Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

November 11, 2022 at 8:20 PM

All power to all people.

We came up short but our movement will continue to grow. John, We've had some tremendous wins but unfortunately, we came up short in this election. But I wouldn't have done this thing any other way. My life called me into organizing, and I bring that calling with me to my work every day. I'm not afr…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

November 8, 2022 at 6:20 PM

It’s been a long road and it all led to this.

Election day is right now. This is it, John: It’s Election Day!! ☀️ Our effort to shake up the status quo that started back in 2021 culminates with voters headed to the polls and making their choice for Congress. It’s been a long road, but it’s all led to THIS. I’m going to make a last-minute ask: C…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

November 4, 2022 at 6:46 PM

Ilhan Omar + me

I’m honored to receive this endorsement. John, Some of the most fearless women in Congress have inspired me as I fight to shake up the status quo, from Nashville to Washington, D.C. That's why I'm honored to be endorsed by Rep. Ilhan Omar. She speaks truth to power and advocates for policies rooted …

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

November 3, 2022 at 5:32 PM

one of the loudest

John, We are just 5 days away from Election Day, when our movement will learn if we are able to win. My team just told me that we're running low on funds for our get-out-the-vote ads — can you make a donation right now so we can catch up? Donate » For a campaign like ours to be competitive with a ri…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

November 2, 2022 at 9:44 PM

NEW: Voter suppression

Whether this is blatant incompetence or purposeful deceit, the end result is the same: voter suppression John, The racist gerrymandering by the GOP legislature is causing problems in our race, with hundreds of voters being given the wrong ballots with the wrong Congressional candidates. Whether this…

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  Finance Update, Odessa for Congress · [email protected]

November 1, 2022 at 8:15 PM

Not one dollar of corporate PAC money

There are just 7 days until Election Day. John, we have just 7 days until the end of this election. We know emails like this can seem frantic, but the stakes are all too real. What we're able to raise in these final days will determine if we can conduct the district-wide GOTV effort we need to flip …

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

October 30, 2022 at 2:50 PM

We *won’t* be quiet.

Let’s shout truth from the rooftops. Hey John, I just want to say THANK YOU to each and every single one of you for what you’re putting into this race. No need to wait for November 8 — I appreciate all of you for being a part of this movement. When right-wing trolls invade TN-07 to spread misinforma…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

October 29, 2022 at 8:59 PM

A vote for me =

I know we’ve said the stakes in this election are high, but I’ll be super clear about it. John, I know we’ve said the stakes in this election are high. I’ll be super clear about it: A vote for my opponent Mark Green = a vote for a federal abortion ban. A vote for Odessa Kelly ( 👋😁 ) = a vote for you…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

October 28, 2022 at 9:35 PM

Me + Ayanna Pressley

I’m honored to receive this endorsement. Hey John, In our fight to shake up the status quo in Nashville, I’ve been inspired by some of the most fearless Black women in Congress who’ve become fearless leaders for progress. That’s why I’m honored to be endorsed by Rep. Ayanna Pressley. She speaks trut…

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  Team Odessa · [email protected]

October 25, 2022 at 8:03 PM

Voters are already casting their ballots!

We’re two weeks out from the election, and Team Odessa is doing everything we can to get out the vote and win. Hey John, We’re two weeks out from the election, and Team Odessa is doing everything we can to get out the vote and win. And today, all Nashville early voting locations opened. People are a…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

October 22, 2022 at 2:30 PM

A nationwide Don't Say Gay bill?

This is just the latest move in a hateful effort to go after gay and trans people. Hey John, Republicans in Congress have introduced an extreme national version of Florida's Don't Say Gay bill. It defines just being gay or trans as explicit, and would rip federal funding from anything that involves …

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

October 20, 2022 at 5:05 PM

It might not be “politically savvy” but...

