John, huge news!

We won two victories for Real Justice last night – Steve Descano in Fairfax, VA and Parisa Dehghani-Tafti in Arlington County, VA. And we’re still waiting on one more race which is razor-thin.

These wins bring us that much closer to turning the tide on mass incarceration and racist policing. District by district, we’re moving our country away from legal systems that criminalize poverty, that fail to hold police accountable for crimes – and toward healing our communities.

We’re so grateful to everyone who voted, volunteered, donated, and told your friends and family to get involved, too. Everyone played a part. Together, we are overcoming entrenched incumbents and massive spending by shady groups spending big to protect prisons and police.

Now let’s keep the momentum going. Can you chip in to Real Justice now to fund the next round of campaigns?

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Because of your support, combined we were able to invest more than $54,000 to help the candidates, reach hundreds of thousands of potential voters on social media, and support a big direct mail strategy to swing voters.

And where we lost – Shani Curry Mitchell in Rochester, NY and Hobie Crystle in Lancaster, PA – those races were hard fought, but we can’t allow ourselves to be out-organized or out-spent again.

We know these races don’t get as much press as others. But they have tremendous power to create change and dismantle the structural racism and classism that plagues our legal system.

So let us know: can we count on you to support the next round of district attorney campaigns? Winning these races is critical to achieving real justice – town by town, district by district, all over the country.

Let’s keep going!

Real Justice team