John,

We wanted to make sure you had a chance to read yesterday’s email from our Executive Director, Alexandra Rojas about how deeply we supported Summer Lee’s campaign from launch through victory.

Please make a contribution to ensure we have the resources to continue to defeat entrenched incumbents.

We hope you’ll take a moment to read Alexandra’s email below in full.

Thank you,

Team JD

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From: Alexandra Rojas
To: [email protected]
Subject: Summer Lee

John, I wanted to personally reach out and give you a behind the scenes look into everything Justice Democrats did to recruit and support Summer Lee’s winning campaign.

It all began in 2021, through statistical analysis we identified PA-12 as a target district for us to recruit a progressive leader who could run against the political establishment and win.

After talking to over 180 local leaders, organizers, union members, and activists in Western Pennsylvania, it was clear that State Rep. Summer Lee was by far the strongest leader and a truly grassroots candidate to run in this district.

Then, we worked with Summer’s campaign for Congress from day one. We supported her from launch through victory, helping her campaign create its branding, media and policy preparations, and helped her secure major endorsements from national progressives.

We supported Summer’s on the ground organizing and helped her fight off over $10 million in outside spending against her from groups like AIPAC. And with grassroots contributions from people like you, we raised over $100,000 directly for her campaign.

Our team and volunteers boosted Summer’s field operations both during the primary and general elections. Our volunteers helped her reach 131,000 total calls and 256,000 total text messages to voters in PA-12.

Our team with Congresswoman-elect Summer Lee

This is how deep we go with our candidates. No other organization in the progressive arena recruits and supports candidates like we do. Now, Summer Lee will make history in January when she’s sworn in and will be the first Black woman to represent Pennsylvania in Congress.

But all of this work takes major resources especially when we have to fight back against right-wing super PACs like AIPAC who will be relentless in their future attacks against outspoken progressives like Summer.

And because our fundraising continues to decline, we need to see a major increase in contributions immediately. Otherwise, we’ll have to make some hard decisions about where to make budget cuts — which will mean pulling back critical areas of support for our candidates.

John, we know how to win. We’ve been winning. But we’re at an inflection point as an organization and we need your support now. So what do you say? Will you contribute $3 (or more!) right now?

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Our work over the last five years has transformed Democratic politics as we know it. We recruited and helped elect AOC, Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush, and now Summer Lee. Those progressive fighters, alongside every other Justice Democrat in Congress, are pushing for policies that match the scale of the crises we face.

To continue electing new fighters to join them in the Squad, where they’ll fight for us, we need the resources to fund our operation. We completely rely on grassroots support from people like you. So with our fundraising declining, we’re coming directly to supporters like you to chip in and help us make up the difference.

Whether you can donate today or not, I’m still so thankful for your support. Remember, it’s because of you that Summer’s win was possible — and we made history.

With gratitude,

Alexandra Rojas

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