Feel-good update: The holiday season has begun!

Last Tuesday, we kicked off the holiday season & celebrated National Run for Office Day — nearly 3,000 people signed up to run for office…

Last Tuesday, we kicked off the holiday season & celebrated National Run for Office Day — nearly 3,000 people signed up to run for office, bringing us up to nearly 45,000 young people who’ve raised their hands to run since January 2017.

Check out everyone that participated in this fun Twitter wrap-up. Highlights include: Dozens of RFS alumni, nearly every major Democratic presidential candidate, 50+ progressive organizations, Kerry Washington, Rep. John Lewis, Hillary Clinton, Stacey Abrams, and celebrities/influencers on Instagram who have more than 10 million followers.

Whether or not they signed up on Tuesday, we posed the question to a whole lot of people who have never been asked or considered getting into elected office.

Before Run for Something existed, the idea of the entire progressive ecosystem participating in public candidate recruitment wouldn’t have come up; if it had, folks would have laughed it out of any & all rooms. This just wasn’t how things are done. We have changed the game.

In honor of the holiday, YouGov surveyed folks and asked if they’d ever considered running for office. 24% of people ages 18–24 and 28% of people ages 24–34 said yes. (That’s compared to 19% of all adults.) That’s a pretty big group of people who just need a little nudge…

Also last week: Another winner! On Thursday, Michalyn Easter-Thomas won a seat from an incumbent on the Memphis City Council. You should also read Tay Anderson’s interview with the Root about how it felt to win and become the youngest elected official in the state of Colorado. HIs win helped flip the Denver School Board.

​We talked to Vogue about how to get politically active in 2020. (Spoiler: The answer is run for office.)​

​Finally, you must read this great overview of how Democrats have made huge gains on the state level in the last 3 years. This graf is my favorite: “The Democratic gains in 2018 had an immediate impact. Nevada, Maine and Illinois passed laws easing abortion access. Colorado passed new oil and gas regulations, while New Mexico instituted background checks for most firearm sales.”

We have a lot to do before 2020 ends (including a few run-offs) and more endorsements. Thanks for making this possible.

P.S. If you’re in DC, save the date & join us on December 3rd in Adams Morgan.