John,

I want to tell you about our work with Jessica Cisneros. We’ve been with Jessica since 2019 and we’ll be with her every step of the way towards her May 24th runoff election against anti-choice corporate Democrat Henry Cuellar.

In early 2019, Justice Democrats announced our intention to primary Cuellar because of his conservative voting record on immigration, climate change, reproductive rights, unions, and much more. We hired organizers and put a full page ad in the Laredo Morning Times in order to find the right candidate. Then, we found Jessica.

We helped Jessica build and launch her very first campaign for Congress in 2019. This is Jessica holding her hometown newspaper after launching in 2019:

Jessica was our first endorsed candidate after we helped Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez win her groundbreaking primary against the Democratic establishment. Jessica is an immigration attorney and community advocate running unapologetically on Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, canceling student debt, and protecting abortion rights. She is the kind of leader we need, unlike the corporate-backed, scandal-ridden, conservative Cuellar.

Justice Democrats made calls to voters, sent texts, organized our neighbors, and more for Jessica. We’ve raised more than $115,000 for Jessica this election cycle from thousands of grassroots donors. And now we have to build it all up again for the runoff.

I have to say, this isn’t going to be easy. The odds were stacked against us in this primary, going up against a 17-year incumbent with backing from Wall Street, Big Oil, Republican mega-donors, and corporate PACs. Now, we have to restart Jessica’s fundraising all over again. It’s going to take a huge boost from our supporters to power Jessica to victory.

I know we can do this because there’s a movement behind Jessica. AOC, Bernie, Elizabeth Warren, Working Families Party, Sunrise Movement, and the list goes on of allies that are with us and Jessica through this fight. Here’s Jessica speaking at a get out the vote rally just a few weeks ago with AOC, Greg Casar, and the people of South Texas:

John, this is going to be a tough runoff, but we’re used to tough fights.

Can you split a $3 contribution to Jessica’s campaign and Justice Democrats today to fuel Jessica’s primary against an anti-choice corporate-backed incumbent?

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We can only win this race with your support. I’m grateful that you’re with us in this fight.

In solidarity,

Alexandra Rojas, Executive Director
Justice Democrats

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