We did it! Pennsylvanians understood the assignment, John!  

The New Pennsylvania Project registered 20,000 Pennsylvanians to vote this year, but we couldn't have done it without you.

Thank you to the election workers and grassroots progressive organizers for safeguarding our elections and showing up for democracy.

We couldn't have done it without our dedicated NPP staff who worked tirelessly year-round, and our donors who supported and invested in this mission.

We've had a lot of firsts this year, and a wave of monumental wins across the 

Commonwealth.  Making a representative democracy more of a reality; the Pennsylvania legislature will be its most diverse in history. This election added seven people of color: four Black, two Asian Americans, and one Latino.

This year's historic wins:

• Joanna McClinton is now officially the first woman and Black woman to serve as Speaker of the House in Pennsylvania.
• State Rep. Summer Lee will become the first Black woman elected to Congress from Pennsylvania. 
• Arvind Venkat, the first Indian American elected to the PA House.
• Latasha D Mayes, the first Black lesbian elected to legislature in the Pennsylvania State House
• Austin Davis, first Black lieutenant governor.

This year is living proof that voting your values, investing in democracy, and advocating for your community, makes a difference!   Shout out to you, democracy defenders.

In Pennsylvania Senate race, Fetterman, Oz make last-minute push for Black voters (ABC News)

Kadida Kenner, CEO of the New Pennsylvania Project, a voting rights organization that has registered 20,000 people across the state this year, stressed the importance of Fetterman turning out Black voters. "No Democrat is going to win a statewide election in Pennsylvania without the Black vote," Kenner told ABC News.

New voting rights organization targets Pa. communities (ABC 27)

The New Pennsylvania Project’s efforts, which have registered over 20,000 voters in Pennsylvania in just last year, are modeled after the successful New Georgia Project. Kadida Kenner, the CEO of the New Pennsylvania Project, says outreach has made a huge difference.

More featured NPP In the News articles:

• Check out this op-ed written by NPP CEO Kadida Kenner for the Pennsylvania Capital Star
• How Summer Lee's historic win in Pa.'s 12th Congressional District reverberates beyond politics (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Davis makes history as PA's first Black Lieutenant Governor (Local 21 News)
• NPP CEO Kadida Kenner's joins the latest episode of The Confluence discussing PA voter turnout.
• Pa. lieutenant governor to-be Austin Davis joins historic class of Black people elected to high office (Penn Live)

• It's Official: Democrats win control of PA state House after picking up 12 seats, Spotlight PA reports.
• At a time when control of the House of Representatives has come down to just a few seats, it’s a good time to reexamine the Voting Rights Act case pending before the Supreme Court, Washington Post reports.
• PA Democrats won a razor-thin majority of seats in the state House of Representatives for the first time in 12 years, an unexpected victory for the party that will have a major impact on how legislation moves through Harrisburg for the next two years, Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
• Austin Davis, set to become the first Black lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania on Jan. 17, said he is “extremely humbled by the opportunity” made possible by Black leaders who came before him. Lancaster Online reports.

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