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John – I’m reaching out personally today because we are facing a major fundraising shortfall at a critical juncture for our work.
After several strong months, fundraising has really fallen off in the last three weeks. Now with less than a week left in April, we’ve only raised 50% of what we need for our budget next month.
The timing of this shortfall is really difficult, because half of all the BNC elections are happening in the next 60 days.
Unlike a lot of political organizations, we run on a very small budget. Our average donation is just $17.38, and we get most of our funding from monthly contributions of $5, $10, and $25.
We are very proud of those numbers, because it means we have real people power behind our work and our candidates – not corporate PACs or other special interest groups.
Brand New Congress launched in 2016 with a vision of running dozens of candidates for the U.S. House and Senate all at once. We have always strived to support as many candidates as possible with our modest budget and committed team of staff and volunteers.
Over the last 6 years, BNC has recruited and launched the campaigns of AOC, Cori Bush, and dozens of others. In fact, I was one of the original candidates recruited for BNC before being asked to join as Executive Director.
Along the way, we are constantly told “this district is too hard” or “that incumbent is too powerful,” but we’ve never let that stop us.
We know that to create real, sustainable change in our political system we have to go into districts where no one is talking about progressive values, to challenge both Republican and Democratic incumbents who think they’re untouchable, and to show up for people again and again to win their trust.
The good news is: it’s working. We helped elect AOC in 2018, Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman in 2020 (along with re-electing Rashida Tlaib).
Now this year we scored our first big win for 2022 with Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and the FL-20 special election. Early support from Brand New Congress helped Sheila win her primary by just FIVE votes last year. Those five votes put her in Congress.
We’ve got 19 elections happening in the next two months, and we cannot afford to fall short now.
So I’m asking, John: can you make a contribution to Brand New Congress today?
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We have more big announcements coming soon, and it’s going to take all of us pulling together to win these races. Whether you’re giving $5, $25, $50 or more – it makes a difference, and we appreciate you.
We depend on this movement to achieve our mission. That’s how we’re going to win the fight for the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, living wages, stronger unions, and reforming our unjust legal system.
Thank you for whatever you are able to give today. You make this movement possible.
Adrienne Bell
Executive Director
Brand New Congress
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Since 2016 BNC has led the way in advancing popular policies like Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. We invest EARLY to help grassroots candidates succeed. We recruited and elected AOC in 2018 and Cori Bush in 2020 alongside Jamaal Bowman and Rashida Tliab. And we have our first win of 2022: Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick won her primary by FIVE votes thanks to BNC.
We have elections from now until November, and our candidates are counting on your support. Pitch in today and join us as we take over Congress and return power to the people.
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