Celebrating everything we achieved together

What a night, {NAME}! There’s no doubt about it, last night was a big win for our democracy and the progressive movement. We all have so much to celebrate today. With your help we mobilized a wave of young voters, newly-registered voters, and infrequent voters to the polls, completely outperforming all expectations. We built progressive power in Congress by electing Maxwell Frost (FL-10) the first Gen Z member of Congress, Emilia Sykes (OH-13), Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) Greg Casar (TX-35), Summer Lee (PA-12), and Delia Ramirez (IL-03). We had monumental victories for our Purple to Blue campaign that helped flip both chambers of the Michigan legislature blue, giving us a Democratic trifecta for the first time in 40 years. That’s in addition to voters across Michigan approving a constitutional amendment to codify abortion rights. We also won key state house and state senate races in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Iowa, to name just a few. Our Establish Justice Initiative secured huge wins across the board including for numerous Attorney General candidates. We re-elected long-time DFA ally Keith Ellison (MN) who faced an onslaught of dark money and racist attack ads and put Andrea Campbell (MA), Rob Bonta (CA), and Dana Nessel (MI) over the top. We even propelled several Ranked Choice Voting campaigns to victory with wins in cities like Portland, Oregon, and Fort Collins, Colorado, and the state of Nevada! Seattle, Washington also looks promising with a race that’s too close to call at the moment. As we get a full picture of all the results nationwide, we’ll detail all of our wins and losses later in the week. For now, just know that collectively our movement definitively affirmed that the right to an abortion must be protected and that we must defend and expand democracy. All of these winning campaigns were a significant focus for DFA in 2022, and it took a LOT of work to make it happen online, on the ground, and on the phones. For example, our amazing volunteers who helped with the Mail Our Way to the Midterms campaign sent over 200,000 postcards to voters, helping destroy any red wave and powering progressives up and down the ballot to victory. Another significant outcome is the resounding defeat of election-denying MAGA Republicans. Just look at Lauren Boebert in Colorado who went from tweeting that “the red wave has begun” last night to potentially losing her seat altogether. While we must take time to celebrate all of our hard work and the dedicated volunteers and grassroots contributors that made all of this possible, we need to prepare for the work ahead in 2023. These midterms showed what our Purple to Blue campaign and Establish Justice Initiative can accomplish. That's why we will build out our progressive pipeline by increasing our work on school board and Establish Justice races in key battleground states. And with races that will determine control of critical legislative seats across Virginia, to major mayoral and municipal races in cities across the nation including Chicago, Denver, Houston, and Philadelphia, our work for 2023 starts now. Wins that progressives gain in the months ahead will have a major impact on the presidential election in 2024. [Democracy for America members are ready to hit the ground running. Can you chip in 24.42 (our average this month) to give us the resources we need to continue the fight and elect progressives up and down the ballot next year?]( [Donate]( If there's one clear message from all of the victories yesterday, it's that the future of the Democratic Party lies with young, progressive, and diverse candidates and voters. When progressives work together, we win and our movement grows stronger. Thanks for being a part of DFA. These victories never would have been possible without you. -Yvette Yvette Simpson, CEO Democracy for America Paid for by Democracy for America, democracyforamerica.com and not authorized by any candidate. Contributions to Democracy for America are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. This email was sent to {EMAIL}. [Click here to unsubscribe from receiving further emails.](