John, I just wanted to make sure you saw Joe's 2022 electoral strategy memo from last week. This is a longer email than usual. But I hope you'll take a few minutes to read it all the way through. We're gearing up to grow our movement like never before: by electing progressive Democrats to the Senate, bringing new WFP champions to the House, and expanding our representation in state houses and local government.
If you read it and feel as inspired and excited for the future as I do, please consider making an end-of-year contribution to the Working Families Party so we can elect more WFP champions in 2022. Remember, all donations will be matched through midnight tomorrow, so every dollar you give has double the impact:
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Onward!
— Maurice
MEMO
From: Joe Dinkin, WFP
To: WFP National Committee
Re: Our 2022 Electoral Strategy
As a party, the primary way we make change is through elections. Everyday people can come together to do extraordinary things. This memo spells out our core electoral strategies for 2022 to build our power and deliver for the many.
Make the Senate Work
The biggest choke point on advancing progressive policy that could make a difference in the lives of hundreds of millions of Americans has been corporate Democratic Senators, who have failed to do what is necessary to stand up for working people, protect Democracy, and deliver on the agenda that Americans voted for.
WFP’s solution is to elect progressive US Senators who will support a people’s agenda. That means we’re going big on supporting Mandela Barnes in Wisconsin, Malcolm Kenyatta in Pennsylvania, and Charles Booker in Kentucky — to expand the Democratic majority and bring progressive change to the Senate.
Build Progressive Power In the House
The year has proven the value of courageous progressive voices in Congress, whether it’s Rep. Cori Bush’s protest that delayed the end of the eviction moratorium or the commanding leadership that allowed Rep. Jayapal and the progressive caucus to fight for progressive priorities in the reconciliation bill and hold the line against corporate interest. Strengthening those progressive voices is our most important mission in the People’s House. Over time, we’ll build and deepen our ties with a progressive bloc that will work with us to fight for our values.
In 2022, we’ll:
- Back viable progressive candidates running viable campaigns in purple districts and support progressive candidates in purple districts who are under threat.
- Keep corporate Democrats accountable for their votes by supporting bold and compelling primary challengers.
- Define the field in open-seat races.
What we won’t do is defend corporate Democrats who fought the progressive agenda or help elect members of Congress in swing districts who aren’t clear they stand on the side of working people. It’s not worth our resources.
State Power
Winning power at the state level has always been a core mission of WFP, because of the impact state government decisions have on our lives, from taxation to voting rights to labor standards to healthcare to racial justice.
In Democratic-controlled states, the mission of the WFP remains to challenge corporate capture of the Democratic Party by electing independent progressive WFP champions so that “blue” states can actually govern as progressives. Our north star is WFP caucuses, formally or informally, that can wield real governing power with us.
In purple and red states, our focus is on breaking the power of Republicans, because of the damage they can inflict on our people; we do that by winning the governorship in Georgia, or flipping a legislative chamber in places like Arizona, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
But we can’t do this alone. Our electoral strategy depends on working people coming together to pool their resources to build political power for those who have been underrepresented or disenfranchised. If you're ready to fuel our electoral strategy in 2022, please make a contribution to the Working Families Party today and help us reach our end-of-year goal.
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