Massachusetts Primary
8/8/2022 by Christine Brown It’s time to learn about Massachusetts Candidates! Our primary is September 6, and here in the Bay State, most elected offices are decided IN…
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Wisconsin: Defend Federal Elections and Abortion Rights!
by Barbara Head, August 12, 2022. Wisconsin, traditionally one of the three Democratic-leaning Blue Wall states, is now a fierce battleground for the control of…
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Yes, NYT, Postcards Do Work
August 3, 2022 by Christine Brown Yesterday, the New York Times published an op-ed about Democrat’s failures. I agree that, yes, those fundraising emails are…
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Anti-Democratic Forces in Michigan
By Christine Brown, July 31, 2022 Update: 8/3/22 Rep. Peter Meijer, one of 10 Republicans that voted to impeach Trump, lost his primary to Trump…
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Pennsylvania Danger and Opportunity
Pennsylvania, with its 20 electoral votes, is once again in the crosshairs – an absolutely essential state to win! Two midterm races are shaping up…
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4 MONTHS TO TAKE ACTION
Dear Readers, The Radical SCOTUS decisions in June 2022 have laid bare the the actual destruction our country is enduring. Mark Joseph Stern, writing in Slate,…
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Can We Win The Midterms?
I hear from so many people that the democratic party is poor at messaging and that our base is discouraged. Where are they getting these…
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Protect North Carolina’s Supreme Court
Why should we care about state Supreme Courts? As we explained in an earlier Letter From the Editors (Unexpected Heroes: Secretaries of State and State…
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Get Energized to Forge a Coup-proof Victory!
Updated 6/12/22: Christine and Barbara attended a strategy session by Focus 4 Democracy. We were pleased that this group has also endorsed the States Project!…
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Give No Ground
Update: July 8, 2022 Lots of new resources have been added to the website! Whether you’re looking to get involved in this year’s midterms or…
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HARD WORK PAYS OFF: SUCCESS IN WISCONSIN!
Late last year, we did a postcard campaign to WI through Activate America. We were touting the accomplishments of the Dems with the Infrastructure bill.…
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Will the decimation of Women’s Rights finally wake up Americans?
Christine Brown, May 5, 2022 (updated May 17) Steven Cobert takes down the radical Scotus Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who planned the attack on Pearl…
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Climate Change and Economic Renewal in Nevada
By Barbara Head, 5/1/22. Nevada, a working-class blue state, is steadily turning purple! Working-class voters, which include many people of color, have long supported the…
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Empowering Marginalized Voters
By Barbara Head. 5/1/22, updated 5/14/22. We cannot save our democracy if we do not join forces with our communities of color. While our allies…
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On the Precipice in Arizona
by Denise Gieseke, 5/1/22. Political power in Arizona is balanced on a razor’s edge. In many ways, the 2022 Arizona midterms epitomize the struggle for…
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Pennsylvania – Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher!
PA played an outsized role in the 2020 election and will need to do it again in the midterms! In 2022, PA will have two…
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Autocracy in Massachusetts
David Pepper’s new book Laboratories of Autocracy examines the crisis of the Anti-democratic (small d) condition of Statehouses across our nation, using Ohio’s experience as…
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Autocracy in the USA
I don’t do politics All politicians are the same Democrats are as bad as Republicans There is no real choice Nothing ever changes My vote…
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Democracy vs Autocracy
by Barbara Head, March 31, 2022. In February, Russia brutally invaded Ukraine, in part to replace their democracy with Russian autocracy. As we witness the…
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What’s Happening in North Carolina?
by Barbara Head, Feb. 28, 2022. North Carolina is not only a swing state, it is a battleground in itself! The 2020 presidential election was…
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Unexpected Heroes: Secretaries of State & State Supreme Courts
Updated 7/5/22 Watch John Oliver explain the imortance of the Secretaries of States! by Barbara Head, Feb. 17, 2022. With federal voting rights legislation stalled,…
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Redistricting and Silver Linings
by Barbara Head, Feb. 7, 2022. Republicans boast that they will take back the US House of Representatives through redistricting alone. They have been encouraged…
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The Critical Importance of Governors in 2022
by Barbara Head, January 9, 2022 (Updated January 26, 2022) Governors may end up being the star players of the 2022 election! Often hidden from…
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Red State in Blue New England? Not On Our Watch!!
Help Save New Hampshire in 2022. by Barbara Head, February 1, 2022. New England epitomizes a political blue alliance – a unified bastion of Democratic…
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January Spotlight
by Barbara Head, January 10, 2022 There are 36 (20R, 16D) governors races in 2022, and these may be the most interesting political races of…
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Bring Back the Blue Wall
By Christine Brown, December 1, 2021 Traditionally the Blue Wall referred to Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin because the union votes of these demographically white states…
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Activism in December – Donations
By Barbara Head, December 5, 2021 Is your inbox clogged with desperate appeals from candidates and groups you’ve never heard of to donate before a…
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