Updates from the States: It’s “GO” Time!
Chispa AZ mobilizing voters at a clean air rally
In every key battleground state and race across the country, MVP local partners are pulling out all the stops to create a Blue Wave on November 5th. Here are just a few of the hundreds of updates we’re getting from the field. If you really want to be inspired, click each “Read more” link to see the fuller story.
In Arizona, Chispa AZ PAC (MVP’s largest climate-focused partner in the state) has knocked on 103,000 doors toward their total 250,000 goal, in their effort to flip the state legislature (by targeting LD9, LD13, and LD23) and the Arizona Corporation Commission (which decides a lot of climate policy) — which will also help win Arizona’s eleven electoral votes for VP Harris and elect Democrat Ruben Gallego to the Senate. Read more »
Screenshot: Atlanta Civic Circle, 9/25/2024
In Georgia, the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition (GYJC) and youth allies organized thousands of students to join a school walkout in the wake of the Apalachee High School shooting, to demand gun safety — and to elect gun safety champions up and down the ballot. Read more »
Progressive Maryland – March for reproductive freedom
In Maryland, thanks in part to MVP’s proactive early investments in our local partners’ strategic earned media and voter contact work, the Senate race has gone from a nail-biting toss-up to a strong “Likely D” seat. Read more »
Michigan United Action
In Michigan, a coalition of MVP partners is leveraging a bold campaign to curb the corrupting influence of money in politics by educating voters in ten competitive house districts about their legislators’ stance on corruption. This is one of many strategies our Michigan partners are driving to win up and down the ballot. Read more »
Nebraska Railroaders for Public Safety, canvassing for Senate candidate Dan Osborn
In Nebraska, MVP partners blocked the GOP from adopting a “winner-take-all” system in the Electoral College, which could have cost VP Harris the Presidential election. Now our partners are working to flip a U.S. House seat and a dark-horse Senate race — which could decide control of both chambers. Read more »
Battleground New York – Homepage screenshot
In New York, Battleground New York has assembled the biggest field campaign in modern state history to contact 660,000+ voters in an effort to flip up to four GOP-held House seats and defend two vulnerable Democratic seats. Read more »
Down Home North Carolina – Western NC Recovery Team at work in Boone, 9/30/2024
In North Carolina, Down Home North Carolina has activated its get-out-the-vote (GOTV) operation to support communities devastated by Hurricane Helene across Western North Carolina, while continuing to contribute to a coalition-wide goal of knocking 4 million doors across the state. Read more »
Red Wine and Blue – #OHnoYouDont campaign
In Ohio, where Sherrod Brown’s re-election campaign could decide control of the Senate, MVP is working with Ohio Progressive Collaborative and Red Wine & Blue (an organization focused on suburban women) to launch “#OHnoYouDont,” a campaign to galvanize voters to speak out against hate in their community spurred by Senator JD Vance’s lies about Haitian immigrants in Springfield. Read more »
Screenshot from video of One Pennsylvania’s joint canvass launch with other MVP partners
In Pennsylvania, OnePA is on their way to 4.5 million voter contacts by Election Day, toward their objective of making up the margin of victory up and down the ballot. They and others like Pennsylvania Working Families Party, Make the Road Action Pennsylvania, and CASA In Action could be the reason we will be dancing in the streets the day after the election. Read more »
Teamsters Against Trump – Stop the War on Workers rally
Last but not least, a story about Teamsters Against Trump – Back in July, when Teamsters President Sean O’Brien spoke at the RNC, MVP supported a grassroots network within the Teamsters to make an intervention. We made a seed investment in Teamsters Against Trump, which has been organizing the Teamsters’ base of 1.3 million members to oppose Trump and support VP Harris. Since then, they have successfully secured Harris endorsements from almost two dozen local Teamsters unions and joint councils (including in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin), representing nearly one million workers — driving an anti-Trump narrative within the Teamsters. MVP loves to make innovative seed grants like this! Learn more »
