Indivisibles,

Tuesday’s special election in Tennessee has Trump and congressional
Republicans shook. Democratic candidate and former Indivisible organizer
Aftyn Behn may not have scored the upset victory we hoped for, but she
massively overperformed. In a high turnout election, she secured 45% of
the vote and turned this into a single-digit race in a district that went
for Trump by 22 points just last year.  

That a Democrat produced a 13 point swing, despite the GOP spending
millions to stop her, tells us this: No Republican seat is safe. In fact,
43 House Republicans represent districts that Trump won by less than 13
points. Democrats would only need to win three or four of those seats to
take back the majority.

[1]A screenshot of a Bluesky post from Leah Greenberg that reads:
Republicans who think you have a safe seat: no you don’t

Americans are turning against Trump and the GOP everywhere you look. We
saw it in Tennessee on Tuesday; we saw it in New York, Virginia, New
Jersey, California, Mississippi, and Georgia last month. 

Elections with this kind of swing and turnout don’t just happen. Here’s
why we’re winning -- and how we can pull off a blue tsunami next year: 

* The electorate is seriously pissed off at the party in power. As we’ve
said all along: Americans don’t want a king. Fascism -- not widely
popular! Trump is underwater on every single issue and voters,
especially independents, are fed up with Republicans working around
the clock to enrich billionaires while refusing to lift a finger to
make life more affordable for the rest of us. 
* We’re getting great candidates. Republican toxicity is motivating
voters, but people are turning out in historic numbers not just to
vote against the GOP, but for candidates like Zohran Mamdani and Aftyn
Behn -- candidates who are authentic, understand the needs of working
people, and can be depended on to fight, not fold. 
* The grassroots are fired up. Great candidates inspire action. And what
we’ve seen in every impossible win and near-win this year is dedicated
volunteers putting in the work to elect candidates they believe in.
Over a thousand of you volunteered to make calls and knock doors for
Aftyn, and you contacted tens of thousands of voters. Swings like this
don't happen without that kind of grassroots action and engagement.

With all that in mind, it’s time to gear up for 2026 and the midterm
elections. We’re going to channel that same energy, that same strength,
and all that momentum into, not just a blue wave, but a blue tsunami in
November. Every last Republican Member of Congress who’s been cravenly
enabling Trump’s autocratic, pro-billionaire agenda should start polishing
up their resumes, right now. 

It all starts with electing real fighters in the primaries. The work of
building a strong slate of progressive candidates to take back the House
will depend on the same combination of excellent candidates and
enthusiastic grassroots engagement, across the country, beginning early
next year. 

Here’s what you can do right now:

 1. [ [link removed] ]Sign the primary pledge. This will be Indivisible’s [ [link removed] ]biggest
primary campaign yet -- as long as y’all show up with the same energy
you did for Aftyn. Sign the pledge if you’re all-in to help elect the
best candidates -- authentic leaders who will fight for working people
and democracy. We’ll be in touch with volunteer opportunities and ways
to plug into this work.
 2. Can’t wait for 2026 to get started? [ [link removed] ]Click here to help us build an
opposition party that’ll resist fascism with the urgency the moment
requires.  

The TN-07 election didn’t deliver the result we hoped for, but it did show
us the future that’s possible. Indivisibles have the political power to
make waves at the ballot box and fundamentally change the landscape of
elections for years to come. Let’s harness it.

In solidarity,
Indivisible Team

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