Chief Communications Officer at @StatesProjectUS. Before, digital @ObamaWhiteHouse + hope & change things. Always, NC BBQ enthusiast. Views are my own.
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We’re hiring! Check out the latest opportunity to join our team. Applications are open until January 15. ⬇ jobs.lever.co/statesproject/…
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Last year, we made history. Last night, we did it again. And the road to winning 2024 in the states starts NOW.
Last night, we saw what’s possible when state legislative elections are treated like the main event, not an afterthought. @StatesProjectUS set the bar in VA powering $4.7M in data-backed tactics, leading the way to flipping the House and defending the Senate. How did we do it?
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For decades, Republicans have had a far more robust network of conservative policy groups to push their legislative agenda. Now, with a little-known group called the States Project, Democrats are trying to put themselves on even footing. nyti.ms/48tZXUt
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Today in the @nytimes, our Founding Partners, @adampritzker and @danielsquadron alongside leading lawmakers across the country, shared an in-depth view of how we equip lawmakers to use their governing power to improve lives for the people they serve. nytimes.com/2023/09/25/us/po…
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🚨Last night’s racist, anti-democratic expulsion of two Black lawmakers left 130,000 Tennesseans without representation in their House of Representatives. As Rep. @brotherjones_ said during his expulsion hearing, this is an assault on democracy. 🧵
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Nearly all gun safety measures in the last decade have been passed in state legislatures. Want to change the country? Work with us in the states.
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🎉 GOOD NEWS: Michigan state lawmakers just made history by repealing an extreme 1931 abortion ban. Just as historic? The Senate majority that sent this bill to Gov. Whitmer’s desk is made up of a majority of women lawmakers. And they didn’t stop there. 🧵
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When we began our work to build a new PA House majority years ago & to defend that majority in January, @Joanna4PA worked side-by-side with us to make it happen. We can’t wait to continue our close work with her as she fights to improve lives as Speaker of the PA House!
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🚨 BREAKING: Minnesota state lawmakers have protected abortion access.
State legislative elections matter. 🗳️
EVERY lawmaker in the new MN Senate majority was needed to pass this life-saving bill.
BREAKING: The Minnesota Senate has passed the PRO Act, which would guarantee a right to abortion into state law pending Gov. Walz's expected signature.
Even if a future court reverses guarantees abortion access, services would be protected.
mprnews.org/story/2023/01/28…
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✔️ Historic Investment
✔️ Data-Driven Campaign Strategies
Read about how The States Project powered new state legislative majorities to victory.
nymag.com/intelligencer/2023…
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We’re excited to share that our work together to build and protect governing power to improve lives in state legislatures received @semafor’s inaugural Americana Award for “Best Return on Investment.” semafor.com/article/12/30/20…
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NEW: We're proud to be named Best Investment by @daveweigel in @semafor today. Your dollars go further when they fuel evidenced-backed tactics in the states.
semafor.com/newsletter/12/30…
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HISTORY. MADE. For the first time since 1934, the party who holds the WH didn’t lose a *single* state leg chamber. AND we gained 2 new trifectas. I believe that the @StatesProjectUS historic investment made the difference. Here’s why.🧵 axios.com/2022/11/11/state-l…
The @StatesProjectUS worked at a historic scale to make this happen. Could not be more proud of this ⬇️ AND also two new trifectas that will protect abortion access and our democracy.
Remarkable: this will be the first midterm the party in power hasn't lost a *single* state legislative chamber since 1934. axios.com/2022/11/11/state-l…
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"Because of the Democratic victories in state legislatures, @StatesProjectUS's @simoneleiro added 'abortion access was expanded in a lifesaving way last night.'"
“For too long state legislatures have seemed like the minor leagues,” our own @simoneleiro told the @washingtonpost. “We are in a moment when state legislatures couldn’t be more important.” washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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“For too long state legislatures have seemed like the minor leagues,” our own @simoneleiro told the @washingtonpost. “We are in a moment when state legislatures couldn’t be more important.” washingtonpost.com/politics/…
➡️ The will of the voters deciding the presidency
➡️ Abortion access
The stakes in state legislatures have never been higher.
Join me on the @StatesProjectUS broadcast at 7 PM ET for #ElectionDay results & analysis about the races that matter most! youtu.be/Fzpcorq_S6Y
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"This cycle could be the difference between a free and fair presidential election in 2024, or the end of our democracy," our own @simoneleiro told @voxdotcom. Learn why the future of our democracy will come down to battleground states like Michigan. ⬇️ vox.com/policy-and-politics/…
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Nearly 60% of rightwing state legislative candidates in 5 key battleground states have echoed Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him. As our own @DanielSquadron told @SymoneMSNBC, that's why defending our democracy starts in the states.
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"The independent state legislature 'threat still feels as though it’s on the horizon, even though it’s upon us.'"
Says our own @DanielSquadron on why this year's state legislative elections could decide the future of our democracy:
nytimes.com/2022/10/10/us/po…