John, even while America is in crisis as we try to remove a
lawless, dangerous, President from office before he attempts to lead a
second coup attempt, it’s important we don’t lose sight of what else
happened this week.

We flipped both Georgia Senate seats, with the progressive of the two
candidates getting the most votes and the duel victory putting Democrats
in charge of the U.S. Senate.

That’s a big deal. Obviously. But it didn’t happen because we hoped for
it. It happened because we worked for it. And that work didn’t start just
for the Runoff elections, like it did for so many other organizations.
DFA’s work in Georgia started over ten years ago with local endorsements
and investment in local DFA groups and allies on the ground.

In 2017, our work went into overdrive. On May 23rd, 2017, over a week
BEFORE Stacey Abrams officially announced she was running for Governor of
Georgia, DFA recruited volunteers to hit the ground running on day one of
her announcement -- and that’s exactly what we did.

DFA was the first national organization to endorse Stacey and we’ve never
looked back. We went on to organize hundreds of hours of volunteer
actions, from face to face door knocking to thousands of phone calls to
voters, and raise over $260 thousands dollars ($260,216.81 to be exact) to
help fund her groundbreaking campaign.

When Republican voter suppression successfully cost Stacey the victory, we
didn’t give up. We never stopped organizing. We immediately worked with
Stacey and our partners on the ground to keep building, keep registering,
keep engaging the critical New American Majority of Black, brown and white
progressives needed to win in 2020 and beyond.

On January 30th, 2020, Rev. Raphael Warnock announced his candidacy for
U.S. Senate. Less than two weeks later, once again DFA was a first mover,
endorsing and working directly with the campaign to win.

DFA members made over 1.6 million voter contacts during the general
election in Georgia, working to help infrequent voters and the newly
registered vote by mail, early, and in-person for both Democratic Senate
candidates and helping to put Joe Biden and Kamala Harris over the top to
win the state.

Before all the votes had even been counted though, DFA was back on the
ground in Georgia working with our local partners registering more
Georgians and engaging our voters to return to vote in the Runoff we knew
was inevitable.

With no time to spare, we made an extraordinary commitment to double our
GOTV impact and make 3 million more voter contacts and, proving our
strategy works, a whopping 58% of voters we contacted VOTED BEFORE
Election Day. I can’t wait to see what the final percentage was after we
review who turned out on the last day to vote.

On Tuesday, we won... again... and each and every one of us should
celebrate this incredible victory and be proud of our involvement in
making victory happen.

But let’s also be clear: We aren’t done yet.

Now it’s time to finish the job and elect Stacey Abrams Governor and
reelect Rev. Warnock in 2022. We’re not waiting for Stacey to officially
announce, because effective organizing doesn’t start and end with
candidates deciding to run. Successful organizing happens year around. It
engages voters not just when we need their vote, but also after we win
bringing our voters into the process to help shape policy and empower
leadership from the bottom up.

That’s where you come in, again. Right now, despite everything else
happening, we can’t lose sight of the fight ahead and what it takes to
bring about the change America needs. So I’m asking you to invest in
America’s future now.

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Make no mistake, a monthly investment in DFA’s work will make a
difference, not just in Georgia but nationwide. Not just in electing
Stacey Abrams Governor, but also supporting the Squad and other
progressive leaders in the House like Katie Porter, Pramila Jayapal and Ro
Khanna, and in the Senate like Bernie, Warren, Merkely, and now...
Warnock.

That said, I understand that not everyone can give even $10 a month. The
pandemic has hit everyone hard. So if you can’t commit to monthly support,
please instead invest just once, right now, with whatever you can. Whether
you choose $5 or $500, every dollar helps DFA members have an impact and
elect transformational leaders that change the world.

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We’ve done incredible things by working together.

We’ve elected over 1,087 progressive leaders nationwide. We’ve raised over
$70 million dollars, made over 33 million voter contacts, and trained
hundreds of thousands of volunteers since our founding in 2004.

But that’s what we’ve already done. There’s so much work left to do. Keep
making it happen. Fund our movement today.

Stay healthy, stay safe, and never stop fighting for progressive change.

— Charles

Charles Chamberlain, Chair
Democracy for America






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