Feel-good update: 297 new elected officials!!
Are you still feeling amped from Election Day? We are.
Are you still feeling amped from Election Day? We are.
Of our 155 candidates on the ballot last week, 73 won and 4 are moving on to run-offs. As of today, Run for Something has elected 297 people across 45 states — 54% women, 47% people of color, & 18% LGBTQ. 57% of our elected officials are in municipal positions, 36% hold legislative office, and 14% are in education offices.
Those incredible results are only possible because of you. Thank you for making a difference.
A few of the many (!!) stories about what happened last week:
On Thursday’s episode of Pod Save America, we talked with Dan Pfeiffer about what these election results mean and why we’re even more hopeful about what’s to come. Listen in.
"The greatest defeat in history." | Crooked Media
Democrats win big victories in Virginia and Kentucky, a new Crooked Media/Change PollerCoaster 2020 survey shows…crooked.com
My absolute favorite story: Safiya Khalid, a 23 year old Somali refugee, was targeted by racist trolls online during the final weeks of her campaign. She knocked every door in her district, and won by a landslide. Watch an interview with her on Cheddar!
Somali-American Safiya Khalid Beats Racist Trolls and Makes History With Election Win
U.S. politics in the last few years have been significant for many reasons, one of which is the unprecedented number of…cheddar.com
Safiya and Abrar Omeish were two of the amazing women of color who made history last week — Abrar, a 24 year old Muslim woman, won a seat on the Fairfax County School Board.
Tay Anderson, 21, won a seat on the Denver School Board — we’ve been working with him since 2017 and are SO excited for his historic victory.
Knoxville elected its first majority-woman city council, including RFS candidate Amelia Parker.
Jessica Rothchild became the first openly gay member of the Scranton City Council in PA.
Grace Kestler beat out a Republican incumbent to help flip the city council in Mike Pence’s hometown of Columbus, Indiana.
Samantha Perlman, 24, unseated an incumbent to become the youngest woman ever elected in Marlborough, MA: “At one door Samantha Perlman knocked on in Marlborough, the person told her that a candidate hadn’t stopped by in 25 years. It was moments like that, Perlman says, that catapulted her to the most notable win in Marlborough in 2019.”
Eli Sabin, a New Haven native and sophomore at Yale, won a seat on the New Haven Board of Alders.
Meet Suhas Subramanyam, who is now the first Indian American in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Also in VA: We’re so proud of Kenny Boddye, who we’ve been working with since 2017 — he was part of the wave of Democrats who took over the Prince William County Board of Supervisors.
In 2018, we helped Ilana Stonebraker win a seat for Tippecanoe County council. Now she’s getting kudos for mentoring the new class of women running in Indiana. This is what it’s all about.
I’ll keep sharing more great stories in the weeks to come.
For now, get excited because tomorrow is National Run for Office Day! We’ll build off the momentum from last week’s elections to keep recruiting even more young people who want to run for office. Stay tuned for good updates.
Thank you for making all this possible. We are so fired up. Hope you are, too.