I've been watching a lot of home renovation shows lately. It’s a nice palate cleanser after the evening news.

Here's what I've learned: Every flipper follows the same plan.

1. Assess the damage.
2. Make a plan.
3. Put in the work.
4. Flip it.

So let's see if that process could apply to a House in need of some serious upgrades…the House of Representatives.

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Step 1: Assess the damage.🔍 [[link removed]]

Before any good flipper picks up a sledgehammer, they walk the property with a contractor and figure out what's load-bearing and what's not.

Republicans control the House right now 218-214. Three vacancies. The narrowest majority in nearly a century, which is why we've been able to prevent some of Trump’s worst ideas from becoming reality.

That narrow majority has rubber-stamped the largest cut to Medicaid in American history. They repealed clean energy tax credits while 100 million Americans baked in 108-degree heat indexes. They passed a budget bill that explodes the deficit to give handouts to billionaires.

It has been, to put it in home renovation terms, structurally unsound, 50 years outdated, and definitely not up to code.

Step 2: Make a plan.📝 [[link removed]]

Here's our blueprint: We need to flip just three seats in the House for a majority. That's it. The Cook Political Report has 18 races rated as toss-ups right now.

The conditions couldn't be more favorable. Historically, the president's party loses seats in midterms. Trump's approval is underwater. Among independent voters, the ones who decide these races, only 25% approve of the job he's doing.

His minions know he’s in trouble, which is why they’re crying “rigged” before a single vote’s been cast.

That's the sound of a contractor panicking because he knows the inspector's about to find the rot behind the drywall.

Step 3: Put in the work.🧰 [[link removed]]

This is where the real renovation happens. That means knocking down the load-bearing walls Republicans built to protect their majority, including the gerrymandered maps, the dark money, the incumbency advantage.

It means ripping out the rot, the corruption, the rubber-stamping, and the excuses, and hauling them to the dumpster where they belong.

We need to roll up our sleeves and do the hard, unglamorous work of building something together. We need candidates in the toss-up districts to have the resources to compete when it matters.

This is the part where I need you.

I've been putting in the work to build up our Democratic caucus for the past eight years. Because I know what a flip looks like. I was a flipper here in IL-06 before HGTV made it cool. And I know what it takes to make one happen at scale.

Step 4: Flip it.🔄 [[link removed]]🏡 [[link removed]]

Imagine walking into a House with a Democratic majority. Corruption actually faces consequences. Popular legislation actually moves. Checks and balances actually work.

That's the renovation. The House is a fixer-upper, but it’s absolutely flippable.

I said before we only need to flip three seats to win the House. But that’s only if we hang onto every competitive seat we already have.

Mine is one of them. Lose this seat, and the whole renovation stalls before it starts.

Every dollar goes straight into keeping IL-06 blue: the canvassers knocking doors, the ads reaching independent voters, the field teams turning out the vote right here. Will you invest in flipping the House today? [[link removed]]

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Three seats. Let's get to work.

— Sean Casten
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Downers Grove, IL 60515-0132
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