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Indivisibles, we wanted to make sure you saw Leah's message on why
we're thrilled to back Jamie McLeod-Skinner in one of the most
competitive House races of the cycle -- and how we need your help to
make sure she wins. [ [link removed] ]Chip in now to help us hit our goal to launch
brand-new targeted social pressure mail and posters across OR-5, and be
sure to [ [link removed] ]join us TONIGHT for our national phonebank at 5pm Eastern/2pm
Pacific to call out the vote for Jamie!

Indivisibles,

Today I’m writing to you about one of the most crucial races in the
country, and our plan to win.

Oregon’s 5th house district is one of just a few remaining true toss-up
seats in the country. We absolutely must win this race if we’re going to
hold the House. We’ve got an incredible candidate -- Jamie McLeod-Skinner
-- powered by grassroots support. She’s taking on a pro-forced birth, big
pharma-backed, MAGA opponent. And right now, they are tied in the polls.

I traveled to Oregon last week, where I hit the pavement with fired-up
local Indivisibles for Jamie. And I want to share with you why we think
this race is so important, what we’re going to do to win it, and how you
can get involved today to win this seat and hold the House [ [link removed] ](and yes,
ask you if you want to chip in to help).
[ [link removed] ]Screenshot of Jamie and Leah in a video together in OR-05

State of the Race

We think OR-05 is winnable for three reasons:

 1. Jamie McLeod Skinner is a fighter -- and a great candidate. Jamie
pulled off a long-shot victory in the primary, where she was outspent
10-1 by pharma-backed, quasi-Republican Kurt Schrader. As a small
business owner and emergency response coordinator who handled wildfire
recovery for the area, she’s a great fit for the district. And part of
how you can tell she’s a great candidate is...
 2. She’s powered by a surge of Indivisible groups. OR-05 is a district
with driven, local grassroots organizers: Indivisible Clackamas,
Indivisible Oregon, Indivisible Sisters, the Vocal Seniority,
Indivisible Bend, Oregonizers, the statewide Consolidated Oregon
Indivisible Network, and more. As I saw for myself in Oregon, the
entire statewide network of Oregon Indivisibles has thrown in to
support her! From door-knocking to phonebanking to grassroots
fundraising, Jamie is truly running on the power of the people, not
corporate donors.
 3. SCOTUS overreach and MAGA extremism are a bad look for this district.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the Republican candidate, is doing her best to
hide her positions. But the reality is, she’s an anti-abortion
extremist, flirts with election denial, and attacks minimum wage
increases while taking literally millions in COVID relief from
taxpayers for her own businesses. We just need to make sure every
voter knows about her extreme record.

For all these reasons, the race is close. As recently as a few months ago,
[ [link removed] ]FiveThirtyEight had this district favored to go Republican, but as
Jamie’s had more time to get her message out and more voters have learned
about the extreme anti-choice positions held by Chavez-DeRemer, the race
has tightened to a tie. 

If we keep talking to voters, we know we can win this race. 

Our plan to win

This is a big district with lots of ground to cover, and Republican
corporate donors are throwing buckets of money at this race. So we need to
think creatively and use every tool we can to break through the big-dollar
noise with tested messages that have the power to remind OR-05 voters
exactly what’s at stake.

Our team is deciding whether to hit go on $40,000 worth of targeted social
pressure mail and posters (you can see them below!) that will reach
thousands of voters in the final days of this race (on top of the
phonebanking, texting, and canvassing that we’re already doing). And if we
hit our stretch goal of $50,000, we’ll add billboards all over the
district with tested messaging about Jamie’s opponent and what’s at stake
in November. We think this is critical investment in a race we can’t
afford to lose and where national Democrats are massively underspending.
But we need your support to make it happen, and fast:

 1. [ [link removed] ]If you can, chip in now to help us get mail out to 60,000 OR-5
voters, as well as billboards and posters up all over OR-5 immediately
and to support all of our work to keep the House and expand our Senate
majority in November.
 2. If you can’t, that’s OK! [ [link removed] ]Sign up to join our national phonebank
party for Jamie TODAY at 5pm Eastern/2pm Pacific and talk to voters in
OR-5. 

[8]Billboard of Lori-Chavez DeRemer

We need to make sure that every single voter in OR-05 understands that
they’ll be making a fundamental choice at the ballot box this election: to
protect reproductive freedoms or risk losing abortion rights nationwide.
To protect fair, free elections or risk being represented by someone who
*still* refuses to say that Biden won in 2020. 

This always sounds like a line in fundraising emails, but it’s really
true: there’s a direct line between clicking that ‘donate’ button and our
ability to reach more voters in this absolutely key toss-up district, and
the stakes couldn’t be higher this year. Whether you’re giving your money
or your time, thank you.

We’ve won close races before -- and I believe in OR-05, we can do it
again.

In solidarity, 
Leah

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