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  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
March 18, 2021 at 10:02 PM

You have a video message from Beto ➡

Beto recorded a short video about why Powered by People needs your support. Can you chip in today? John: You have a special video message from Beto! Watch it below ↓↓↓ If you’re able, please consider donating today to help support our efforts in 2021 to flip Texas blue in 2022. Contribute $…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
February 23, 2021 at 12:47 AM

ASAP volunteer request to help Texans

We need volunteers like you to help us follow-up with Texans who said they needed help, to make sure we can get them the resources they need. John, I have an urgent need for volunteers like you. Can you help out? Last week, thousands of volunteers from across the country came together to call…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
February 21, 2021 at 2:59 AM

Please watch this short video, and then donate to help Texas

I have a short message for you about what Powered by People supporters have accomplished these past few days to help Texas. John, I have a short video message for you about what Powered by People supporters have accomplished these past few days to help Texas. Watch the video below, and then don…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
February 19, 2021 at 7:25 PM

Help Texans by splitting a donation between local food banks and shelters

100% of your contribution will go to connecting Texans with water, food, shelter and transportation. 0% of your contribution will go to overhead or administrative costs. Dear John, Help us help Texans by making a donation today. 100% of your contribution will go to connecting Texans with water,…
  Cynthia Cano, Powered By People · [email protected]
February 18, 2021 at 4:56 PM

FWD: Urgent Ask: Can you help us reach out to Texans who may need assistance?

We need help from volunteers like you to help us check in with Texans. John, Texas needs your help. Whether you can join us all day or just for an hour or two, we need your help checking in with as many Texans as possible. Millions of Texans are freezing and starving due to a lack of governme…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
February 17, 2021 at 10:58 PM

Urgent Ask: Can you help us reach out to Texans who may need assistance?

We are activating all of our Powered by People volunteers to make phone calls into affected Texas communities to connect people with necessary services. Dear John, I am getting in touch on the chance that you are able to help us reach out to Texans who might need assistance in the wake of th…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
February 4, 2021 at 10:11 PM

Your donation can help us register more voters across Texas

We have over 1,500 volunteers who are working hard to help us register voters across Texas. Can you make a donation today to help support their important work? Dear John, I’ve got some good news. More than 1,500 Texans who receive these emails from me have signed up for trainings to become Volun…
  Cynthia Cano, Powered By People · [email protected]
January 28, 2021 at 9:23 PM

An update on our Letter to the Editor campaign

Over 500 letters were sent to local Texas newspapers, asking them to call on Ted Cruz to resign. This is what people power looks like. John, Within just two weeks of Senator Ted Cruz inciting violence at the U.S. Capitol, Powered by People volunteers sent over 500 letters to local newspaper edit…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
January 22, 2021 at 3:17 PM

Can we save our democracy?

Wednesday’s inauguration of President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Senators Ossoff and Warnock is cause for celebration and for recommitting ourselves to the work ahead. John, as President Joe Biden said Wednesday, “democracy has prevailed.” Wednesday’s inauguration of President Biden and V…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
January 13, 2021 at 9:52 PM

Call your Senators and demand they vote to expel Cruz and Hawley from the Senate

It’s been one week since the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol and there still has not been any accountability. Call your Senators today and demand they vote to expel Cruz and Hawley. John, It’s been one week since the insurrection that took place in the U.S. Capitol and there still has not be…
  Cynthia Cano, Powered By People · [email protected]
January 12, 2021 at 7:07 PM

Resign, Ted

The message rings loud and clear across the state of Texas, from the Houston Chronicle to the San Antonio Express: Ted Cruz, resign. John, Ted Cruz led the effort to overturn the 2020 election results in the Senate, placing our democracy on the altar of his own political ambition. Two major …
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
January 7, 2021 at 4:00 PM

In light of what happened yesterday:

There must be accountability and there must be consequences for Cruz’s role in the insurrection. Dear John, I’m re-sending the below email to you in light of what happened yesterday at the United States Capitol. Conservative columnist George Will wrote that the “three repulsive architects of Wed…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
January 6, 2021 at 5:54 PM

Ted Cruz

Our response at this moment defines our country’s future. Will you support our work to combat these threats? John, Texas is at the center of the constitutional crisis that will play out in our nation’s capital today. The latest lurch towards authoritarianism — Donald Trump trying to shake down …
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
December 31, 2020 at 4:12 PM

