Election Day countdown: 124 days
Hi friends,
The poll numbers look promising, but Republicans are doing everything that they can to suppress and invalidate our votes. We might not know the actual winners of November’s elections for days, perhaps even weeks, as we have seen with recent primary results.
We need to have a victory so decisive that it cannot be questioned. To do that, we must be competitive in states where victory was previously considered improbable. Dare I say, if we stay focused and invest strategically, our victory could be historic.
Learn and Act
The wind is swirling in Kansas! We can change everything when we end the Republican supermajority by flipping *one* State House seat. We’ll be joined by the Campaign Chair for the House Democrats, Kansas’ first Chinese American legislator, and a local NAACP leader set to regain a seat we lost by 80 votes in 2018. Our impact in Kansas can go further than almost any state in the country!
Join us Tuesday, July 7th @ 8pm ET to support the Sunflower State.
Meet four powerhouse Senate candidates: Senator Doug Jones (Alabama), Sara Gideon (Maine), Jaime Harrison (South Carolina) and Theresa Greenfield (Iowa).
Contribute what you can to help us flip the Senate on Wednesday, July 8th @ 8pm ET.
Have a candidate who inspires you? Reply and let us know.
Shout outs
Anastasia Golovashkina from Warren 2020 discusses leveraging social media on political campaigns.
Desiree Tims received an Emily’s List endorsement! Check out her feature in Forbes.
Innovators for Biden hosted an event with Van Jones and Kerry Kennedy to discuss the urgency of the moment.
Kamala Harris and friends are coming together to have fun supporting Joe!
The Next 50 was in awe of Jaime Harrison, during one of our best virtual events yet!
Have political work you want to share? Reply and let us know.
State of the Week
We usually feature a candidate, but this week we want to turn your attention to an *entire state* that has gone under-the-radar, but has a lot at stake.
In Kansas, we have the opportunity to break the supermajority by flipping just one seat, while multiple victories will:
Stop partisan gerrymandering
Increase state Democratic power
Help Congresswoman Sharice Davids win re-election and flip another U.S. House seat
Flip a U.S. Senate seat from Kansas for the first time since 1930!
This can be done with a smaller investment than most states. Strong challengers raise only $40,000-$60,000.
Join us to learn more and support the state here.
What we are reading
These races could change everything: “Kansas Democrats hope they can finally break the Republican Party’s supermajority grip over both chambers of the Legislature. They only need to pick up one seat in the House and three in the Senate.” (Politico)
Justice Roberts is how he votes: “If the Chief Justice wanted to uphold restrictions on abortion, he would have voted... to uphold restrictions on abortion. He did the opposite, and struck down a law that would have curtailed access to abortion in Louisiana.” (New Yorker)
It’s China’s Hong Kong now: “The first arrest under the new law, on July 1st, was of a man who was merely carrying a banner calling for an independent Hong Kong.” (Economist)
In solidarity,
Zak
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