I won’t ever stop speaking truth to power. Hey John, Some folks tell me it's not "politically savvy" to speak on controversial topics, or to wade into the "culture war." They say I'm too blunt. 🙄 Too bad. I'm not going to sugarcoat or ignore racism, transphobia, or poverty. I won't ever stop speakin…

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  Team Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

October 19, 2022 at 3:18 PM

We spoke with three courageous Tennessee women

We’re running a new ad sharing the stories of three courageous Tennessee women Hey John, A vote for Mark Green is a vote for a federal abortion ban. A vote for Odessa Kelly is a vote for your freedom to choose. That's why we're running a new ad sharing the stories of three courageous Tennessee women…

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  Team Odessa · [email protected]

October 18, 2022 at 5:49 PM

We’re almost there

Hey John, FIRST, we closed the books on the final full fundraising quarter of this campaign, meaning we're really in the home stretch now. THEN, we just heard: We outraised our opponent Mark Green last quarter, thanks to the strength of this 100% grassroots-powered movement. NOW, we're only $10,000 …

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

October 14, 2022 at 2:20 PM

Something has changed in Tennessee

We deserve a leader that’s gonna serve the people, not special interests. Good morning, John! We are less than 4️⃣ weeks from Election Day, and something has changed in Tennessee. Growing up, blue collar workers were doing just fine and neighbors looked out for one another. Now, people are strugglin…

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  Odessa Kelly HQ · [email protected]

October 12, 2022 at 10:34 PM

Our new ad

We’re up online and on streaming with a big new ad telling folks about Odessa and what she stands for! Hey John, We're up online and on streaming with a big new ad telling folks about Odessa and what she stands for! Getting this ad in front of voters is one of our top priorities right now. Please, w…

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  Team Odessa · [email protected]

October 11, 2022 at 10:17 PM

Can you help us get yard signs?

Making sure that folks see Odessa’s name out there and proving that the momentum of our campaign is real is going to be key to our campaign’s success. Hey John, We've got yard signs! Making sure that folks see Odessa's name out there and proving that the momentum of our campaign is real is going to …

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  Jamaal Bowman · [email protected]

October 7, 2022 at 4:39 PM

Odessa Kelly

Odessa is an experienced civil servant who has spent years fighting for working families in Nashville. Hi John, it's Congressman Jamaal Bowman. I am excited to endorse Odessa Kelly — a progressive organizer, activist, and working mom who's running for Congress in Tennessee's 7th District. Odessa is …

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  Finance Team, Odessa for Congress · [email protected]

October 6, 2022 at 5:59 PM

Just 33 days

We’re basically working non-stop to make sure we use our resources as efficiently as possible. Hey John, There are just 33 days left until the polls close and we learn if our effort to send Odessa Kelly to Congress is successful. Our Finance Team is basically working non-stop to make sure we use our…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

October 5, 2022 at 8:46 PM

We’re building a new kind of political movement in Tennessee

Our movement has room for everyone, no matter what you look like, who you love, or where you come from. Hey John, We’re building a new kind of political movement in Tennessee. One that has room for everyone, no matter what you look like, who you love, or where you come from. One that’s powered by th…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

October 3, 2022 at 9:32 PM

This race isn’t about me

I’m gonna need every single last one of you to lean in Hey John, I know we’ve said the stakes in this election are high, but I’ll be super clear about it: A vote for my opponent Mark Green is a vote for a federal abortion ban. A vote for Odessa Kelly ( 👋😁 ) is a vote for your freedom to choose. So w…

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  Team Odessa · [email protected]

September 30, 2022 at 11:00 PM

From here to November 8

Just HOURS to go… Hey John, We’ll make this quick: there are just SIX hours until we close the books on the final full fundraising quarter of this campaign. Everyone will be looking at our public filing after this to see if we have the momentum to make it to Election Day. We’re still behind where we…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

September 30, 2022 at 5:56 PM

We need more people like me in Congress

I’m gonna need every single last one of you to lean in Hey John, I’ll be straight with you: We need more people like me in Congress. I was born here. I got 400 years of ancestors that put blood in this ground. This is our country — and what we need in Congress is people with the shared experience th…

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  Team Odessa · [email protected]

September 29, 2022 at 6:50 PM

[PHOTO] We’re gaining momentum

Every day, our movement grows with more people here in Tennessee ready to shake up the status quo and send Odessa to Congress. Hey John, Every day, our movement grows with more people here in Tennessee ready to shake up the status quo and send Odessa to Congress. Check out the turnout at a rally we …

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

September 28, 2022 at 3:29 PM

We’re facing the biggest test of our campaign yet

I’m so honored to be part of this movement to finally win progressive representation for Tennessee. John, We’ve heard the word “unprecedented” a lot these past few years, but our campaign for Congress is really historic. In a moment, I’m going to ask you to chip in to our campaign, but let me explai…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

