John,

Yesterday, the U.S. Census Bureau released the new population counts in
each state nationwide giving us the first chance to see how Congressional
redistricting will impact seats in Congress.

The news isn’t good for Democrats.

California will lose a seat. So will Illinois and New York. Meanwhile,
Texas, Florida, North Carolina and even Montana will all gain seats. Texas
actually gets 2. Here’s the problem, per the New York Times. 

“Republicans control the redistricting process in far more states than
Democrats, because of G.O.P. dominance in down-ballot elections.”

That’s right, because Democrats way too often don’t even fight in local
down ballot elections, Republicans stand to gain from redistricting,
putting them one step closer to winning the 5 seats they need to flip
control of Congress in 2021.

Democracy for America knows local elections matter. We know that every
race counts. That we can win anywhere if we fight everywhere. We also know
-- we can’t do it without you. Please contribute now and fund our campaign
to win local elections everywhere >>

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Most national organizations don’t support candidates at the local level,
but DFA isn’t like most organizations. We know the key to long-term
victory is to plan for the long-term from the beginning and support the
national candidates of tomorrow – today.

Our track record is pretty damn good too.

Did you know, we supported Barack Obama when he was still a State Senator
or that we fought to elect Ilhan Omar to the Minnesota State House before
she ran for Congress?

From Virginia House Delegate Danica Roem to State Senator Jennifer Boysko,
from Attorney General to Governor, did you know we supported dozens of
winning candidates spanning over six years and three different elections
to flip Virginia blue in 2019? That work made sure Virginia Republicans
don’t have control of redistricting this year, but it all started way back
in 2013.

Down ballot elections have never been more important than they are now.
Fortunately, local elections are our specialty. Already this year, we’ve
won on the Phoenix City Council and St. Louis Mayor. With dozens of
elections in the next 6 months, this is the time to step up and make this
critical work possible. Please contribute right now >>

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Redistricting shows the impact of local races on the entire nation and
proves it doesn’t matter where you live: local elections matter.

We win everywhere, because we fight everywhere.

Thank you for everything you do to support this work.

— Amanda

Amanda Ford
Chief of Staff
Democracy for America






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