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President of @runforsomething // Author of RUN FOR SOMETHING and WHEN WE’RE IN CHARGE // (mostly) uninterested in fighting on the internet

Brooklyn, NY
Joined April 2007
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WHEN WE’RE IN CHARGE - my book for a new generation of leaders who refuse to settle for the status quo and believe things don’t have to suck - is now out in paperback. Get it wherever you get your books. amzn.to/4Aqu2T3 bookshop.org/a/100021/978163…
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40% of Mormons under the age of 45 voted Democrat!!!! Only 14 years ago, 80% of Mormons under 50 identified as Republican. Today, just 40% do.
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Truly obsessed with our newest senator-elect from South Carolina. A legendary poster after my own heart.
Herpes is forever. JD Vance doesn’t have to be.
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Fun @runforsomething fact: 60% of our 240 winners were in states Trump won in 2024. In those states, education was the most common top issue for our state/local candidates -- mostly about defending public schools from vouchers.
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In the states Harris won, housing dominated -- 70% of our winners told us it was their top issue.
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One thing about all these House upsets is we’re going to get a lot more “normal people” in Congress next term who may be more transparent about the behind-the-scenes stuff that happens in DC. Like NJ-02 winner Zach Mullock, who’s posting selfies on Instagram from orientation.
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Some people said that flipping the LD27 Senate seat was, “nearly impossible” We proved them wrong! This seat was the first one called that created a Senate majority.
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So much of what happens next will be determined by how Dems respond to the emerging *coalition of the screwed* that includes so many young people. If their answer is *fix the schools* or *job retraining for all* we are doomed
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We’re waiting for boomer assumptions about politics to die off. Mamdani has helped that process by humiliating the graybeards who freaked out about him. There are still political rules today, but they aren’t the same rules the graybeards grew up with. xitter.cf/daveweigel/status/2119…
Mamdani getting elected and spending a year on extremely popular projects helped Dems everywhere imo. He was supposed to be on the new Mount Rushmore of scary liberals. Saw him on lots of attack mailers. Didn't scare people at all. When I sat down w Mamdani during the 2025 primary he said his model was Bernie in Burlington - the "ooh, scary socialist" mayor who capitalizes on all the attention he gets and makes civic improvements so it stops being scary. And so far that's clearly worked. semafor.com/article/06/12/20…
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Join us on Nov. 19 as we analyze the midterm election results and share ways you can start a campaign in 2027 or 2028. Also hear from RFS president Amanda Litman and candidates who can share tips about getting started. Join us to learn how you can run for office next. bit.ly/4Aiie4s
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“The factional fights between moderates and progressives once again arguing about whoever is more electable…is not the axis upon which to measure candidates anymore. Get with the program.”
13 thoughts on the election at the end of the week. amandalitman.substack.com/p/…
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Utah, MS and LA are all on @runforsomething’s long term battleground plan for a reason 👀
Biggest D gains in the US House popular vote versus 2022. Note that there are some slightly fancy adjustments here for uncontested districts: Utah +29.5 North Dakota +28.6 Alabama +28.1 Indiana +24.6 Mississippi +23.7 Wyoming +23.0 Louisiana +21.7 All super red states.
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Candidate recruitment is not a nice to have — it’s a need to have.
Replying to @JacobRubashkin
Similar story downballot: Democrats flipped a whole bunch of state legislative districts that went uncontested in 2024. To ride the wave, you've gotta have boards in the water. This cycle was the first in the two-party era where Democrats contested every single House race.
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A huge @runforsomething win!!
One of my favorite Blue flips was just called yesterday. Brad Chambers defeated Pennsylvania State House Rep Brett Miller by 40 votes. That's right; a young man with dreadlocks won in rural Lancaster County. Amazing.
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Obsessed with this thread of new members of Congress who were never expected to win so no one paid attention to. A good reminder: Compete everywhere because anything can happen.
Meet Victoria Broderick of Tennessee 4, 1 of 2 reps-elect who spent less than $100K flipping a seat. The Consultant Class is already dismissing their campaigns as wave election lottery winners. But diving thru their feeds & FEC filings I realized: Brokeness was their superpower, and they knew it:
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I’m not at CrookedCon — but WHEN WE’RE IN CHARGE is! Spotted on the big screen 👀
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I’d like to see more convo about how Turning Points USA went all in on Arizona and really ate shit this cycle.
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This is what made people’s panic so exhausting — it is exponentially better for all of us if Mamdani is one of the faces of the party as opposed to any of our congressional leaders!
Mamdani getting elected and spending a year on extremely popular projects helped Dems everywhere imo. He was supposed to be on the new Mount Rushmore of scary liberals. Saw him on lots of attack mailers. Didn't scare people at all. When I sat down w Mamdani during the 2025 primary he said his model was Bernie in Burlington - the "ooh, scary socialist" mayor who capitalizes on all the attention he gets and makes civic improvements so it stops being scary. And so far that's clearly worked. semafor.com/article/06/12/20…
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For the last decade, @runforsomething. has run a 50 state strategy with a tight on values flexible on policy model that’s enabled us to elect 1900+ millennials and Gen Z to state and local office nearly everywhere. Pretty cool to see that theory of change validated in a wave election!
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Howdy, Texas! I'm Clayton Tucker, your Texas Agriculture Commissioner-Elect, and I've spent my life working on our family ranch and fighting for working Texans. The Greedy Few on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley want to drain our aquifers, drive up our power bills, and bulldoze our farmland to build massive AI data centers that enrich billionaires at the expense of working Texans. Together, we're going to stop these irresponsible AI data centers from messing with Texas, bust corporate monopolies, and put everyday Texans first!
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An amazing @runforsomething win!
Hello, my name is Quinnie Perez and I'm proud to be Florida's 1st Trans Elected Official! 🏳️‍⚧️
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