John — we need someone like Marquita Bradshaw in the U.S. Senate.
Marquita is a lifelong community organizer and environmental justice advocate who understands the importance of people-powered politics and giving hard-working people a voice in Washington. She's a strong advocate for Medicare for All, addressing the ills of systemic racism, and environmental justice.
Having allies like Marquita in the U.S. Senate is critical to the success of our progressive agenda — and victory is within reach. But as we get ever closer to Election Day, the Republican Party's dark-money groups are spending millions to defeat Marquita and keep the South red.
As an environmentalist, Marquita realizes the life and death nature of policies like Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, raising the minimum wage, funding public education, and creating a world where Black and brown people are protected and heard.
Marquita's victory back in August proves that southern states like Tennessee aren't as red as they once were. With her nomination, Marquita became the first Black woman in Tennessee history to win the nomination to the U.S. Senate. She's currently the only Black woman running for Senate in this election cycle, and her primary win was the first successful challenge to any DSCC-backed candidate since 2010.
Marquita's campaign is energizing thousands of Tennessee voters who are traditionally ignored by the political establishment. She's drawn national support from the Sunrise Movement, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and the Sierra Club. But the Republican Party has taken notice, and they're unleashing waves of attacks to stop this movement dead in its tracks, right up to Election Day.
In solidarity,
Jamaal Bowman
