[1]Real Justice

John, last
night’s elections were a roller coaster.

They were a powerful reminder of what we can accomplish when we work
together for justice.

And also, that we need to be PREPARED and COMMITTED to work even HARDER to
overcome the status quo of a racist and unjust judicial system.

In St. Louis, Kim Gardner stood up against attacks from Police Unions,
Trump, and the NRA to be re-elected city prosecutor in a LANDSLIDE
victory. She received death threats from white supremacists. Republicans
lined up to support her Democratic opponent. But Real Justice supporters
made sure they failed. This is a huge victory in ground zero for our
movement!

But in Detroit’s Wayne County Victoria Burton Harris fell short of
defeating an entrenched incumbent with an appalling record of aggressive
prosecution and juvenile incarceration. Victoria ran a tremendous
campaign, but even with a national tide of support for judicial reform —
it wasn’t enough. 



[ [link removed] ]Last night showed us that we need to work even harder to push our
movement forward. If you’re with me in this fight, can you make a
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In both of these elections, Real Justice supporters all over the country,
and our on-the-ground organizing staff, showed up BIG. 

— We powered both campaigns with hundreds of thousands of dollars,
especially in the final weeks which helped dramatically increase the
campaigns' internet and television advertising budgets to get the word
out.
— We organized volunteer phonebanks for Kim, and helped the campaign set
up digital outreach, a campaign video, and press.
— We supported Victoria’s campaign digital outreach program and direct
voter contact - including a volunteer texting program that sent 229k
texts!

For Kim, we defended her position to pull off a MANDATE victory. Victoria
actually won in Election Day votes, but lost early votes by a bigger
margin.

It shows that while there is a tide of national sentiment toward justice,
we need to show up earlier and better to overcome entrenched local
incumbents. We may have the wind at our back, but we need to be ready to
do the hard work it takes to win.

There are still more Real Justice candidates preparing for tough elections
against well-funded, establishment-backed opponents. Trump, his buddies,
and even many Democrats, are using every tool at their disposal to stop
our movement from gaining steam.

[ [link removed] ]This movement plans on fighting until we bring reform to every county
and district across the country. Will you chip in to support our fight?

Let’s keep fighting,

Shaun


 
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