Hey John,
Today, Sunrise announced our first endorsements of the 2026 midterms: William Lawrence in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District and Robert Peters in Illinois' 2nd Congressional District.
Sen. Robert Peters has spent his career empowering young people and standing up to big money. In Springfield, he championed climate action, voting rights, and criminal justice reform, and he’s proven he can deliver. Now, he is taking that fight to Washington, D.C., where we know he’ll be a fearless advocate for working people in Congress.
William Lawrence is a co-founder of Sunrise who has spent his life fighting for working families. From building the Michigan Rent Is Too Damn High Coalition to leading community campaigns for housing, healthcare, and education, Will has never waited for permission to take on entrenched interests. He’s running in a competitive GOP-held district, and if we win here, we flip a seat and elect a true movement leader with deep roots in his community.
Running a program of this scale takes resources, and one of the best ways to help these candidates win is with a split donation that builds both the movement and their campaigns.
Your donation helps us deploy organizers, mobilize volunteers, and build the power needed to win these primaries and helps their campaigns reach voters directly.
These are the kinds of champions we need if we’re going to confront Trump’s authoritarian movement, challenge corporate power, and build a Democratic Party that actually fights for a livable future.
And this is just the beginning. Sunrise is launching the most ambitious primary program in our history to elect candidates like Will and Robert — organizers, fighters, and coalition-builders who deliver for our communities.
Can you make a split contribution between Sunrise, William Lawrence, and Robert Peters today?
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In Solidarity,
Team Sunrise