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  WFP Digital Team · [email protected]
July 14, 2022 at 3:50 PM

Official July 2022 Supporter Survey for [email protected]

Will you take our short 5-question survey to share what candidates, issues, and campaigns you think we should prioritize in 2021? John— Every so often, we send out surveys like this one to make sure our full team has a finger on the pulse of our supporters when it comes to the …
  Malcolm Kenyatta · [email protected]
July 13, 2022 at 7:18 PM

The GOP tried to silence me.

They can’t shut all of us up. Will you join me in helping to elect working champions at every level of government who will fight for abortion rights by making a contribution to the Working Families Party? John, Last week, in the dead of the night, Republican lawmakers in Pennsy…
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
July 12, 2022 at 10:07 PM

AOC endorsed Mandela Barnes in Wisconsin!

It’s time for Ron Johnson to go. John, We’re just one month out from Mandela Barnes’ competitive primary election in Wisconsin and we have big news: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is endorsing Mandela Barnes for U.S. Senate! AOC and Wisconsinites agree: It’s time for Ron Johnson t…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
July 9, 2022 at 6:55 PM

“More than 180 arrested at abortion rights protest”

We will do everything we can to protect abortion access. John, In the days immediately after the overturn of Roe v. Wade we made a promise to you and our other supporters: We will do everything we can to protect abortion access. Last week, that looked like turning out in fo…
  WFP Digital Team · [email protected]
July 8, 2022 at 5:05 PM

4 months to Election Day

You can help us close this critical fundraising gap. John, We wanted to give you an update on our end-of-quarter online fundraising efforts last week. Unfortunately, we fell a few thousand dollars short of our $420,000 goal. Let us explain why it’s critical that we make up tha…
  Delia Ramirez · [email protected]
July 6, 2022 at 8:34 PM

An update on my primary race

The support of Working Families Party members and supporters helped carry me across the finish line. Hi John, it’s Delia Ramirez. As the daughter of immigrants, a State Representative, and a fierce advocate of working people, I’m overwhelmed with gratitude to share that I wo…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 30, 2022 at 9:25 PM

Your official donor record for 2022:

Thank you for being a part of what we’re building together. John, We’re getting close to our second Federal Election Commission (FEC) end-of-quarter filing goal of 2022. We still have to raise another $14,000 to hit our online fundraising goal, so we took a look at our donor …
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
June 29, 2022 at 6:51 PM

Mandela Barnes is our best chance to beat Ron Johnson

We need to elect more working people like Mandela to office. Big news out of Wisconsin, John: Mandela Barnes is not only leading his Democratic primary, but he’s also now beating Republican Senator Ron Johnson by a larger margin than any of his primary opponents too: Marq…
  DC Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 28, 2022 at 2:30 PM

Wins from last week, and the work continues

Our wins and lessons from the DC primary John — Last week, DC WFP members helped elect some incredible people-powered champions as the next Democratic nominees for DC Council. Zachary Parker won the nomination in Ward 5, with an approach focused on better schools, affordable…
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
June 27, 2022 at 8:42 PM

Why we won’t ever tell you to “just vote”

We wanted to take a moment to share with you all the Working Families Party’s strategy to defend abortion rights in this moment. John, The extreme right wing spent 50 years pushing to end abortion rights. They may think the fight is now over. We know it’s not. Hope is an…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 25, 2022 at 3:30 PM

This is especially important

We’re running on a tight timeline. John, we have all been taken aback by the events of the last 24 hours, and we know that November 8 might look far away on the calendar right now. But with the amount of work we have to do between now and then to elect candidates who will …
  Nelini Stamp, Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 24, 2022 at 3:55 PM

We will defy this decision. Take action now:

It’s official. The Supreme Court has ruled on Dobbs v. Jackson and stripped women and people seeking abortions of their long-held rights to control their bodies — a right which I exercised last year when faced with an unwanted pregnancy. It’s official, John. The Supreme Court ha…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
June 23, 2022 at 9:12 PM

Join Jamie McLeod-Skinner, Alessandra Biaggi, and Renee Bracey Sherman this Sunday

This Sunday, we’ll be gathering at the WFP Assembly to share how we intend to defy and fight back against this attack on our bodily autonomy. John, With the Supreme Court widely expected to overturn Roe v. Wade in a matter of days, soon millions of people — particularly poor an…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 22, 2022 at 8:05 PM

A dumpster fire of a senator

He tried to pretend he was on the phone. John, The House January 6th Committee just released new evidence showing just how deeply Senator Ron Johnson was involved in Donald Trump’s effort to defy the will of Wisconsin voters and overturn the 2020 election. Text messages re…
  DC Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 21, 2022 at 2:18 PM

Get out and VOTE, DC WFP!

