A Democratic government is going to have less than two years to deliver huge meaningful progress that people can feel.
There is no such thing as limited capital here: Do as many good things as possible, then talk about it around the clock. Rebuild the brand of “government.”
Important to note this is a two-part mandate: It won’t be enough to just do good!
Democrats have to do good AND take credit for the good. All the time. Endlessly. Until it’s boring for those of us On Here. That’s when we know it’ll break through.
Redistricting & GOP state legislatures passing egregious voter suppression are going to make the 2022 midterms hard as hell. We gotta run good candidates at every level, fund organizing in every state, & make sure every voter knows that when Dems are in charge, things get better.
The @runforsomething candidate pipeline grew from 45,000 at the beginning of the year to now 65,000+ young people who’ve said they want to run for office (and 2000+ of those folks have signed up since Election Day 2020!!!) /2
.@runforsomething has endorsed 1480 individual candidates in all 50 states, including a brand new 2021 class just last week. Of those, we’ve elected 488 people across 45 states. Those winners are 55% women, 56% BIPOC, & 21% LGBTQ+. All are under the age of 40. /3
Just an idea: If you were an organizer on a campaign this year, you should consider running for local office. Organizers have the skills, network, and work ethic to make for great candidates. @runforsomething will help you. runforwhat.net
Ditto for all volunteers, whether you were working IRL or on a distributed team. And ditto anyone who organized their friends into doing calls/texts, or ran a giving circle, or stood up a mutual aid program. You should all consider running. We’ll help you: runforwhat.net
If you spent the last year (or ten) working on political campaigns (paid or not) you may have this idea of “candidates” as a category of people that you could never be included in.
That’s not true. The way to become a candidate is by running. runforwhat.net
On @crookedmedia today, @RossMoRock & I laid out some principles the entire Democratic Party — operatives, funders, electeds, volunteers, all of us — needs to embrace to move forward. /1 crooked.com/articles/democ…
(1) Treat every election like it’s the most important election of our lives, and treat every month like October. Next year is not an “off year,” just like 2017 and 2019 were not “off years.” Do not wait for the deadline to start doing the work. /2 crooked.com/articles/democ…
(2) Resource every state like a battleground. @GovHowardDean’a 50 State Strategy was smart; bring it back. That means fully funding all 50 state parties, recruiting candidates everywhere, & giving them the resources they need as early as possible. /3 crooked.com/articles/democ…
First: Wow oh wow we have accomplished so much in four short (long) years. 479 winners, 54% women, 56% BIPOC, 21% LGBTQ. Our pipeline is up to 64k - 1000+ of whom signed up since 11/3. 👀 rfsfeelgoodupdates.substack.com/p/rfs-feel-goo…
Our mission stays the same: Recruit and support young diverse progressives running for local office at scale.
This is hard to do but it’s not rocket science: The next DNC chair needs to invest in year-round local organizing in all 50 states (& in both urban/rural areas) & set a tone for working w/ grassroots groups. Donors need to fund it in Jan 2021 (or now), not in Sept 2022.
That organizing should be both IRL (when safe) & online. The tech should be stable & accessible. Messaging & outreach should be driven by locals who know their communities. The DNC & state parties should exist to make Democrstic electeds, candidates, & vols’ lives easier.
The DNC has come a longggg way since 2016 (and 2014, and way before that.) The team there has rebuilt an A+ foundation. Now that they’re no longer starting from scratch, they can reorient with a longterm focus on organizing & infrastructure. Can’t wait to see it happen.
Fun @runforsomething facts: In less than 4 years, we've elected 459 young people to local office across 46 states. Those winners are 54% women, 55% BIPOC, 20% LGBTQ. 41% won seats in state legislatures, 41% won municipal office, 15% won education offices & 3% won legal positions.
@runforsomething We've got more than 62k people in the candidate pipeline -- nearly a third of whom signed up in the last 8 months, considering a run in 2021, 2022 or beyond. runforwhat.net
Four years of annual @runforsomething budgets add up to less than $8 million.