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Dear John,
Our community's impact this election season was off the charts. Thanks to you, we helped defeat Donald Trump, we protected our allies in the House majority, we elected a record number of Iranian Americans, and in January we will have a chance to flip the Senate.
NIAC Action's 12 chapters recruited over 260 volunteers, organized 28 phonebanks, contacted nearly 70,000 voters, and registered or created vote plans for over 6,000 Iranian Americans as part of the largest Iranian-American voter outreach effort this country has ever seen.
On the fundraising side, NIAC Action PAC hosted 13 candidate fundraisers and meet and greets, raising over $540,000 to elect allies into office.
While there's still a lot of work to do as we gear up for a Biden Administration and as a number of our endorsees head to run-offs (more on that below!), we wanted to reflect on the profound impact NIAC Action and our community had on this election.
Read on for an abbreviated breakdown of our elections successes or read a full breakdown of NIAC Action's impact this election season here [[link removed]] !
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This election season, more Iranian-American candidates ran for office than ever before—and NIAC Action was proud to support these rising political stars! Some highlights from our Iranian-American candidate races include:
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Anna
Eskamani
was
reelected
to
the
Florida
House
of
Delegates
(D-47)
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Shireen
Ghorbani
won
her
reelection
bid
in
Utah
for
the
Salt
Lake
City
Council.
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David
Emami
won
a
second
term
in
Oregon
as
Councilor
of
the
Happy
Valley
City
Council.
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Sepi
Shyne
made
history
as
the
first
Iranian
American
elected
to
West
Hollywood
City
Council
and
first
openly
LGBTQ
person
of
Iranian
heritage
ever
elected.
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Shebreh
Kalantari-Johnson
won
her
first
election
for
a
seat
on
the
Santa
Cruz
City
Council.
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Yassamin
Ansari
finished
first
in
a
five-way
race
for
Phoenix
City
Council
and
is
now
headed
into
a
run-off
election
in
March
2021.
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Siamak
Khadjenoury
’s
race
for
the
Utah
House
of
Delegates
has
not
yet
been
called.
He
is
trailing
the
Republican
incumbent
by
just
235
votes.

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NIAC Action endorsees in the House largely swept their races, despite some candidates facing expensive and hotly contested races. Notable wins in swing districts were secured by Tom Malinowski (NJ-7) and Peter DeFazio (OR-4) , both of whom faced heavily backed GOP challengers, as well as by Katie Porter (CA-45) , who exceeded expectations in what was supposed to be a close race in a traditionally Red district.
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Other NIAC Action endorsees in the House who won their bids for reelection in landslide races include Reps. Ilhan Omar (MN-5) , Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) , Pramila Jayapal (WA-7) , Seth Moulton (MA-6) , and Ro Khanna (CA-17) .
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NIAC Action members raised nearly $100,000 for Senate candidates, including for Arizona’s Mark Kelly (D) and former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (D) , who successfully defeated pro-Trump incumbent Senators, as well as for Georgia's Jon Ossoff (D) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D) who are each heading into a special election in January that will determine which party controls the Senate. Volunteer to help these two candidates win these crucial seats here. [[link removed]]
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Now that we've taken back the White House and secured many big wins this election season--with potentially even more to come--the Iranian-American community has never been better positioned to take our seat at the decision making table. So let's take a moment to celebrate our wins before rolling-up our sleeves again as we head into 2021.
Best,
Jamal Abdi
Executive Director, NIAC Action
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