You’ve seen the all of the eye-popping fundraising totals from Democrats: Joe Biden’s gob-smacking haul, Senate candidates smashing record after record, and House hopefuls bringing in once-unthinkable sums. But there’s one crucial, crucial area where Republicans are clobbering us: state legislative races.
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, which exists to help elect Democrats to state legislatures across the country, raised $13 million in the third quarter of this year. But they got swamped by their GOP counterparts, the Republican State Leadership Committee, which brought in $23 million during the same timeframe, thanks to giant corporate donors eager to curry favor with Republicans.
The gap is especially concerning because the November elections are our very last opportunity to determine who will have power over redistricting next year following the census. If Republicans are in charge, we’ll be subject to another decade of extreme gerrymanders seeking to lock in Republican rule. If, however, Democrats can make gains in the states, we can enact fair maps and redistricting reforms.
To make that happen, though, we have got to make up this shortfall. That’s why Daily Kos has endorsed a slate of dozens of exceptional Democrats running to flip some of the most critical legislative chambers Republicans currently hold, including the Texas House, the North Carolina Senate and House, the Michigan House, and the Arizona Senate and House. We can turn all of these blue, but only if we give it everything we’ve got in these last couple of weeks.
We’ve therefore set a new goal of $1 million for our legislative slate. We’re already a good portion of the way there, as you can see on the thermometer above, but we still have a ways to go. Can you help us meet this target?
Please donate $3 right now to help narrow the Democrats’ fundraising gap and win state legislatures nationwide!