why MoveOn is launching a major new project to recruit MoveOn members to run for political office and help them win. We're partnering with Run for Something—a progressive national organization with a stellar track record of helping young people successfully run for office—to help train the candidates. Together, we can equip thousands of people all across the country with the tools they need to run—and win.
We ran a successful pilot of the project in 2022 and were blown away by the response. Hundreds of MoveOn members signed up for informational calls, dozens decided to run, and a handful won their races. Now it's time to scale the project.
We're aiming to launch the project in late July or early August—as soon as we can raise the seed money to get it off the ground. That's why we need your help right now.
John, will you rush a $9 donation to MoveOn to help us launch our nationwide candidate recruitment project? (If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately.)
Hope rang out from New York City on Tuesday. And at a time when hope has been in such short supply. Let's come together to bring hope to communities everywhere—and to our nation.
Thanks for all you do.
–Justin, David, Emily, Cheryl, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Zohran Mamdani is running for Mayor to lower the cost of living for working class New Yorkers." Zohran for New York City, accessed June 25, 2025
https://www.zohranfornyc.com/
2. "Zohran delivered the Democratic establishment the thrashing it deserved," Silver Bulletin, June 25, 2025
https://www.natesilver.net/p/zohran-delivered-the-democratic-establishment
3. "Democratic Leaders Tried to Crush Zohran Mamdani. They Should Have Been Taking Notes." The New York Times, June 25, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/opinion/zohran-mamdani-democratic-party.html
4. "Zohran delivered the Democratic establishment the thrashing it deserved," Silver Bulletin, June 25, 2025
https://www.natesilver.net/p/zohran-delivered-the-democratic-establishment
5. "Mamdani Stuns Cuomo in New York Mayoral Primary," The New York Times, June 25, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregion/cuomo-mamdani-mayor-primary-nyc.html
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