John,

Here's a question worth sitting with: in nearly 250 years of American elections, how many times have five Indigenous women been on the ballot for Congress, governor, and the U.S. Senate in a single November?

Never. Not once. Until now.

Mary Peltola: a Yup'ik leader who made history as the first Alaska Native elected to Congress, is taking on Republican Senator Dan Sullivan, and she finished 8 points ahead of him in Alaska's primary. In a state Trump won by 13, forecasters now call her race the one that could decide the Senate majority.

Peggy Flanagan: a citizen of the White Earth Nation and Minnesota's lieutenant governor, won her Senate primary by roughly 20 points. No Native American woman has ever served in the U.S. Senate. She's one race away.

Deb Haaland: a citizen of Laguna Pueblo who became the first Native American Cabinet secretary, took more than 70% of the vote in her primary. No Native American woman has ever been elected governor of a state. She's the front-runner to be the first.

Sharice Davids: a citizen of the Ho-Chunk Nation, made history in 2018 as one of the first two Native American women ever elected to Congress. Now she's defending that Kansas seat after an 83% primary win.

Claire Valdez: a citizen of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Nation and a union organizer in the New York State Assembly, won her June primary in New York's 7th — ready to grow Indigenous representation in the House.

Our job from now until Election Day is to help these five women fend off an onslaught of GOP money and attack ads and to make sure all five take office in November.

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Two hundred fifty years is long enough.

With determination,
Indigenous Women Lead