A new message from your friends at People For the American Way.

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PFAW Member,

I’m writing to ask for your help in the critical elections happening in
Virginia in just 11 days.

I am proud of what we accomplished in Virginia during my time as governor.
We brought the right to vote to people who were the victims of a racist,
Jim Crow-era policy that permanently disenfranchised citizens with past
felony convictions by restoring rights to over 180,000 Virginians. We
expanded educational opportunities for Dreamers in Virginia, signed an
executive order to combat LGBTQ discrimination, defended women’s health
clinics from right-wing attempts to shut them down, and so much more… but
it was all in spite of Republican majorities in both houses who fought us
every step of the way. Just think what we could have done with Democratic
majorities in our legislature.

In fact, as governor, I proudly vetoed more extreme right-wing legislation
than any other governor – attacks on women, LGBTQ people, immigrants,
workers, health care, voting, and the environment. My 120 vetoes were a
Virginia record. 

And then in 2017, with the help of People For the American Way and PFAW
members like you, Democrats cut the Republican majorities significantly,
giving Virginia the ability to continue the fight we started when I was
governor and finally pass the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion so
that hundreds of thousands of low-income Virginians were finally able to
get health care coverage.

But all of these accomplishments could be lost if Republicans win this
year and expand their majorities in the state legislature. 

[ [link removed] ]So I’m asking, with Election Day just days away, will you donate now to
help elect Democrats up and down the ballot in Virginia and pave the way
for progress in a vital swing state and across the country?

[ [link removed] ]Yes – count me in! I’ll chip in now>>

Virginia is an increasingly important bellwether state on the national
stage, and it can be the first southern state in the modern era to have
its government controlled by Democrats from top to bottom. Just imagine
what we can accomplish then.

That’s a story that could inspire blue waves all across the country next
year. And we are SO CLOSE to making it happen – we only need to flip TWO
SEATS in each chamber of Virginia’s legislature!

That’s where you and People For the American Way come in. PFAW and its
members like you have been instrumental in helping to defeat right-wing
extremism and Trump’s bigoted campaign playbook in Virginia, steadily
moving the Commonwealth in a more progressive direction over the past
several election cycles.

PFAW’s extraordinary work has been critical to driving up turnout and the
Democratic margin among Virginia’s fast-growing Latino community. And
Virginia has been the perfect example of the power of Next Up Victory
Fund, as it has worked to build a deep bench of progressive candidates who
can strengthen our democracy and reflect the diversity of our nation.

This election is a chance not only to continue that work but to finish the
job.

We have less than two weeks to go and Republicans, backed by endless
corporate and right-wing Big Money, are running on Trump’s campaign
playbook of lies and bigotry.

[ [link removed] ]Please chip in as generously as you can to PFAW now to flip Virginia
blue!>>

Recent polling has shown that Virginians WANT Democratic majorities in the
legislature by double digits! But because of Republican gerrymandering,
flipping the two seats needed in both the Senate and the House of
Delegates to make that happen is a steep uphill climb.

And gerrymandering is a central issue in this election for another reason:
because whichever party wins the majorities in this election, before next
year’s national census, will control the redistricting process that will
draw the district maps for the following 10 years – including federal
congressional districts!

What happens in Virginia will have tremendous national consequence.
Redistricting will impact the makeup of Congress; the party that wins will
seize momentum for 2020; a Democratic win could embolden Democratic
efforts nationally to hold Trump accountable; and with Democratic
majorities in the Virginia legislature, we could even finally pass the
Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (only one more state is
needed to ratify!)…

[ [link removed] ]If all of this sounds good to you and you want to count yourself as
being part of making it happen, then please chip in now to make sure
PFAW’s electoral programs are as strong as they need to be to turn
Virginia blue!>>

Thank you for everything you do in the ongoing fight for progress and the
American Way.

--Terry

Terry McAuliffe
72nd Governor of Virginia

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