September 24, 2022 at 3:20 PM

[WATCH] A video message for you

I’ll be honest: Running for Congress as a working mom isn’t easy. Hey John, Happy Saturday, good people!! 😁 Honestly, running for Congress as a working mom isn’t easy. But I’m running to shake up the status quo here in Tennessee, and you better believe we’re gonna leave it all on the field. While I …

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  Finance Update, Odessa for Congress · [email protected]

September 23, 2022 at 7:44 PM

Not one dollar of corporate PAC money

We are just a week away from our end-of-quarter fundraising deadline. John, We know emails like this can seem to be about a made-up deadline, but this is all too real. On September 30, we are facing our final end-of-quarter deadline from the Federal Election Commission. That means after midnight nex…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

September 20, 2022 at 5:56 PM

[WATCH] My message for you

I’ll be honest: Running for Congress as a working mom isn’t easy. Hey John, Happy Tuesday, good people!! 😁 I’ll be honest: Running for Congress as a working mom isn’t easy. But I’m running to shake up the status quo here in Tennessee, and you better believe we’re gonna leave it all on the field. Whi…

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  Team Odessa · [email protected]

September 18, 2022 at 5:34 PM

Every single one counts

The stakes remain at an all-time high. John, There are just 52 days until Election Day, and every single one counts as we campaign to elect Odessa Kelly and flip Tennessee’s 7th District blue. The stakes remain at an all-time high. Our anti-abortion, far right opponent’s campaign relies on dark mone…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

September 15, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Mark Green embracing anti-abortion extremists

“I… look forward to working with them to advance our values in Congress.” John, The Family Research Council, an extremist anti-abortion organization, made a claim that’s so false about abortions — a sometimes life-saving procedure — that Twitter had to slap a warning on their tweet. Usually we’d sta…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

September 14, 2022 at 4:10 PM

Senate Republicans have introduced a national abortion ban

“If we take back the House and the Senate I can assure you we’ll have a vote on our bill.” John, If you thought it couldn't get any worse than a statewide abortion ban, I've got news for you. Yesterday, Senate Republicans introduced a bill that would implement a NATIONAL abortion ban. They've been p…

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  Team Odessa · [email protected]

September 13, 2022 at 3:22 PM

Just for John:

We really need our fundraising to pick up in the next few days. John, Going into our final end-of-quarter deadline on September 30, our team is crunching the numbers to figure out exactly how much we need to raise to reach our goal. We really need our fundraising to pick up in the next few days if w…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

September 9, 2022 at 9:18 PM

🔎 I’m on the lookout 🔍

Remember how Mark Green went down to the border of Mexico as a stunt? Hey John, Remember how Mark Green went down to the border of Mexico as a stunt? Well I'm here at the border between democracy and fascism — AKA Mark Green's campaign office. I'm on the lookout to protect our country from the democ…

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  Odessa for Congress · [email protected]

September 7, 2022 at 8:18 PM

Racking up union endorsements

That’s why we’re so proud that Odessa has earned the endorsement of so many unions. John, We hope you had a restful Labor Day weekend — our team spent it getting ready to campaign as hard as we can on behalf of working people in the final 9 weeks of this election. That's why we're so proud that Odes…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

September 2, 2022 at 8:09 PM

[WATCH] My speech to the Democratic Party

We’ve got only 67 days to go until we build a new South. John, We’re building a new South in Tennessee. I had the opportunity to speak at the Tennessee Democratic Party Statewide Dinner last weekend, and the energy I felt in the room was amazing. This party will always stand up for freedom, democrac…

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  Team Odessa · [email protected]

August 31, 2022 at 3:09 PM

Laying our cards on the table

This is what we’re considering because of our gap. We'll lay our cards on the table, John. Our fundraising is way behind where it needs to be for the month of August. That leaves us with these options: Pull back on our organizing efforts, canceling some events next month. Have Odessa make more calls…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

August 30, 2022 at 5:08 PM

Mark Green is up to his usual stunts

Didn’t know TN-07 went all the way to Arizona… Hey John, My opponent Mark Green balled out at Dicks Sporting Goods and headed down to the border in Arizona to attempt to look tough. 🙄 While Mark Green's out there showing off his new clothing line, I'll keep tending to the real needs of the constitue…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

August 29, 2022 at 7:20 PM

Fighting back against the TN GOP

We have to fight back. Hey John, Last week the Tennessee GOP's total abortion ban went into effect, banning ALL abortions, even in cases of rape, incest, or the survival of the pregnant patient — and criminalizing doctors, threatening them with jail time for giving care. This is barbaric, and people…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

