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Virginia sets the standard. The Virginia General Assembly has met annually
since 1619, making it the model for representative legislatures in the
United States and the oldest continually operating legislative body in the
Western Hemisphere. For better or worse, many important decisions
concerning who can fully participate in our society—from the arrival of
the first enslaved Africans to criminal disenfranchisement laws to
desegregation^*—have taken place in Virginia over the last 400 years.

[1]Virginia democracy timeline (wide vertical)

Today, due to its off-year elections, Virginia remains a critical player
on the national stage. The victories we saw during the 2017 statewide
elections—including five from Flippable alums—foreshadowed the strong
nationwide showing in the 2018 midterms, wherein Democrats gained over 300
state legislative seats, flipped seven state chambers, and gained six
trifectas for a total of 14 to the GOP’s 22. With redistricting set to
begin in 2021, Virginia’s November elections are seen as a bellwether for
the future of our democracy. [ Our ]If we flip a southern state with a record
of GOP racial gerrymandering, we’ll have crucial momentum going into next
year’s elections.

In order to build a strong pro-democracy movement in 2020, we need to
invest in Virginia now. The lessons we learn from Virginia in 2019 can
help lead us to more victories in 2020 and a stronger democracy in 2021.
But the window for high-impact contributions is closing, and we already
know these races will be highly competitive: in 2017, three of Virginia’s
legislative districts flipped blue by just 336, 389, and 894 votes. [ Let's ]By
donating to the Flippable Fund today, you can help our Virginia candidates
make their campaigns as strong as possible in this final stretch.

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^* The NAACP filed more civil rights lawsuits in Virginia than in any
other state, and civil rights attorney Henry Marsh said, “...the rest of
the Southern states were sort of watching Virginia to see what would
happen.” Virginia Museum of History & Culture

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