John,



We’ve spent the last two weekends knocking on doors in Fort Bend county
trying to help Eliz Markowitz win a special election for the state house.
If she wins, she’ll be the first Democrat to represent the district in the
legislature.

But more than that, a victory on January 28th will show Texas and the
country that with only 8 more seats to pick up, we are going to win the
State House for the first time since 2001. And it will also mean that we
are poised to deliver our state’s 38 electoral college votes to the
Democratic nominee who will defeat Donald Trump.

That’s how important this election is. And that’s why Powered By People
has mobilized more than 950 people to block walk in House District 28 over
the last two weekends. They came from Katy and Houston, Austin and Dallas,
El Paso and Longview, Lubbock and San Antonio. Some even jumped on a plane
to come down from outside of Texas. And so far they’ve knocked on over
24,000 doors, initiating thousands of conversations with the voters who
will decide this important election.

And you know what? I think it’s working.

After one day of early voting, we are already breaking records for turnout
in a special election. By 7pm Tuesday, 3,579 people had voted at one of
the five early voting locations in Fort Bend. By way of comparison, during
the first day of early voting last November only 694 people had voted and
there were 23 early voting locations!

[1]Gov. Patrick Svitek's Very Good Tweet

That means that in an election where most pundits expected turnout to drop
off from November, turnout is actually FIVE TIMES what it was in November.

That’s the power of people.

Stronger than special interests or entrenched politicians, everyday Texans
are taking matters into their own hands. Direct voter engagement — person
to person conversations — eyeball to eyeball — more powerful than TV, or
Facebook ads, or any of that phony rock 'n roll.

It’s real people doing the really important work that wins elections.

But we’re not done yet. We still have another weekend of action, where we
hope to bring even more volunteers together to knock on doors for Eliz.
And we’ll have to really step up. Texas Governor Greg Abbott is chartering
buses to bring people from across Texas — with promises of free food and
hotels — to try to counter our efforts.

[2]Gov. Greg Abbott busing in supporters

So... no matter where you live, I really need you to help us out this
weekend in Fort Bend. Our ability to win this race — and ultimately the
State House — hangs in the balance. [ [link removed] ]Please join our remote volunteer
call team to make calls between now and Election Day (January 28th) to
help get out the vote for Eliz.

And if you’d like to help fund this work, [ [link removed] ]we’ll put your contributions
to use helping to raise, organize and mobilize the volunteers who will do
the hard work that wins elections.

Powered by People!

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[5]Beto blockwalk


 


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