[1]Justice Democrats
John,
Justice Democrat Summer Lee won her primary against the political
establishment on Tuesday night in PA-12! It’s a huge victory and our
second primary win of the year. Now, I want to tell you what this means
for our movement.
It was hard to start this work and it’s been hard to sustain it. But what
keeps us going is your support and our major upset victories. After
Bernie’s 2016 presidential campaign, a bunch of us got together and
decided to work towards electing progressives that shared Bernie’s vision
to the U.S. House. If we changed politics in Congress, we could deliver
important wins for the people.
Our first major win came after we recruited Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to
run for Congress in NY-14 against one of the most powerful Democrats in
the House. We were outspent but our message, our strategy, and our
organizing won.
We wondered if we could replicate what we did and elect more progressives
in 2020, while also ensuring the Squad was re-elected. We recruited and
helped elect Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman, and re-elected every member of
the Squad.
But could we keep this work up? Fundraising is always difficult,
especially when we’re 100% grassroots funded going up against the
unlimited corporate money of the political establishment.
Even with a budget a fraction of the size of most other political
organizations, we kept going. And we’ve kept winning. We won a primary
backing Greg Casar in TX-35 earlier this year. And Tuesday night, we stood
with our 2022 recruit as she declared victory in Pittsburgh. Summer Lee
overcame millions in Super PAC spending to win the Democratic nomination
for PA-12.
The mission of Justice Democrats is to recruit and run progressive
candidates often from working-class backgrounds. Candidates from these
backgrounds have fewer resources to hire expensive staff who can get their
campaigns going. JD helps fill some of those gaps. And with Summer, our
team of staff and volunteers helped Summer strategize, organize, and
out-campaign the corporate lawyer and corporate Super PACs in this race.
It’s amazing what we can do as a movement working together against
millions of dollars spent attacking us — millions of dollars from Wall
Street, Big Oil, Big Pharma, health insurance CEOs, and union busters. We
do it with donations of $5, $27, and $100 at a time from regular people
who want to see Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and student debt
cancellation in our country.
We have another primary on Tuesday, when Jessica Cisneros takes on the
only anti-abortion Democrat in the House, Henry Cuellar. Cuellar is a
conservative Democrat who consistently votes against abortion rights,
labor rights, and action to address climate change. Yet, he still has the
backing of Nancy Pelosi and high-ranking Democrats in the House.
It’s another race where we’re up against corporate Super PACs and the
Democratic establishment, and we need your help to make sure Jessica
defeats Cuellar.
John, can you
step up today and help Justice Democrats win more primaries against
corporate Democrats?
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Justice Democrats bloc in Congress.
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I know we can do amazing things together, because we’ve done amazing
things together. I’m grateful to be in this fight with you. Let’s keep up
our momentum.
In solidarity,
Alexandra Rojas, Executive Director
Justice Democrats
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