John—

We recently asked everybody on our text messaging list: “If you could fix one local issue right now, what would it be?”

The answers were amazing. Here’s how the bulk of them break down:

🏘️ Housing and Affordability: 21%

🎓 Education and Schools: 10%

💰 Economy and Wages: 8%

🏥 Health Care: 6%

🛣️ Roads and Infrastructure: 5%

🗳️ Democracy and Representation: 3%

🌎 Environment: 3%

⚖️ Corruption and Accountability: 3%

🚔 Public Safety or Guns: 4%

🏳️‍🌈 Civil Rights and Equality: 2%

🌍 Immigration: 1%

We hear this time and again: The cost of living in our communities is WAY too high. The schools need support. And we deserve a living wage!

But members of the old guard that own three homes and send their kids to fancy private schools just don’t really care about or prioritize these issues, right? That’s why Run for Something is building the biggest pipeline of young, diverse progressives in modern politics.

Our endorsed candidates are taking on the entrenched politicians who are out of touch with their communities’ challenges. But with more than 100,000 local elections this year, we need your help to scale ASAP—to recruit, train, and support more candidates. Can you pitch in $10 right now?

Here’s a small sample of the nearly 700 (!!) responses we read from supporters like you:

• “Housing affordability for both renters and buyers”

• “High cost of living and lack of affordable housing”

• “Universal PreK in my school district or (even better) my state”

• “School staffing and support for for the children”

• “Raise teacher pay to match the cost of living”

• “We need better wages and more consumer protections!”

Make a donation right now. Together, we can put the people with the RIGHT priorities in charge.

Thank you for your support!

—The Run for Something Team

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