From David Hogg <[email protected]>
Subject what we’ve built + where we’re going
Date August 21, 2026 10:03 PM
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[ [link removed] ]Leaders We Deserve



75 days until Election Day,
John. 

And I want to take a moment to say thank you. 

Leaders We Deserve has had the biggest cycle in our entire history. We’ve
already won 34 elections and have elected 1 current member of Congress,
and 3 presumptive members. Our state legislative record? 25-2. 

Here’s just a snapshot of what you made happen: 

* Mayor Mamdani: Leaders We Deserve was his largest organizational
funder in the primary spending $300,000, while the establishment
lost its mind. He won and is now one of the most popular elected
officials in America, delivering on his campaign promises almost
immediately.  
* Christian Menefee was elected to Congress with Leaders We Deserve’s
support, not once but twice! A former Harris County Attorney,
Christian’s now taking Trump and Epstein collaborators to task on
the Oversight Committee.
* Donovan McKinney won his congressional primary in MI-13. We
replaced a corrupt Democratic Congressman with a progressive State
Legislator who’s fighting against utility corporations jacking up
prices.
* Demi Palecek won her primary to serve in the Illinois Statehouse,
despite being outspent 9-1 by a gambling industry lobbyist. She
stood tall against ICE when they harassed her neighbors in Chicago,
and will keep up the fight when she’s sworn in.
* Ismael Luna was our first challenger to oust a state legislative
incumbent. Ismael, who was homeless as a teenager and now works to
get youth housing, beat a Wisconsin lawmaker who threatened to
shoot her colleagues…no seriously.
* Claire Valdez is headed to Congress in NY-07 after crushing the
establishment’s pick by 25 points. A union organizer, Claire will
push for workers’ and tenant’s rights in Congress.
* Akbar Ali, the youngest lawmaker in Georgia history, called
Republicans’ bluff and forced them to pass a suspension of the gas
tax – putting money back in Georgians pockets during Trump’s
forever war that’s raising gas prices through the roof.
* Randy Villegas beat an establishment-backed candidate who shared
over 50 corporate donors with the Republican incumbent in CA-22.
Now, he’s running on a platform of being unbought and unbossed in
the Central Valley.

Your support made this happen. We don’t take a dime from corporate PACs,
we are powered by Americans like you chipping in whatever you can.

But here’s the honest truth: the hardest part is still ahead. We have many
more critical races to win in this final stretch. Red-to-blue flips that
could break the GOP’s grip on power. Primary challenges against do-nothing
Democrats. Candidates who need real resources to compete against opponents
with corporate PAC money and the party machines behind them. 

We’re up against rightwing billionaires, corporations, and special
interests that will spend whatever it takes to buy the candidates of their
choosing and protect the status quo. With 75 days to go until Election
Day, right now is exactly when grassroots support makes the biggest
difference. That’s why we need your help today to stay competitive and
keep our candidates in the ring.



[ [link removed] ]So I’m asking you, John:
will you pitch in $5 to help Leaders We Deserve take these
fights all the way to November? Our work wouldn’t be possible without you.





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Thank you,

David Hogg





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