November 5, 2025

RECAP: National Briefing - WE WON!!! (Elections Recap)

Tune in for a briefing on results from elections MVP partners have been working on across the country — California, New York City, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and more — and where we go from here.

Briefings, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Elections, Partisan, US House, Redistricting, Georgia, North Carolina, New York, Downballot, New Jersey

Speakers

This call features a line-up of MVP staff (so we could give our grantee partners a break the day after the election!):

Javier Morillo, MVP Senior State Strategy Director - The Big Picture
Hallie Montoya Tansey, MVP Chief Development Officer - California
John Anner, MVP Senior Philanthropic Advisor - New York City
Nirav Sanghani, MVP Pennsylvania State Advisor - Pennsylvania
Jillian Johnson, MVP Southern Field Director - Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia

Resources

Slide Deck
Elections Recap blog post
2026 Strategy
Civic Power: The Role and Impact of Independent Political Organizations in Expanding the Electorate and Building Governing Influence, by Pro-Democracy Campaign, Power Lab, Democracy and Power in Action Fund (DPI) - 10/1/2025

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