Thread by @innovationohio

#Ohio 🧵 — Moving Forward, #BetOnOhio

1/8 We have a lot to be proud of.

Ohio is sending 5 progressive leaders to Congress to defend abortion rights and fight for democracy:
@JoyceBeatty
@ShontelMBrown
@Marcy_Kaptur
@EmiliaSykesOH
@VoteLandsman

2/8 We also elected 3 education champions to the Ohio State School Board:
☑️ Former Sen. @teresa_fedor of Toledo
☑️ @tomforohio of Solon
☑️ Katie Hofmann of Cincinnati

They will fight for honest, accurate #education and help stop extremist book/curriculum bans. @Honesty4OhioEdm

3/8 In addition, we expanded progressive judicial seats in the lower courts throughout #Ohio, and won local ballot issues that will greatly impact working families.

#BetOnOhio

4/8 But we came up short on the statewide races.

Why didn't #Ohio's progressive candidates win statewide? TURNOUT.

Ohio’s 2022 voter turnout was down 397,000 votes from 2018 (-8.8%).

We need to get those numbers up in order to stop MAGA Republican #extremism in our state.

5/8 How do we fix #Ohio's voter turnout problem? We need RESOURCES to support our teams on the ground to mobilize our base.

Going forward, we need every year to be a record setting turnout year. It can be done.

6/8 We also have to play the long game.

In order to strengthen #Ohio and pass pro-family, pro-worker policies, we first need to register new voters and turn them out to vote.

That means engaging communities year-round, not just during election season.

7/8 #Ohio has a massive population of unregistered potential voters.

This includes 500,000 Black Ohioans, 170,000 Latino Ohioans, and over 1.5 million people under the age of 35.

If we register and regularly engage those untapped voters, that's the ballgame.

8/8 Bottom line: winning #Ohio requires solid, consistent investment in order to drive voter turnout.

It can be done, and we'll get there together. #BetOnOhio