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Congressional Candidate: Mikie Sherrill for New Jersey's 11th District



Local Candidates: Restore a Stolen Democracy in North Carolina



Congressional Candidate: Conor Lamb for Congress in PA-18

33-years-old,

and is the kind of bright young Democrat the party needs as it looks to energize, connect with young voters, and build its base. Democrats haven't even run candidates in this district the last two cycles, and Trump won it by 19 points in 2016. That makes Lamb's candidacy extra important, as it'll help re-establish the party in a working-class district that is filled with union voters.

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Congressional Candidate: Lauren Underwood for Illinois's 14th District

“It’s the gatekeeper’s comfort levels—by that I mean local party structures, traditional funders, their comfort levels with that kind of representation. Even in the Democratic party—that’s where I start to get angry. When you look traditionally at Democratic voters, at the core constituency of the party, what do you see? People of color, so why is there this active movement to keep our voices off the table?”

State Candidate: Ryan Torrens for Attorney General of Florida

Special Election: Patty Schachtner for Wisconsin State Senate





Let's send a message to Paul Ryan, who was put on this earth to cut taxes for the wealthy, gel his hair, and little else. He's non-committal about running for re-election this fall, and it'd be great to show him that Wisconsin, a bastion of progressivism ravaged by Ryan and GOP sociopath/governor Scott Walker, is returning to its Democratic roots.



There will be a special election for a valuable seat in the Wisconsin State Senate on January 16th. After the GOP took power, it gerrymandered the state into an unrecognizable jigsaw of districts, with racism and partisanship the only factors in their shaping.



That's under Supreme Court review, but we can't rely on that gerrymandered court to save us. A GOP-held seat in the State Senate, representing District 10, is up for grabs, and Democrats have a great candidate in Patty Schachtner, a civil servant and lifelong resident of the region. Her issues page is chockful of smart, local-focused ideas and promises, including an emphasis on infrastructure, the environment (she grew up on a farm), better public education, healthcare (including expanding the state's Medicaid program) and fighting the opioid crisis.



If Dems can win this seat, it'll put them in a better position to win the State Senate back in November, when Gov. Scott Walker, perhaps the most draconian state exec in the country, is also up for re-election. That's huge: It'd end gerrymandering, expand healthcare in the state, and help re-enfranchize tens of thousands of people who were stopped from voting during the election by Walker's awful voter ID laws.



Had it not been for those laws, Hillary Clinton would have likely won Wisconsin. So yeah, this race matters.



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Congressional Election: DD Adams for North Carolina’s 5th District





The Doug Jones victory showed that black women are the beating heart of the Democratic Party. The party must recognize that, but not only during the run-up to election day. There are precious few black women in elected office, and that needs to change.



DD Adams is an accomplished businesswoman and public servant who has served in the Winston-Salem City Council since 2009. Adams has fought to raise wages for city workers, building infrastructure, and stood up for LGBTQ rights at a time when they were under attack in the state.



Adams also has name recognition in the district, which spans parts of 11 North Carolina counties (the state is heavily gerrymandered) and while Trump won the state, it also elected a Democratic governor in Roy Cooper. She's also really active on Twitter, which is cool.



Adams' opponent is incumbent Virginia Foxx, who wants to destroy public education across the country. She must be stopped.



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Governor Candidate: Stacey Abrams, for Governor of Georgia





The Alabama upset proved that women and minorities are now the backbone of the Democratic Party. And in Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia General Assembly Minority Leader, they have an incredible candidate who is vying to become the first black woman governor in US history.



Abrams has an amazing resume: she got a job as a political speechwriter at 17, went to Yale Law School, got hired as Atlanta's Deputy City Attorney at the age of 29, has won a gaggle of local and national awards (including from the Kennedy Center), writes romance novels under a pen name (really!), and has an unapologetically progressive and inclusive vision for Georgia. She's also been endorsed by the big national progressive groups, including MoveOn and the Working Families Party.



The Alabama race changes everything. Democrats should no longer be afraid of the south — but they have to run smart and activate the base. Black women drove Jones to victory, and Abrams represents a perfect candidate for the time and place, and a new era in American politics.



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