In case you haven’t heard: TODAY IS ELECTION DAY and 271 RFS candidates are on the ballot across 38 states!
This year’s candidates truly are the best of us. They include college students, doctors, UX engineers, and first generation leaders. When we dig deep our candidates break down like this:
55% are POC, 53% are women, 26% are a part of our LGBTQIA+ fam, and 2% are nonbinary.
Even more stats: 
61% identify as coming from low income backgrounds, 34% are caretakers of children under the age 18, 23% of them are children of immigrants, 15% have disclosed a disability, 6% of them are immigrants themselves, and 5% of them are veterans
We’re so proud to have had the opportunity to work with each of these candidates—make sure you check back with us ALL NIGHT as we post the results of today’s elections live!

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