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Hi Friend,
We entered the 2020 election cycle on a high: the Flippable community had
helped flip three chambers during the 2018 midterms and the entire
Virginia General Assembly last November. The task at hand this year,
wrestling state legislative chambers from GOP control and establishing
pro-democracy majorities ahead of redistricting, was tall—so we doubled
down on [ Flippable: ]most of the states we had targeted in 2018 and added Iowa and
Ohio to the list.
Today, more than a week after Election Day, the results in the states are
sobering. Democrats failed to flip a single state legislative chamber,
which will have serious implications for redistricting in 2021. It’s
particularly frustrating to see Democrats locked out of legislative
majorities in states where there is a desire for Democratic leadership.
Voters in Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin have all
elected Democratic governors, yet their states’ gerrymandered maps
continued to work in the GOP’s favor, putting Democratic candidates at a
disadvantage that ultimately proved too difficult to overcome.
But even in the midst of disappointing outcomes, we do have reasons to be
proud. To date, thirty of the candidates we supported this year have won
their races. These candidates include Arizona State Senator-elect
Christine Marsh, whom Flippable first supported in 2018. After losing her
race by 267 votes in 2018, Senator-elect Marsh flipped her district,
LD-28, winning by [ AZ ]510 votes this month.* Fellow 2018 alums State
Representatives Michelle Beckley (TX HD-65), Steve Malagari (PA HD-53),
Angela Witwer (MI HD-76), and Erin Zwiener (TX HD-45) won re-election.
At the chamber level, three of our candidates won their races in the
Wisconsin State Assembly and helped block a GOP supermajority, which—in
addition to protecting Democratic Governor Tony Evers’s veto—prevents the
GOP from having absolute control over redistricting.
[3]Flippable Candidates: Rep. Steve Malagari, Rep. Erin Zwiener, Rep.
Angela Witwer (L), Sen-elect Christine Marsh, and Rep. Michelle Beckley
(L)Clockwise from upper left corner: Rep. Steve Malagari, Rep. Erin
Zwiener, Rep. Angela Witwer (L), Sen-elect Christine Marsh, and Rep.
Michelle Beckley (L)
As we look to the year ahead, even in the face of an unfavorable
redistricting process, we cannot let up in the fight for a stronger
democracy. Let’s commit to registering and mobilizing more voters in
gerrymandered districts, and let’s help communities hold elected officials
accountable. We've already begun this work by supporting community-based
civic organizations through [ Blueprint ]Blueprint, the donation platform we
launched with Swing Left earlier this year—and we’re only getting started.
By continuing to invest in proven organizations and quality candidates, we
can build a better future in the states.
In solidarity,
Team Flippable
*Arizona State Senator-elect Christine Marsh was ahead by 510 votes as of
9:55AM ET on November 12, 2020.
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