Our year in review:

We wanted to share a recap of all the amazing things you helped us accomplish this year! John: It’s finally here, the last day of 2020. Before the year ends, we wanted to share our thanks for being with us every step up the way. We wouldn’t have been able to do all that we did without your he…
  David Wysong, Powered by People · [email protected]
December 29, 2020 at 8:13 PM

Your last chance to volunteer in 2020

Last night, Powered by People volunteers made over 500,000 calls to Georgia voters. Can you join us tomorrow? Powered by People volunteers did something big last night, John. In a single phone bank shift, hundreds of volunteers from around the country made well over 500,000 calls to Georgia …
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
December 27, 2020 at 9:15 PM

Not a fundraising email

Join us as we call and connect with Georgia voters one-on-one. John, this is not a fundraising email. Instead, I’m going to ask you to donate three hours of your time to make an impact in the extremely important Georgia Senate runoffs. Right now, Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock are goin…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
December 23, 2020 at 4:12 PM

Make plans to call Georgians with me next week

Let’s make sure that Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock and the people of Georgia know that we’re with them. Dear John, I hope you and your family are healthy and are able to spend some time together and offline over the holidays. As you know, Georgia is about to determine the composition of the Senat…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
December 21, 2020 at 6:24 PM

Phone bank in Georgia to flip the Senate!

We’re hosting two phone banks to help flip the Senate in Georgia! John, we’ve been looking over the results from our last survey and you’ve made your priorities loud and clear: we need to win the Georgia runoffs and flip the Senate! That’s why we are thrilled to announce two special edition …
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
December 16, 2020 at 8:21 PM

The Texas GOP is threatening secession

Ted Cruz and the Texas GOP are going too far. We need to flip Georgia if we want to change this. John, A couple days ago, members of the Electoral College officially cast their votes, finally confirming Joe Biden as President-elect and Kamala Harris as Vice President-elect. But it wasn’t easy…
  Cynthia Cano, Powered By People · [email protected]
December 8, 2020 at 6:45 PM

I didn’t see your name, John

I’m sending these survey results to Beto tonight. John, I wanted to make sure you saw our email from last week about our 2021 Priorities Survey. I’m sending Beto the results of the survey tonight, and I want to make sure your voice is heard. Can you take this quick survey about your prioriti…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
December 4, 2020 at 6:35 PM

A couple quick questions for you:

As 2020 comes to a close, we want to know what you think Powered by People should focus on in 2021 and beyond. John, we've said it before and we’ll continue to say it – we wouldn’t have accomplished so much this past year without YOU. This is a movement powered by volunteers and grassroots su…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
November 25, 2020 at 10:29 PM

A message of thanks and a call to action

Happy early Thanksgiving, John! We know that this is yet another holiday without hugs and meals shared with friends and family, but we wanted to take a moment to thank you for sticking with us throughout this tumultuous year. We are so grateful for our amazing community of volunteers, grassr…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
November 24, 2020 at 4:21 PM

Help El Paso with Operation HOPE

Dear John, So many of you have reached out to me to ask how you can help El Paso in the midst of one of the worst Covid outbreaks in the country. As you may have read, so many are dying in El Paso right now that the county has been forced to set up ten mobile morgues. Hospitals are at capacity,…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
November 21, 2020 at 9:24 PM

Can you split a donation between Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock’s campaign today to help them win their seats and flip the Senate?

Flipping the U.S. Senate is vital to helping the Biden-Harris administration. John, Last week, Beto sent you an important email about everything we’ve learned post-election. At the very top of that email, he briefly mentioned how important the two U.S. Senate races in Georgia are, with a qui…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
November 12, 2020 at 7:49 PM

What we've learned in Texas and a chance to help Georgia

I have spent the last week calling around the state to listen to voters, candidates and organizers. Here's what I heard: Dear John, I’m grateful for the responses to the “down but not out!” email I sent last week. General consensus from everyone so far: Tuesday was tough, but Saturday was a gre…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
November 5, 2020 at 12:06 AM

The results and the work ahead

John, I am deeply disappointed that we did not win in Texas. Despite record turnout and an extraordinary effort on the part of our volunteers, Texas voters chose Donald Trump and Republican incumbents at nearly every place on the ballot. For whatever it’s worth, it looks to be part of a larger,…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
November 3, 2020 at 9:04 PM

We could flip Texas if El Paso County turnout hits 60%

John, we need your help turning out voters in El Paso ASAP. Some big news came out from a Texas Democratic Party official just now. They believe that we can win Texas – but only if El Paso voter turnout reaches 60%. Can you join Rep. Veronica Escobar and Beto tonight at 5:00pm CT while they …
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
November 3, 2020 at 2:49 PM

Want to make a big difference today?

