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  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
October 12, 2020 at 9:06 PM

We’ve reached 800,000 voters!

I have a quick update on how our goal of calling one million voters is going! Big news, John – We have already made 800,000 calls today! This is absolutely amazing. Plus, we still have two more phone bank shifts to go! We are on track to blow away our goal of calling 1,000,000 voters, with t…
  Cynthia Cano, Powered By People · [email protected]
October 12, 2020 at 12:44 PM

It's not too late

We’re calling one million voters today and will have special phone banks hosts – including Willie Nelson and Bernie Sanders. Will you join us for a shift? John, it's not too late to join us today as we work together to reach one million voters. Early voting begins tomorrow in Texas, so reach…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
October 12, 2020 at 12:09 AM

Texas is the biggest battleground state in the country

We’re counting on you to come through for us. And I promise if you do, we’ll do everything in our power to make sure Texas comes through for you and the rest of America on November 3rd. Dear John, Texas is the biggest battleground state in the country, with elections for the State House that w…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
October 11, 2020 at 3:54 PM

No regrets:

We’ve already proved history wrong. Let’s keep it up and win it all. John, There are less than 24 hours before Calling Texas: Million Voter Phone Bank begins. Everything we’ve been building this year comes down to this. We’ve spent this year identifying the exact voters who would likely vote…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
October 10, 2020 at 9:03 PM

This is not a fundraising email

This is about doing the hard work needed to win this election. John, I’m not going to ask you for money in this email. In fact, you won’t find a fundraising link anywhere in this email. This is because I don’t want you to get distracted from where the real help is needed: calling one million…
  David Wysong, Powered by People · [email protected]
October 9, 2020 at 9:11 PM

You can be the reason someone votes this November

If we’re going to win, we need you to have conversations with voters. John, in the past week, we’ve sent 7 emails asking you and other volunteers to join us for Calling Texas. Here’s why: This movement in Texas is bigger than just one person or campaign. By joining us for a phone bank shift…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
October 8, 2020 at 8:29 PM

RSVP to join our phone banks with Willie Nelson and Andrew Yang!

A new poll shows Trump and Biden tied in Texas! Will you help us flip this battleground state? POLL ALERT: A recent poll showed Joe Biden and Donald Trump are TIED in Texas! RSVP to join our star-studded lineup of phone banks on Monday for Calling Texas: Million Voter Phone Bank to turn o…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
October 6, 2020 at 3:48 PM

John, I have some very exciting news

This is the most exciting thing that’s happened since we started Powered by People. We have some amazing guests who will be joining us for Calling Texas: The Million Voter Phone Bank! Dear John, I’ve got some exciting news for you. In fact, this is the most exciting thing that’s happened si…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
October 2, 2020 at 9:00 PM

You’re invited to Calling Texas: The Million Voter Phone Bank

We’re launching an ambitious goal of calling one MILLION voters for our special virtual day of action. Will you help us reach this goal? Dear John, I’m excited to invite you to one of the biggest voter turnout efforts ever. On October 12th, the last day before Early Voting begins in Texas, …
  Cynthia Cano, Powered By People · [email protected]
October 1, 2020 at 6:28 PM

A little secret about our phone banks

We have a little secret about our phone banks that only those who have previously volunteered with us know about. Are you in? John,  If you’ve signed up to a phone bank with us before, you know that we have a little secret surprise at the end of each shift.  After Beto and our Powered by Peop…
  David Wysong, Powered by People · [email protected]
October 1, 2020 at 12:04 AM

With your help, John, we can flip Texas

Your support in this home stretch could mean the difference in close races decided by dozens of votes. Please make a donation today and let’s give this everything we’ve got. John, it’s been awhile since you last heard from me. I’m David Wysong, Beto’s former Chief of Staff and Campaign Manage…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
September 30, 2020 at 6:05 PM

Back by popular demand...