Today’s the last day of the primary It's Election Day, John! If you haven’t already cast your ballot, TODAY is your last day to vote! Head over to a voting center by 8:00pm and help elect people-powered champions to be DC’s next mayor and Councilmembers: Not sure where to go t…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 18, 2022 at 4:14 PM

WFP Update: June 18, 2022

As always, there's a lot to cover. We're back with the June WFP update, John. These monthly updates are an inside look at what's happening in our party, including key primary elections and all the organizing WFP members are doing to build a better future for our country. THE P…
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
June 17, 2022 at 2:59 PM

Delia Ramirez

In just 11 days, voters in Illinois's newly drawn Third Congressional District will head to the polls to vote in the next big primary election for our movement. John, In just 11 days, voters in Illinois's newly drawn Third Congressional District will head to the polls to vo…
  DC WFP · [email protected]
June 16, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Every vote is going to matter between now and Tuesday

Robert White and Muriel Bowser in a dead heat John! Did you see Tuesday’s news? Robert White and Muriel Bowser are statistically tied in the race for mayor.1 DC hasn’t had a mayoral race this close in decades, and electing a people-powered champion is within our reach. That me…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
June 14, 2022 at 6:58 PM

Pro-insurrectionist groups are spending millions to try and defeat WFP champions

Our demands on January 6, 2021 remain our demands today. John, Last week, the House January 6 Select Committee kicked off public hearings into the events surrounding the white supremacist-led insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in 2021. Among the revelations that have alread…
  Jamaal Bowman (via WorkingFamilies.org) · [email protected]
June 11, 2022 at 4:14 PM

Sign on as a Citizen Co-sponsor to Fight White Supremacy

I need your help today. John, On May 14, an 18-year-old gunman viciously took the lives of 10 Americans and injured three more. Eleven of the 13 victims were Black Americans. This act of terror was inspired and initiated by a white supremacist conspiracy called the "Great Repl…
  Summer Lee · [email protected]
June 8, 2022 at 8:35 PM

The fight for the future of our fundamental rights and reproductive justice depends on delivering a working families majority in Congress

You didn’t give up on me. And neither did the Working Families Party, who joined shoulder-to-shoulder with our campaign every step of the way — throwing real resources and deep organizing behind our race. John, we made history last month. Together, as a multiracial, multige…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
June 3, 2022 at 5:23 PM

Tell President Biden: $10K isn't enough

The average student loan debt is over $30,000 and more than 3 million borrowers owe more than $100,000. With interest placed on these loans, $10,000 won't even make a dent. John, in 2020, the government paused student loan payments because Americans were being forced to ch…
  DC WFP · [email protected]
June 2, 2022 at 7:01 PM

Take a selfie, send a text

Four easy ways to get involved this week John! June is here, the weather’s heating up, and so is the primary. Election Day is now less than three weeks away, and there are a lot of ways you can get involved with our endorsed candidates — Robert White, Erin Palmer, Brianne Nadea…
  Jamie McLeod-Skinner · [email protected]
May 31, 2022 at 7:03 PM

This victory is not just mine, John.

I am officially the Democratic nominee for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. John, it's Jamie McLeod-Skinner. And after a week-long ballot-counting debacle in Oregon's Clackamas County, I’m overjoyed to share with you that we won the primary. The Associated Press finally cal…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 28, 2022 at 3:23 PM

WFP Update: May 28, 2022

As always, there’s a lot to cover. We're back with the May WFP update, John. These monthly updates are our way of letting you in on what's happening in our party, including key elections and all the organizing WFP members are doing to build a better future for our country. AN …
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 27, 2022 at 8:52 PM

Only 23 votes.

