2026 is here, which means MVP partners are already working hard to win the midterms. They have plans to win critical primary and special elections this Spring, stop the GOP’s blatant gerrymandering and power grabs, build a progressive youth movement, and flip the House (and maybe Senate!). Supporting them now is how we will win in November. Check out their plans below.
Photo: Down Home North Carolina members and graduates of their first-ever Candidate Academy.
AREA #1: Win State-Level Governing Power in March and April
North Carolina: Elect Strong Democratic Legislators to Block GOP Bills
Last year, several Democrats voted with Republicans to support numerous GOP bills that aimed to undermine democracy, defund public schools, and target immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community. They then voted again with Republicans to override the Democratic governor’s veto of these bills.
Because of their voting record, three of these Democrats (House Districts 23, 99, and 106) face primary challengers in the March 3 primary elections. The challengers, with support from MVP partners, are committed to voting with their Democratic colleagues to uphold the governor’s vetoes of harmful Republican legislation. MVP partners are also working to re-elect two Democratic incumbents (House Districts 27 and 60) who have been reliable champions and who face primary opponents.
Workers Vote is working in House Districts 27, 99, and 106. Starting in mid-January, they plan to knock over 50,000 doors in five weeks, training and deploying 35 canvassers who are members of UNITE HERE and other unions.
Carolina Federation is working in House Districts 27, 60, and 106. They are a member-led organization focused on six diverse urban and suburban counties and run one of the largest independent voter contact operations in the state.
Down Home NC organizes the multiracial working-class in rural areas and small towns and will do direct voter outreach in District 23.
NCAAT in Action, a statewide organization that aims to educate, organize, and mobilize the AAPI community in North Carolina, will reach voters in District 106.
Equality NC, a statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, will canvas and phonebank in District 99.
New North Carolina Project, a statewide voter advocacy organization, will contact voters in Districts 99 and 106.
Wisconsin: Expand the Liberal 4-3 State Supreme Court Majority
Last year, MVP partners helped maintain a 4-3 liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, despite facing historic spending by Republicans. On April 7, Wisconsin voters will vote to fill another open seat on the Supreme Court. We have the opportunity to expand the liberal majority to 5-2, solidifying the court as a bulwark against conservative overreach in Wisconsin.
MVP partners, including Wisconsin Conservation Voters, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, Voces de la Frontera, Working Families Party of Wisconsin, and Power to the Polls, will lead work vital to winning this seat, just as they did in 2025.
AREA #2: Fight GOP Gerrymandering
Virginia: Pass a Redistricting Ballot Measure that Could Win Democrats Four U.S. House Seats
Our partners in Virginia have joined the redistricting effort to counteract Trump’s blatant attempts at partisan gerrymandering for GOP gain in other states. The Virginia General Assembly has twice passed a constitutional amendment that allows Virginia to redistrict this year if another state does the same. Democratic elected officials are currently appealing and requesting a stay on a state court’s ruling that prevents the measure from appearing on the ballot, which they are likely to win. If the stay is issued by the Virginia Supreme Court, the ballot measure can move forward for a vote, likely on April 21. If the ballot measure is passed, it could gain Democrats up to four seats in the U.S. House in the 2026 midterms, expanding Democrats’ majority over Republicans from 6-5 to 9-2 or 10-1.
MVP partner New Virginia Majority will need to rapidly scale up its ballot measure and voter engagement campaign, running a large, multi-tactic field program to ensure voters know there is an election, understand the stakes, and turn out to vote “yes.”
Photo: Make the Road Action New Jersey.
AREA #3: Flip the U.S. House by Investing Early
Multi-State: Scale Now to Flip the U.S. House in November
The best way to stop Trump is to flip the U.S. House in 2026, then build our majority; but to win, we must fund long-term organizing in key districts now.
- National: Battleground Alliance PAC is a coalition of labor, local, and national organizing groups coordinating a lasting organizing presence in flippable, GOP-held House districts.
- New York: Battleground New York (BGNY) is a collaboration between local organizers, labor, and community organizations, launched in 2023 to take back House seats lost in 2022. In 2024, they reached 800,000 voters at their doors to help flip four seats and defend two. In 2026, BGNY will target NY-03, NY-04, NY-17, NY-18, NY-19, and NY-22, aiming to hold five Democratic seats and flip one (NY-17) GOP seat. The coalition includes Working Families Party, Citizen Action of NY, Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, AFSCME, the New York State Nurses Association, Communications Workers of America District 1, 32BJ SEIU, Indivisible, and others.
- New Jersey: Make the Road Action New Jersey is organizing in NJ-07 to unseat GOP Rep. Tom Kean. Kean won the seat in 2022 after redistricting and held it by only 5 points in 2024. Make the Road knocked 63,742 doors in the district in 2022, laying the foundation to hold Kean accountable during his term and run a larger electoral program to flip the seat in 2026.
- Pennsylvania: Action Together NEPA is a chapter-based organization that spans Luzerne, Lackawanna, Columbia, Montour, Susquehanna, and Wayne Counties. They are organizing to win back PA-07 and PA-08, which Democrats lost by 1 and 2 points, respectively, in 2024. They are also working to hold the Republican incumbents accountable this year.
Photo: Alliance for Youth Action organizers registering voters.
AREA #4: Organize the Progressive Youth Vote
Multi-State: Organize Young People to Counter MAGA and Win the Midterms
With the conservative Turning Point USA set to run the largest, most well-resourced program in its history, organizing and turning out young people has never been more important.
Voter engagement organizations on college campuses must use the spring semester (January to May) to build the foundation for successful persuasion and turnout programs in the fall. MVP partner Alliance for Youth Action (AYA) will work with state-based organizations on their campus organizing programs in 18 states, including Ohio, North Carolina, and Michigan. For AYA and its partners, the spring semester is the best time to recruit, train, and deploy student organizers to begin engaging other students on the issues important to them in this year’s midterms. This sets them up to hit the ground running with Welcome Week programming in August for a final persuasion and turnout push leading up to November.
Programs to train young organizers to engage young people outside of college campuses must also start and scale now. MVP partner Blue Future runs a series of programs that strengthen the national ecosystem of youth civic engagement organizations, with a focus on competitive congressional districts in 2026. Their programs include introductory and advanced organizer training cohorts that prepare young organizers to play a meaningful role on campaigns in competitive districts, as well as a regranting program that supports hyperlocal organizations reaching young voters in competitive districts. Blue Future also serves as a fiscal sponsor to several organizations, including College Democrats of America.
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