Dear John ,
It has been just over a week since our election on June 28th, and now that we have had a few days to recharge and reflect, I wanted to reach out, and express my deepest gratitude to all of you.
This election was about giving our city a better vision for the future. A future free of gun violence where we take on the corporate class with Green New Deal union jobs, universal healthcare, and a fully funded public education. A future where we strengthen our labor movement, protect our reproductive rights, and finally end poverty.
The campaign that we built together showed everyone that a young Black woman from the West Side of Chicago can take on the Chicago machine without a dime of corporate money. My opponent had to call in every political favor, from the President of the United States & Speaker of the House, to the Mayor of Chicago and the Governor of Illinois, only to barely win.
I am proud to say that after 40,000 doors knocked, 300,000 phones called, and over $840,000 raised, they can never ignore our movement again.
I am so grateful to all of you for every donation, every knock on a door, every house party, every phone call, every parade, and every meeting that you made possible over the course of this campaign. Together, we transformed our political landscape.
This isn’t the end, it’s just the beginning.
In Solidarity,
Kina Collins