John –

In a moment I’m going to give you an update on our upcoming elections. But first I need to ask a favor: We’re a little behind on our fundraising goal for April, and if you can pitch in $5, $10, or $25 now it would really help us catch up.

If you’re able to give right away, you can donate at this link: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/brand-new-congress

BNC scored a big victory earlier this year when we helped elect Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick in the FL-20 special election. In fact, it was BNC’s early support for Sheila that helped her win her primary by just FIVE votes last year.

But our work is just getting started.

With the newest members of our slate, Nida and Kesha, we now have 27 candidates on the BNC slate for 2022, and more than half of them have elections happening in the next 60 days.

Here’s what’s on tap:

• May 3rd - Ohio: Early voting is happening NOW for Nina Turner (OH-11) and Morgan Harper (U.S. Senate).
  
  
• May 17th - Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon & Pennsylvania: Charles Booker (U.S. Senate), Erica Smith (NC-01), Nida Allam (NC-04), Doyle Canning (OR-04), Jerry Dickinson (PA-18), and Malcolm Kenyatta (U.S. Senate) are all on the ballot, with early voting starting as soon as April 27th.
  
  
• May 24th - Texas: Jessica Cisneros is taking on Henry Cuellar again in the runoff for TX-28.
  
  
• June 7th - California, Montana & New Jersey: Angélica Dueñas (CA-29), Shervin Aazami (CA-32), Tom Winter (MT-01), and Imani Oakley (NJ-10) are the first candidates up for election in June.
  
  
• June 14th - Nevada: Amy Vilela (NV-01), one of BNC’s founding slate members, is on the ballot in mid-June, just over 2 months from now.

That makes 14 elections happening between now and June 14th.

We’re still roughly $1,500 short of what we should have raised so far in April, and we need to hit every fundraising goal if we’re going to support our candidates effectively. Can you chip in $25 now to help us catch up?

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Each of these campaigns are working their hearts out to win, and each race has its own challenges. From establishment roadblocks to super PACs and far right opponents, we have to be ready for it all.

There’s no question we have some tough fights ahead. But we’ve taken on plenty of tough fights before – and won.

We can win these races, John. We can win these races, grow the BNC caucus, pass universal healthcare, stop the climate crisis, guarantee living wages, strong unions, housing for all, and so much more.

In solidarity,

Chris Riley
Director of Campaign Engagement
Brand New Congress