August 25, 2022 at 8:52 PM

Student debt relief

This is welcome progress, thanks to a yearslong pressure campaign by progressives across the country. Hey John, It’s official: The Biden Administration is moving toward fulfilling one of their campaign promises by forgiving $10,000 in student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 a year, an …

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  Team Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

August 23, 2022 at 8:33 PM

Us vs. corporate PAC $$

Our campaign has a clear vision of a better Tennessee — but our MAGA Republican opponent stands in the way. Hey John,. Every day we're doing all we can to grow our people-powered movement by getting Odessa's message out there. Did you see this tweet this week? Our campaign has a clear vision of a be…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

August 20, 2022 at 3:30 PM

Not your typical candidate

This is what it takes. Good morning, good people! John, it’s true, I’m not your typical candidate for Congress. I’m a working class community organizer who’s spent decades delivering change for my community. I don’t shy away from tough fights. I’ve got my game face on, and I’m ready to win this. If …

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  Team Odessa · [email protected]

August 19, 2022 at 6:35 PM

Across TN

We have set a new, ambitious goal. Can you help us reach it? We'll make this quick, John. We’re about $4,670 away from hitting our $25,000 Momentum Fund goal to allow us to capitalize on the rapid growth of our movement to send Odessa to Congress. Can you rush a contribution of $7 or whatever makes …

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  Team Odessa · [email protected]

August 17, 2022 at 9:23 PM

Momentum Fund

We have set a new, ambitious goal. Can you help us reach it? Hey John, Ever since Odessa's appearance on Pod Save America, we're gaining a huge amount of momentum. Folks from across Tennessee and around the country are joining our movement to shake up the status quo. They're excited by Odessa's hist…

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

August 16, 2022 at 10:39 PM

A 🔥 show with Pod Save America

Every day, our movement to shake up the status quo is gaining momentum! The energy at this weekend's Pod Save America was INCREDIBLE, John. I was so honored to be part of the show and to share with people in Nashville and listeners across the country what this campaign is all about. We're building a…

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  Odessa Kelly HQ · [email protected]

August 13, 2022 at 5:31 PM

Building our progressive movement

This is what it takes. John, $7. That’s what we’re asking you to donate to our campaign to elect Odessa Kelly and flip Tennessee’s 7th District blue. Unlike our anti-LGBTQ+ extremist opponent Mark Green, we’re a grassroots-powered movement that doesn’t take a dime from corporate PACs. We’re able to …

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  Team Odessa · [email protected]

August 10, 2022 at 7:28 PM

This is going to be key to out-organizing our opponent

This will take all of us putting in an effort. Hey John, We might be biased, but we think Team Odessa has got the best volunteers in all of Tennessee! Our volunteers are key to our plan to out-organize our far-right opponent. We're getting out across Tennessee's 7th District to knock doors and have …

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

August 9, 2022 at 4:26 PM

National news

This adds to our momentum in a big way. Hey John, Did y’all see that I was in the Washington Post last week? 😲 Our movement is gaining momentum, and national attention. I know Nashville and the rest of Tennessee is ready to make history by sending the first gay, Black woman to the U.S. Congress in h…

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  Odessa for Congress · [email protected]

August 5, 2022 at 8:44 PM

🗞We’re in the Washington Post 🗞

Our movement got national attention this week with a major profile of Odessa in the pages of the Washington Post! Hey John, Our movement got national attention this week with a major profile of Odessa in the pages of the Washington Post! We’re more ready than ever to send the first openly gay Black …

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  Odessa Kelly · [email protected]

August 4, 2022 at 6:42 PM

How we’ll fight for our right to control our own bodies

This week, we were handed a road map to victory in our own campaign. Hey John, Sometimes I get asked why we think we can win this race in a “red district” in Tennessee. This week, we got a road map — a massive victory in Kansas, where voters soundly defeated an amendment that would’ve opened the doo…

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  Odessa for Congress · [email protected]

August 3, 2022 at 6:45 PM

Anti x 3

Getting our message to every corner of this district will take a ton of resources. Hey John, Part of what we have to accomplish is making sure every voter in TN-07 understands the unpopular, far-right positions (and votes) our opponent has taken during his time in the House of Representatives — how …

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