John, So far this year, Powered by People volunteers have registered over 90,000 new voters across Texas – which is absolutely amazing. If you’ve been a part of this effort, we cannot thank you enough for bringing us to this point. I know we previously emailed you about our last phone bank…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
September 29, 2020 at 11:50 PM

7 candidates who could use your help this week

By committing to spend just 2.5 hours calling voters across Texas with some of these State House candidates, you can do your part in making sure that these important voices are elected to represent the people. John,  There are 7 Texas State House candidates who could win their election if we…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
September 28, 2020 at 10:40 PM

We’re in the home stretch, John!

Your support in this home stretch could mean the difference in close races decided by dozens of votes. Please make a donation today and let’s give this everything we’ve got. Dear John, This is the home stretch. There are only 15 days until voting begins in Texas. That means there are only 15 da…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
September 27, 2020 at 7:49 PM

FWD: Less than 500 votes

These are your last chances to make a direct impact on 12 important Texas State House races. John, you have the opportunity to make a direct impact on 12 important Texas State House races this week.  On Monday and Wednesday, we’re hosting our last two phone banks with State House candidates …
  BetoORourke.com · [email protected]
September 26, 2020 at 8:51 PM

Texas is within reach

A new poll showed that Joe Biden is only three points behind Trump in Texas. With your support, we can reach as many voters in Texas as possible to help them turn out and elect a Democratic majority. John, We're coming up on an important end-of-quarter at the end of September — our last big r…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
September 25, 2020 at 5:33 PM

Less than 500 votes

Strong Democratic candidates lost their State House races by less than 500 votes in 2018. We can’t let that happen again. In a moment, I'm going to ask you to phone bank, John. Let me explain why it’s so important for us to do this work: In 2018, we watched as amazing Texas State House candid…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
September 24, 2020 at 10:32 PM

(This Saturday) Last chance to register Texan voters

Beto and dozens of Powered by People volunteers will be calling and helping Texans register to vote before the October 5th deadline. Will you join them? This Saturday is your last chance to help Powered by People register voters before the October 5th deadline. RSVP for this vital opportunity…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
September 22, 2020 at 4:53 PM

This is the time to step up

Now more than ever, we need to put our heads down, get to work, and keep going until the polls close on Election Day. It’s been a tough year, John. I don’t need to list out all the reasons why – I know you’ve been right there, living through bad news story after bad news story, too.  But we…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
September 21, 2020 at 8:34 PM

Come have a beer with me Tuesday night

With 43 days to go, I’d like to bring everyone together to talk about what we’re doing to make sure we win the most important election of our lives. Will you join me for a beer? Dear John, Come have a beer with me Tuesday night. I’d love to celebrate our hard work with you. And, with 43 days sti…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
September 17, 2020 at 7:29 PM

See you Tuesday?

Beto is hosting a special virtual event and he would love to see you there! With Election Day just weeks away, our volunteers have been working harder than ever, John. And the work is paying off. Just last night, 480 volunteers made over 176,000 calls to register voters across Texas – increas…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
September 16, 2020 at 10:41 PM

Phone Bank Volunteers Needed

We are less than 50 days until Election Day and we need all hands on deck if we’re going to flip the Texas legislature blue for the first time in 20 years. John, we are less than 50 days out from Election Day 2020. If reading that made you nervous, then it’s time to jump into volunteering so …
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
September 13, 2020 at 8:21 PM

John, Texas needs your help

You have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of the second largest state in the country just by making some phone calls. Don’t pass this up. Hi John, 2020 has been a difficult year for so many reasons. But it has also given us an opportunity we haven’t seen in a long time…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
September 9, 2020 at 9:41 PM

An update on where we’re at

We’re teaming up with more Democratic Texas State House candidates who are working hard to flip their districts. Will you join us in making calls to their voters? Dear John, Last night Powered by People volunteers made more than 320,000 phone calls to Texas voters. I was right there with the …
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
September 5, 2020 at 5:28 PM

Join us in making history

We’re teaming up with more Democratic Texas State House candidates who are working hard to flip their districts. Will you join us in making calls to their voters? Exciting news, John! We’re teaming up with more awesome Democratic Texas State House candidates who are ready to fight for ALL of …
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
September 4, 2020 at 4:18 PM

Don’t miss out on hearing from our special guest!

