Hey Friend,
This past summer, the team at UWDA sought out candidates across the country that were running for office in districts that we needed to win. We took our time interviewing them and pushing them to support our Free To Stay platform and today we are proud to share with you the full slate of candidates who have won their election!
Of the 24 candidates we endorsed, 19 candidates won their races! 🎉
✅ United States House of Representatives ✅
Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) has won!
Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) has won!
Raúl Grijalva (AZ-03) has won!
Chuy Garcia (IL-04) has won!
Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) has won!
Ilhan Omar (MN-05) has won!
Deb Haaland (NM-01) has won!
Nydia Velázquez (NY-07) has won!
Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) has won!
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortéz (NY-14) has won!
Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) has won!
Joaquin Castro (TX-20) has won!
Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) has won!
✅ State-Level ✅
Florida
Anna Eskamani (HD-47) has won!
Daniella Levine-Cava (Miami-Dade Mayor) has won!
Luisa Santos (Miami-Dade School Board--District 9) has won!
Monique Worrell (Orange-Osceola State Attorney--9th Judicial Circuit) has won!
DMV area
Janeese Lewis George (City Council - Ward 4) has won!
This community is putting in the real work to seek out the root causes of pain in our communities and do what it takes to make it right. We’re committed to replacing anti-immigrant elected officials with new, progressive candidates who will fight for us. In 2021, we’re going to stop at nothing to hold politicians accountable for their actions — or more often, their lack of action.
To be real with you -- this is huge and important work! And we’re proud of it! We’re also just getting started. We want to continue this work and we need your help to get there. By becoming an official member of the UWDA team, you'll:
✔️ Receive updates about candidates (because Election Day is *not* once every 4 years!) and issues relevant to our members.
✔️ Participate in surveys to give input in the organization's direction and political positions.
✔️ Be invited to events with candidates in your community.
✔️ Receive a cool sticker!
✔️Transform our country into one where we can live unafraid with other like minded people!
Becoming a UWDA member requires a donation of at least $7 to support our work — and getting started is as easy as clicking a single button:
Become a Member
Anyone and everyone is welcome here. If you believe that our immigrant communities should live in dignity and safety, becoming a UWDA member is for you. By becoming a member, you’ll be on the frontlines for every fight we have ahead of us and will be the FIRST to receive critical action alerts and updates - including invites to special events with UWDA endorsed candidates.
Let’s keep up our momentum of the victories of 2020 and carry them into our collective future, y’all. Become a member and join this supportive and hard-working community today!
We’re so thankful you are here with us,
Greisa and the rest of the team at UWDA
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