John,
DFA staff are on-the-ground in states across the country supporting our endorsed candidates from the top of the ticket to local races. We can assure you the energy around progressive candidates is high.
The excitement is palpable in the campaign offices of State Senate and State House candidates such as Kim Nagy (MI SD-31), Jim Obegrefell (OH HD-89), Nabilah Islam (GA SD-7), and Christy Clark (NC HD-98). These are just four of our endorsed Purple to Blue candidates that we hope to elect but there is a slew of others we hope will help flip state houses in battleground states.
In our statewide Establish Justice races, we have progressive Attorney General candidates Keith Ellison - MN, Dana Nessel - MI, Letitia James - NY, Andrea Campbell - MA, Rob Bonta - CA, and Aramis Ayala - FL. All are fighting hard in the face of extreme rhetoric coming from their opponents. Their vision for justice in the United States includes bold progressive policies and a criminal justice system that serves all people equally.
I have to mention our 50-state strategy candidates:
Danielle Helzer is a public school teacher running for Nebraska State Board of Education District 6. She has been combing across Nebraska searching for progressive voters and asking them to believe in a public education system that empowers students to think critically without fear.
Megan Green is running for President of the Board of Alderman St. Louis, a city that was just plagued by another mass shooting in a public school.
Daniela Silva is running for City Council in Austin’s third district. Her voice as a queer, Latina, progressive is just the kind of diversity we need at the local level. These candidates align with our DFA values and have committed to fight for them where we can feel it most - home.
It feels like we’re on the right track and what we’re seeing on the ground looks promising, despite what the polls say, but we can’t take anything for granted. Every campaign still needs to reach every voter possible if we’re going to bring it home.
We can win these races. We can turn Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and states across the nation blue. DFA Members can put these candidates over the top on Election Day, but we need your help. Please contribute anything you can right now >>
Support our GOTV Work Today
With so much focus on federal races in the House and Senate by the national media, it’s easy to forget about all of the state and local elections happening around the country on Tuesday.
Whether it’s voter targeting and turnout modeling or volunteer recruitment, candidate mentoring or hands-on management of phone banks, door knocking, or all of the above, DFA is playing a critical role in GOTV for strong progressives across the nation.
Our staff is with DFA members and campaigns around the country to make sure we flip as many states as we can, but this work depends on you. The more resources we have -- the more texts we can send, the more calls we can make, and the more doors we can knock and all of that work is so important in these last few days. Chip in $23.19 (our average this year) or whatever you can afford to help DFA GOTV this weekend!
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Let’s do this. Let’s make our voices heard and let’s fight to protect our progressive values.
Thank you for everything you're doing.
- Christine
Christine Senteno
Senior Electoral Manager
Democracy for America