In TX-15, another nail-biting election is unfolding. John, The runoff election results in Texas are trickling in. And while all eyes have been on Texas’ 28th district — where progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros faces a third showdown with incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar — ano…
  Maurice Mitchell, Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 27, 2022 at 3:01 PM

We hurt and we fight. We fight and we hurt.

There’s no single way for any of us to adequately process the weight of these events. Dear John, In early May, we learned that the Supreme Court is likely to overturn Roe v. Wade in the coming weeks, jeopardizing the health, autonomy, and personal privacy of half the population…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
May 26, 2022 at 11:03 PM

FWD - Breaking: We’re still very much in this race

Jessica Cisneros is likely headed to a recount, and we’re with her 100%. John, we just wanted to share an email the Jessica Cisneros campaign sent to their supporters yesterday evening. Jessica’s race is still too close to call and may result in a recount. Right now, the c…
  DC WFP · [email protected]
May 25, 2022 at 6:01 PM

Our two final endorsements for June’s primaries

Two additional candidates to support John — There’s now less than a month until Election Day, and ballot dropboxes open this week! As we get into the final stretch of the election, DC WFP is excited to share our two final endorsements in June's primaries. DC WFP is excited to en…
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
May 25, 2022 at 3:02 PM

BREAKING: Texas election results

Here are some updates on where things stand: John, There is no celebrating when lives are taken senselessly and horrifically as they were yesterday in Uvalde, Texas. However yesterday was a big primary day for Working Families Party candidates, and we want to take a mome…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
May 23, 2022 at 12:39 AM

The attacks on Jessica Cisneros keep coming

We can't let Henry Cuellar win on Tuesday. John, We are just 2 days away from the Texas runoff elections and the attacks keep coming against WFP-backed candidate Jessica Cisneros. First, right-wing and corporate Democrat super PACs spent millions on attack ads. Now, de…
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
May 20, 2022 at 9:15 PM

Updating you on where primary results stand

A lot has happened since Wednesday! John, we wanted to update you on where things stand since we last wrote on Wednesday. First up, in PA-12: With additional precincts reporting, Summer Lee has increased her lead, and has been called the winner of her primary by Dave Wasser…
  DC WFP · [email protected]
May 19, 2022 at 6:20 PM

This weekend! Canvass with Makia, rally with Robert

Two easy, fun ways to get involved John! Have you gotten your ballot in the mail yet? The Board of Elections started mailing ballots earlier this week, and some voters have already gotten them in the mail. This means that the next few weeks are our chance to elect people-powere…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 19, 2022 at 3:41 PM

WFP Welcome Gathering & Electoral Debrief, feat. Jamie McLeod-Skinner!

Join us tonight, May 19 at 7PM for a Welcome Gathering and Election Debrief, featuring Oregon's Jamie McCleod-Skinner. John — Join us tonight, Thursday, March 17 at 7:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM CT for a Welcome Gathering and Election Debrief featuring Oregon's Jamie McCleod-Skinner. W…
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
May 18, 2022 at 3:38 PM

A huge night

The fight isn’t over. Yesterday was the biggest primary day of the year so far, John. In a moment, we're going to break it all down, but first we have to ask: can you chip in toward the Working Families Majority Fund to help keep our electoral organizing going through the …
  India Walton · [email protected]
May 17, 2022 at 5:38 PM

What happened in Buffalo was not an isolated incident

This Saturday’s attack in my hometown of Buffalo was a disgusting act of white supremacist violence and right-wing extremism. The victims were parents, aunties, neighbors — people who were loved and valued in our community. John — My heart is heavy today. This Saturday’s attac…
  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
May 16, 2022 at 8:09 PM

The urgency of this moment couldn’t be more clear

Now more than ever, we need bold, activist leadership in Congress, and we must seize every opportunity to elect candidates committed to fighting for working families — not corporations. Hi John, it’s Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. Today, I’m asking you to split a contrib…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 14, 2022 at 2:56 PM

Crucial primaries on Tuesday and how you can help:

We hope you'll join us for this final push to get out the vote. John, This is it. Crucial primaries for many of our endorsed candidates are coming up on Tuesday in North Carolina, Oregon, and Pennsylvania, and runoffs a week after that in Texas. And like clockwork, Republicans…
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
May 13, 2022 at 2:30 PM