What you do today will impact the rest of your life. Looking for your one thing to do today, John? PHONE BANK » There is nothing more impactful (other than voting yourself!) than having conversations with fellow voters and helping them find their polling place. What happens tonight will impac…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
November 3, 2020 at 2:04 AM

A simple message going into tomorrow:

I’d like to share some final thoughts before tomorrow. John, I wanted to send one last email before the polls open tomorrow morning. It’s been an incredible past few months. Since January, we’ve registered nearly 200,000 voters and have made more than 60 million voter contact attempts. Yeste…
  BetoORourke.com · [email protected]
November 2, 2020 at 11:23 PM

Big update from Harris County:

Judges rules that the 127,000 already-cast votes from Harris County WILL be counted tomorrow! Huge update, John: A federal judge has dismissed the case from conservative Texas donors about throwing out 127,000 early-vote ballots in Harris County. This means those votes will be counted tomorr…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
November 2, 2020 at 5:45 PM

What you can do today:

More volunteers from xxxxxx needed John, In less than 24 hours, the polls will open for the most important election of our lives. It’s up to all of us right now to make sure that we’re doing everything we can to flip Texas. We only have six phone bank shifts left before the polls close tomorr…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
November 1, 2020 at 8:16 PM

It’s now or never, John

The polls close in Texas in less than 72 hours. It’s now or never if you’re going to do something, John In less than 72 hours, John, the polls will be closed in Texas. In less than 72 hours, our ambitious voter outreach efforts will be done. No more phone banks, no more door knocks, no more t…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
October 31, 2020 at 9:11 PM

Join me, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Veronica Escobar, Eric Holder, Sarah Silverman and more!

Will you join me on one phone bank shift each day for the next three days (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday) to try to reach them? Dear John, There are less than 100 hours left until polls close in Texas, and there are still millions of Texas voters who have yet to cast their ballots. Will you join m…
  David Wysong, Powered by People · [email protected]
October 31, 2020 at 5:02 PM

A short story about leaving it all on the field (Picture inside!)

John, I’m going to tell a short story about Beto’s first run for Congress, back in 2012. It was a very competitive primary, and Beto was up against an eight term incumbent. I was the Campaign Manager at the time, but our team was small – we only had one full-time paid staff member, and it w…
  Luci Baines Johnson · [email protected]
October 30, 2020 at 7:00 PM

This is Luci Baines Johnson asking you to make sure your vote is cast so it can count.

We must do all we can to turn out voters in Texas for this election if we’re going to succeed in this work. John, People have been voting in historic numbers this election. This is important. In a democracy, our votes are our voice. Democracy is the work of our people as we continue the marc…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
October 30, 2020 at 1:03 AM

The potential impact of John's volunteer shift:

The calls you make can be the difference between flipping a seat or not. John, I sometimes get questions about whether a volunteer signing up for one phone bank shift will make a difference. I always say yes, of course, anything you do will make a difference! But let me break it down for you…
  Cynthia Cano, Powered By People · [email protected]
October 29, 2020 at 8:33 PM

How are you feeling about Tuesday, John?

We have a solution for your pre-election stress! I know the feeling, John. You’re stressed about Election Day. You can’t stop refreshing Twitter, the news is constantly on in the background, and you just want to relax! Well, our team has found the perfect solution to those pre-election jitter…
  BetoORourke.com · [email protected]
October 28, 2020 at 9:32 PM

TOSS-UP: Pollsters say Texas could go either way

In the biggest swing state in the country, one that also happens to be the most voter-suppressed, we need to do everything we can to turn them out. It's official, John: Texas is a TOSS-UP! A state that hasn’t voted for the Democratic nominee since 1976 has been labeled as a Toss-Up state by m…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
October 27, 2020 at 7:47 PM

Nate Silver just said something BIG about Texas:

We need to do everything we can to Take Back the House, but we need your help. John, Nate Silver just said something BIG about Texas: “Without question, Texas is the biggest redistricting prize up for grabs this year” Thanks to recent population growth in Texas, we’re expected to gain three m…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
October 26, 2020 at 4:42 PM

Can I count on you to join me at one of these phone banks?