Senator Cory Booker will be kicking off our next virtual phone bank with Beto next Tuesday as we connect with voters across Texas. John, Did you see Senator Cory Booker is kicking off our next phone bank? Whether you’re one of our regular phone bankers or you haven’t been on a dialer before,…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
September 2, 2020 at 6:29 PM

Cory, Beto, and John!

Join Senator Cory Booker and Beto during a special virtual phone bank next Tuesday as we work to identify Democratic voters across Texas. You won't want to miss this, John — You’re invited to join special guest Sen. Cory Booker and Beto for a special phone bank next Tuesday! Sen. Booker is ki…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
August 31, 2020 at 1:56 AM

Have you signed up to flip Texas blue yet?

This week we’re kicking off our first round of phone banks with some amazing Texas state house candidates. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to support Democrats up and down the ballot! John, If you’ve been waiting for your chance to hop in and get involved this election, but have been…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
August 28, 2020 at 5:53 PM

Did you see Beto’s email?

Next week, we’re launching a series of phone banks to contact voters in key Texas State House districts, alongside the amazing candidates who will flip these seats. Did you see Beto's email, John? We need all hands on deck if we’re going to flip the Texas State House this election. That’s why…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
August 25, 2020 at 9:56 PM

We can flip Texas

Our goal this year has been clear: We need to flip the Texas State House. And we need your help to do it. Dear John, When we started Powered by People at the beginning of the year we set out to help Democrats win a majority in the Texas House. There were any number of challenges to take on,…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
August 21, 2020 at 3:13 PM

Your impact so far:

We have made over 20 million Texas voter contact attempts so far this year and our goal Dear John, I’m excited to share with you that we have now made over 20 million Texas voter contact attempts so far this year. This is person to person outreach. Not TV ads or tweets, not Facebook messages or…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
August 14, 2020 at 8:41 PM

The number-one way to get people to take action:

With the Democratic National Convention now fast approaching, this November's election is top of mind for many folks. John, We're now just about at the halfway point of August, and the Democratic National Convention kicks off on Monday. The clock is ticking for us to reach out to Democratic …
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
August 11, 2020 at 5:26 PM

We have millions more calls to make

John, I'm right there with you calling the Texas voters who will decide the most important election of our lifetime. Dear John, This fight is on and we need you in it. We've made more than two million phone calls to Texas voters over the last two months, and our work is paying off. NBC News just…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
August 10, 2020 at 8:15 PM

We're taking things to the next level

The response to our organizing, so far, has been overwhelmingly positive. We’re ready to take our efforts to the next level -- but our new plans will dramatically increase our operating costs. John, By now, you're likely aware that right now, our two biggest goals are 1) winning Democratic ma…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
August 7, 2020 at 10:08 PM

Texas is officially a "toss-up"

So far, Powered By People volunteers have already made 1.4 million calls to contact Texas voters. This month, we're hoping to reach even more - and we're looking to you to join us. John, Recent polling shows that Texas is officially a "toss-up" state — meaning that the race for president is b…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
August 5, 2020 at 11:12 PM

69 days to go

We're currently several volunteers short of where we need to be in order to keep pace with our outreach goals. Will you join the phone bank tomorrow? John, there are only 69 days left until early voting for the November general election begins in Texas. Everything that we're working so hard f…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
August 4, 2020 at 11:32 PM

27 endorsements in Texas

If you want evidence of our growing coalition in Texas, look no further than President Obama’s first wave of 2020 endorsements. John, If you want evidence of our growing coalition in Texas, look no further than President Obama's first wave of 2020 endorsements: yesterday, he endorsed 27 Texas…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
August 1, 2020 at 6:37 PM