Dark money vs. the people

If we pool together our resources now to defeat the monied special interest spending in these races, victory is within our reach. With just days until some big primaries, we need your support to fight the dark money attacks and help elect WFP champions to Congress. Ca…
  DC WFP · [email protected]
May 12, 2022 at 4:20 PM

Join us to knock doors in Ward 7

Every weekend for the next four weeks John — Last week was the first of our weekly canvasses in Ward 7, and we had a fantastic time talking with voters — even in the rain. We’ll be knocking doors in Ward 7 for Robert White every weekend, and we want you to join us! Sign up to …
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
May 12, 2022 at 12:08 AM

Making sure you saw Elizabeth Warren's email

We have a real chance to replace the last anti-abortion Democrat in the House — Henry Cuellar — with Jessica Cisneros in the TX-28 runoff election in less than two weeks. John, the Supreme Court is on the verge of delivering a victory to an extremist minority that has spent …
  Natalia Salgado, Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 10, 2022 at 6:47 PM

Elections should be decided by voters, not billionaires

Corporate money is flooding elections to stop progressives — but we can fight back. John, Ever since the Supreme Court's disastrous Citizens United decision, dark money has had an outsized influence on elections. Now, outside groups are pouring tens of millions of dollars into …
  Team WFP · [email protected]
May 9, 2022 at 8:32 PM

TONIGHT: Join the Emergency Organizing Call with Elizabeth Warren and more

Abortion is a human right. Tonight join our Emergency Organizing Call with Elizabeth Warren, Jessica Cisneros, Nida Allam, Summer Lee, Erica Smith, and Jessica Gonzáles-Rojas John, Our country is facing a future where millions of people could lose a critical human right — the r…
  Elizabeth Warren · [email protected]
May 9, 2022 at 2:42 PM

Channeling our outrage into real action

Last week's news — that an extremist Supreme Court majority has drafted an opinion overruling Roe v. Wade — was devastating. But we are not powerless. John, Last week's news — that an extremist Supreme Court majority has drafted an opinion overruling Roe v. Wade — was deva…
  Nelini Stamp, Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 7, 2022 at 5:05 PM

The day I got my abortion

I’m Nelini Stamp. In September of 2021, I had an abortion. This Monday, May 9 at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT, join the Emergency Assembly with Elizabeth Warren, Jessica Cisneros, Nida Allam, Summer Lee, and Erica Smith to learn more about how we can fight to defend the right to an aborti…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
May 6, 2022 at 9:22 PM

We’re missing your name on this petition

The idea that ANY Democratic elected official would endorse anti-choice Henry Cuellar is unacceptable. John, we just wanted to make sure you saw our email from the other day. For the next six months, Democrats will argue that electing them is critical to protecting Roe v. Wade.…
  DC WFP · [email protected]
May 6, 2022 at 4:01 PM

Join us tomorrow in Hillcrest 🚪🚪

We're knocking doors for Robert White John — Election Day is just 46 days away, and that means the next few weeks are a key time to build support for DC WFP's endorsed candidates! Between now and June 21, we'll be canvassing nearly every weekend in Ward 7 for Robert White to b…
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
May 4, 2022 at 9:35 PM

Sign the petition to House leadership: Rescind your endorsement of Henry Cuellar

Why is House leadership still backing Henry Cuellar, the last anti-choice Democrat in the House? John, Late Monday, we learned that the Supreme Court appears likely to soon overturn Roe v. Wade, ending federal abortion protections as we have known them in this country for the …
  Team WFP · [email protected]
May 3, 2022 at 9:21 PM

TONIGHT: Help elect pro-choice women

One of the best ways we can fight back is to elect pro-choice women to Congress who will stand up for abortion rights. John — After a draft SCOTUS opinion was leaked last night that would strike down Roe v. Wade, it’s clear what we must do: we must turn our anguish into action …
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
May 3, 2022 at 6:17 PM

Where we go from here (Roe v. Wade)

No Supreme Court — especially one lacking any popular legitimacy — can dictate our rights to us. We the people will always have the final say. John, You’ve probably heard the news by now. The Supreme Court appears to be on the cusp of a shocking attack on our basic rights. Las…