In the biggest swing state in the country, one that also happens to be the most voter-suppressed, we need to do everything we can to turn them out. Dear John,  We are almost there.  Eight days left, including today. While Texas leads the country in number of votes cast and also leads in improvem…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
October 26, 2020 at 12:36 AM

We need to Take Back the House in Texas, John

It’s time we Take Back the House, but we can only do that with your help. John,  We know how important the presidential, senate, and congressional races are this year. In both cases, we’ve been talking about those elections for over a year. But we cannot forget how important local elections a…
  Cynthia Cano, Powered By People · [email protected]
October 24, 2020 at 7:11 PM

Help Ethan Hawke turn out Texas voters!

We have our work cut out for us, but accomplished amazing things before. We’re excited to have two great activists stepping up to the plate to join us this week! John,  Only 50.1% of registered voters in Texas voted in 2018. And that was after one of the biggest voter registration surges Texa…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
October 23, 2020 at 8:19 PM

You’re invited to a phone bank with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Beto!

Kirsten Gillibrand is teaming up with Beto tomorrow to call Texas voters to get out the vote. Can you join them? John, are you busy tomorrow? I hope not, because Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is teaming up with Beto for a virtual Get Out The Vote phone bank tomorrow afternoon! Can you join them …
  David Wysong, Powered by People · [email protected]
October 22, 2020 at 7:18 PM

A new poll shows Trump and Biden are tied in Texas! Can you chip in $12 or more to help flip Texas?

Powered by People is working to reach and turn out every Democratic voter in Texas to help send our 38 Electoral College votes to Joe Biden. POLL ALERT: A recent poll showed Joe Biden and Donald Trump are TIED in Texas! Can you chip in $12 to cover the costs of our phone banks as we aim t…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
October 21, 2020 at 5:25 PM

2 more people from xxxxxx

Our phone banks have been on fire, but we still need a few more people to step up from your area if we’re going to reach our goal. John, I'll keep this quick: We need two more volunteers from xxxxxx to sign up for a phone bank this week or we’re not going to reach our goal of calling every De…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
October 20, 2020 at 5:59 PM

We're two weeks out from knowing election results in Texas

We are two weeks out from Election Day and we need you to sign up for a phone bank to help us through this final stretch. Dear John, Our phone banks have been on fire, and it couldn’t be happening at a better time. We made nearly 3 million phone calls on the day before Early Voting started, whic…
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
October 18, 2020 at 6:50 PM

These numbers are important

The numbers we’re seeing out of Texas are exciting! John, our team was reading about the surge in newly registered voters in Texas, and we started to do some math – stay with us, this gets pretty interesting: In 2016, there were 15.1 million registered voters in Texas.  This year, 16.9 mi…
  Kate Roberts, Powered By People · [email protected]
October 16, 2020 at 4:22 PM

Every. Democrat. In. Texas.

Reaching every Democrat in Texas isn’t going to be easy. John, on Monday, Powered by People volunteers like you did something amazing. By calling 2,942,597 voters, our volunteers reached one-sixth of all registered voters in Texas. The next day, the first day of early voting, we saw record-br…
  Beto O'Rourke · [email protected]
October 14, 2020 at 8:30 PM

I want to share this note with you

Please read this email that I just sent our Calling Texas volunteers. Dear John,  I want to share the note I just sent our Calling Texas volunteers with you. We broke some big records during our Monday phone bank for volunteer participation which helped Texas break some really big records for …
  Powered By People (BetoORourke.com) · [email protected]
October 13, 2020 at 9:42 PM

17% of the way there

Yesterday was absolutely phenomenal. But our work isn’t over. John,  In case you missed it, Powered by People volunteers did something incredible yesterday.  After raising our original goal of making one million calls (twice!), our volunteers still went above and beyond and called 2,942,597 v…