Make no mistake, John — Raphael Warnock’s victory in Georgia earlier this month is bigger than just picking up one more Senate seat.
It’s bigger than giving Democrats control of Senate committees, and ensuring there are no deadlocked bills or nominees.
It’s bigger than knocking down half of Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin’s wall of obstruction, and weakening their leverage over President Biden’s agenda.
And it’s even bigger than establishing a firm Democratic defense against extremist GOP attacks on long-established rights and protections.
Warnock’s victory was a referendum on right-wing extremism; the culmination of a decades-long effort led by Black women to transform Georgia's electorate; but above all, it was a testament to what’s possible when we organize and invest in robust electoral infrastructure.
At the Working Families Party, we’re doing everything we can to replicate this victory state-by-state in even the reddest of districts, but it’s going to take a whole lot of resources to carry this momentum across the country over the next year. If you can, contribute $10 toward our end-of-year goal to fund our movement as we lay the groundwork to deliver even more victories for working people.
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So many lessons can be drawn from the organizers who helped re-elect Senator Warnock to the U.S. Senate, John, perhaps the biggest being that there is no such thing as an “off-election year.”
It was through years of sustained community engagement, grassroots organizing, coalition and movement-building that we saw Georgia’s political landscape shift.
But to see something like that happen on a national level requires all of the above and more:
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We need to do voter engagement, education, and registration consistently, not just around federal elections.
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We need to identify, recruit, and train community leaders who know our struggles, share our values, fight for our futures and can make actually exciting candidates for office.
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We need clarity around our goals as a movement, and an explicit message that resonates with people across race, class, and gender lines.
At WFP, we’re well on our way there. We’re building a political home to provide a headquarters for the struggle to address long-standing inequities and mounting a movement to build the progressive infrastructure necessary to meet the scale of the crises we’re facing.
We’re investing in year-round organizing during off election cycles, supporting candidates up and down the ballot, training campaign managers, political staffers, and so much more.
But all of this work takes a whole lot of resources, John, which is why we’re asking one more time: Can you contribute $10 toward our movement and help reach our end-of-year goal?
In solidarity,
Britney Whaley
Southeast Regional Director
Working Families Party
