It's simple, John: When Democrats are in charge, voters expect them to deliver.
If Congress had passed the full Build Back Better agenda this summer, and Democratic candidates had spent the last four months running on the results, last night’s election results nationwide may have looked very different.
Instead, corporate Democrats have delayed, obstructed, and whittled away at the Build Back Better Act by stripping out popular policies like paid family leave, prescription drug reform, and taxing the wealthy.
There are a lot of opinions circulating today about what Democrats should do now. Well, we don't have to wait for Democrats.
Together, we’re building a grassroots, people-powered party that is actually accountable to working people — and along the way, we’re going to organize like hell to pass our agenda and elect more champions at EVERY level of government who won’t sell us out to the highest bidder.
If you’re with us in this path forward, make a contribution of $3 or more to the Working Families Party today.
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Despite the headlines, we saw yesterday what is possible when inspiring, people-powered candidates defy the odds and win:
- In New York City, WFP champions Brad Lander and Jumaane Williams were elected as the city’s next comptroller and public advocate. Tiffany Cában and Shahana Hanif are among the many WFP champions set to join the New York City Council, which will have a majority of women members for the first time in history.
- WFP-endorsed Michelle Wu will be the next mayor of Boston, making history as the first woman and first person of color to win an election to lead the city. She’ll join Tishaura Jones in St. Louis and Ed Gainey in Pittsburgh as new progressive mayors elected in major cities this year.
- We expanded our footprint nationwide as diverse, young candidates won city council races for the first time in major cities like Atlanta and Detroit, as well as smaller communities from Dayton, OH, to Clarkston, GA, to Seatac, WA.
- We backed progressive School Board candidates, like in Central York, PA, where a right-wing school board banned books and movies dealing with race, as part of the national attacks on “critical race theory” — and though the results aren’t final, it looks like we’ve won at least two seats.
- And we won some local ballot initiatives, including a $15 minimum wage in Tucson, AZ — Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s hometown!
But we were also painfully reminded of the power that special interests and right-wing donors continue to wield against working families, our candidates, and our priorities:
- In Buffalo, NY, WFP champion and India Walton is trailing incumbent Mayor Byron Brown, who ran a write-in campaign backed by big real estate interests and Trump and Republican donors.
- And in Minneapolis, MN, while we were able to organize deep support for a ballot measure that would have replaced the Police Department with a Department of Public Safety to better protect Black lives and promote true safety in the city, unfortunately it was not enough for the measure to pass.
2022 is coming up soon — and next year is going to be an even bigger test of our movement’s power. With key primaries just a few months away nationwide, we don't have any time to lose.
This work isn’t easy, but we can’t stop now. Contribute $3 or more to WFP today so we can keep fighting for a nation that cares for all of us with everything we’ve got.
In solidarity,
All of us at Working Families Party
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