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Dear John,
Like millions of Americans last night, I was up late hoping to get a sense of who would win the most critical presidential election of our lives. The outcome wasn't clear then, but it is coming into focus now. Biden's road to securing the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency looks promising and I say with cautious optimism: we are headed for a win.
The Iranian-American community joined Americans across the country to break just about every election record on the books, despite a global pandemic and Trump's efforts to undermine confidence. We made our voices heard yesterday, but now the hard part: we wait.
We are joining allies to call on all state governors and election officials to ensure every vote is counted. Please add your name to the petition [[link removed]] so our pro-democracy message is heard loud and clear.
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President
So long as Biden hangs on to his leads in Michigan , Wisconsin , Nevada and Arizona -- he has the 270 votes. If he picks up Pennsylvania , which looks promising, and Georgia , which is still in play, it will add to his margin and make it even more difficult for Trump to attempt to overturn and steal the election.
Congress
Flipping the Senate looks less promising. Currently, Democrats have netted 1 pickup and need at least three more for a 50-50 tie that would give the majority to the winner of the White House. The remaining races are: Georgia, Michigan and North Carolina where the Democrats are running behind, along with the Georgia special election that is going to a run-off in January.
Thankfully, House Democrats have secured another two years in the majority and 8 of NIAC's 11 endorsees have won election. Two of our challengers came up short and one (Harley Rouda, CA-48) is neck and neck with ballots still being counted.
Iranian-American state and local candidates
Our slate of NIAC Action endorsees have secured, or are on track, for some huge wins! Here is where they stand:
*
Anna
Eskamani
won
her
reelection
for
Florida
House
of
Delegates
*
Shireen
Ghorbani
fended
off
her
challenger
and
won
reelection
for
Salt
Lake
County
Council
*
Shebreh
Kalantari-Johnson
won
her
race
for
Santa
Cruz
City
Council
*
David
Emami
secured
a
big
win
over
his
opponent
for
Happy
Valley
City
Council
in
Oregon
*
Renee
Kazemipour-Paquier
won
her
election
to
the
Saratoga
City
Council
in
California
*
Yassamin
Ansari
placed
first
in
a
five-way
race
for
Phoenix
City
Council
in
District
7!
She
is
now
heading
to
a
runoff
election
scheduled
for
March
2021
*
Sepi
Shyne
is
leading
by
two
points
in
the
race
for
West
Hollywood
City
Council
*
Marjan
Philhour
is
narrowly
leading
in
the
race
for
San
Francisco
District
*
Siamak
Khadjenoury
is
narrowly
trailing
for
Utah
State
House
So take a deep breath and take action to ensure all the votes are counted. Like you, I wish it was a blowout for Biden last night and that we had flipped the Senate but -- once all the votes are counted -- I’m confident Trump will be sent packing and we will have made important strides in building political power with our Congressional allies and electing a record number of Iranian Americans to office.
In solidarity,
Donna Farvard
Organizing Director, NIAC Action
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