Early voting in Texas now pushed up:

Our success is dependent on reaching out to every single Democratic voter in Texas before they have a chance to cast their ballots. John, Last Monday, Governor Greg Abbott announced an extension on early voting in the state of Texas citing continued challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemi…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
July 30, 2020 at 11:34 PM

This is key to our mission

We have two more phone banks this weekend to reach out to Black voters in Texas. Will you join us? John, In partnership with the Texas Coalition of Black Democrats and the Texas Democratic Party, Powered by People has been participating in a week of action and phone banking to reach out to Bl…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
July 27, 2020 at 11:13 PM

One of our most expansive efforts yet:

This is the most important election of our lives, and every vote matters. John: today, we're excited to share one of our most expansive efforts yet. Powered by People is joining the Texas Democratic Party and the Texas Coalition of Black Democrats to reach out and contact every Black voter in…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
July 25, 2020 at 4:36 PM

Up for grabs

Texas is the biggest battleground state in the union. Let’s talk numbers. John, texas is the biggest battleground state in the union. Let’s talk numbers: 9 -- the number of seats we need to flip the State House 36 -- the number of seats that could help us hold or expand our majority in the H…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
July 22, 2020 at 4:35 PM

"If the Democrats win Texas, it's all over."

If we can pull off a win in Texas -- from the presidential election all the way down to the State House -- we have a real chance at getting Trump out of the White House finally and forever. John, In his address to the Texas Republican Party Convention earlier this week, Ted Cruz warned his au…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
July 21, 2020 at 7:41 PM

Can you join us this Thursday?

Monday night was an amazing start to our push to reach out to and identify voters who will support Democrats in Texas. But there are a lot more voters to contact. John, We had our second phone bank since the runoff last night, contacting voters all across the state. In just one night, we were…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
July 20, 2020 at 3:20 PM

Winning in November starts with us

Last Friday, the New York Times featured our ambitious efforts around reaching every single Democrat in Texas. This movement is gaining traction, John. Last Friday, the New York Times featured our ambitious efforts around reaching every single Democrat in Texas, all in service of achieving ou…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
July 17, 2020 at 5:30 PM

Your time now can make all the difference in November

Can we count on you to join us for a phone bank with Beto next Monday? John, I'm forwarding you Beto's email from yesterday, because I wanted to make sure you had a chance to see it. Our work to register and contact voters in Texas has been going really well and is growing exponentially. We've s…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
July 16, 2020 at 2:10 PM

Expanding to all 254 counties of Texas

As you may know from previous emails I've sent you, our work to register and turn out voters in Texas has gone really well and has exceeded our expectations. Dear John, I'd like to share some news with you. As you may know from previous emails I've sent you, our work to register and turn out vot…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
July 15, 2020 at 8:02 PM

The next, most critical part of our work:

Now that the runoff is over, we need to look to what's next. John, Because of our volunteers, we've been able to make over a million calls to Texans in key districts in the past two months alone. And now that the runoff is over, we can start the most critical part of our work: winning a Democ…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
July 13, 2020 at 9:11 PM

Trump 41, Biden 46

Did you see this headline? John, did you see this headline? It shows that our work in Texas has never been more critical. We have a real chance at getting Trump out of the White House finally and forever. That’s why our Powered by People volunteer team is laser-focused on contacting voters i…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
July 10, 2020 at 11:40 PM

Things are bad, and getting worse

The question is, what are we going to do about it? Dear John, Things are bad, and getting worse. The question is, what are we going to do about it? My view is that, in order to make it better in the long term, we have to win elections. Put people in office who believe in science, follow the fact…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
July 8, 2020 at 5:02 PM

Beto captured this photo of our amazing volunteer team

Just look. John, At our virtual phone bank on Monday, volunteers made 316,000 phone calls to voters across Texas! Just look at this slice of our amazing team that Beto captured: But next, we have to do even more, and we can’t do it without you. Will you be part of the team that’s going to fl…