John,

The dust is still settling on Election Day, and all votes in every state need to be counted. But what we already know is this:

There was no “red wave” this year — because we showed up in numbers across the country to reject the agenda of Trump Republicans.

Pundits were predicting massive gains for Republicans in Congress. They said candidates who stood with working people couldn’t win. Right-wing billionaires spent millions on disgusting attack ads trying to stoke resentments and fears.

But it turned out voters had their own ideas.

In state after state, the Working Families Party and our members, candidates, and organizers helped Democrats defy gravity in the midterm elections.

We wanted to take a moment today to update you via email on some of our many highlights from Election Day across the country. But before we do:

Can you join us for a post-election debrief call tomorrow night, Thursday November 10th, at 8pm ET/5pm PT? RSVP to join WFP members, leaders, and candidates for a community post-election discussion on where we are now, what's next, and how you can get involved in building progressive power.

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Here are just a few of WFP highlights from yesterday:

• In Pennsylvania, we ran one of the largest field campaigns for John Fetterman, knocking on more than 400,000 doors in Pennsylvania to drive Democratic participation, focused on Philadelphia and other communities of color.

• We helped elect Summer Lee (PA-12) as the sixth WFP primary winner for the cycle to be headed to Congress. Summer will join Greg Casar (TX-35), Delia Ramirez (IL-3), Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), Maxwell Frost (FL-10) and Becca Balint (VT-AL), comprising the biggest new class of WFP members ever sent to Congress.

• We also supported progressives in a number of closely competitive House districts, most of which were labeled toss-ups or lean-Republican by Election Day. A number of these WFP-endorsed candidates have now declared victory, including Pat Ryan (NY-18), Jahana Hayes (CT-5), and Gabe Vasquez (NM-2), while others are currently in the lead in their races, like Oregon WFP-endorsed Andrea Salinas (OR-6).

• In Wisconsin, WFP endorsed Mandela Barnes the day he announced his campaign, and helped him win his primary over several better funded rivals. Unfortunately, Mandela fell short against insurrectionist Republican Ron Johnson, but we remain immensely proud of the campaign Mandela ran. Our major field program also helped turn out voters for Governor Tony Evers. Holding that seat means retaining a veto against the gerrymandered extreme Republican legislative majorities.

• In New York, WFP played a crucial role in turning out voters for Governor Kathy Hochul against Trump Republican Lee Zeldin — especially young voters and Black and brown voters in New York City. In the end, Hochul will win by roughly 5%, and the votes on the Working Families Party ballot line will be roughly the same as her margin of victory.

• Arizona was a national WFP priority, where we focused a major grassroots mobilization on turning out Democratic voters for a number of down ballot races, including Maricopa DA, state legislative races and Corp Commission. Those outcomes are mainly too close to call but helped contribute to Senator Mark Kelly’s lead.

• In Georgia, Senator Raphael Warnock is headed to a run-off. Just like two years ago, we’re going to bring everything we have to the race to secure the win. But this time, the run-off is only four weeks away, so we’re going to have to sprint into action.

And there’s so much more. You can read and share our full post-election memo here.

Then RSVP here to join us for our WFP post-election debrief call tomorrow night, Thursday November 10th, at 8pm ET/5pm PT.

In solidarity, always,

Team WFP

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