I’m going to speak plainly: I’m worried that if we don’t start raising a lot more money, our incumbent Justice Democrats and our next primary challengers could lose.
Let me explain.
On Tuesday night, Kina Collins — a young Black woman from the West Side of Chicago — took on the Chicago political machine without a cent of corporate PAC money. The Democratic establishment spent so much money on the race, we just couldn’t overcome it. Pres. Biden and Speaker Pelosi endorsed our opponent in order to stop Kina’s fight for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and real investments in her communities.
Jessica Cisneros lost by just a few hundred votes to anti-abortion, pro-NRA Henry Cuellar. Again, millions in corporate Super PAC money, Big Oil, and private prison companies lined up against Jessica and Justice Democrats, and we came up just short. Jessica’s race would’ve been different if Pelosi hadn’t campaigned for an anti-abortion incumbent and the establishment hadn’t spent millions to stop a progressive woman of color.
If we had just a little more money, there’s a real chance we could have lifted Kina and Jessica to victory. As one of our most generous and steadfast supporters, I am so grateful for your contributions and hope you’ll consider making another donation today:
It’s not just Kina and Jessica. On Tuesday, our first incumbent Justice Democrat lost a primary. Democratic redistricting threw Marie Newman into a difficult primary against another incumbent that had backing from much of the Democratic establishment. After defeating a conservative, anti-abortion Democratic incumbent in 2020 and fighting unapologetically for the people in Congress, Marie came up short in her latest primary.
JD incumbents Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman, and Rashida Tlaib still have competitive primaries this year. And corporate Democrats and Republican billionaires are spending millions to try to unseat our most outspoken advocates in Congress. A corporate Super PAC has already announced it’s spending $1 million against Rashida.
The establishment will do everything it can to defeat Justice Democrats. The establishment will spend as much money as it can to defeat us. Big money and the establishment stopped our movement from powering Kina, Jessica, and Marie to victory, but we can’t keep letting this happen.
Nearly 90% of Congressional races are won by the candidate with more money. We’ve won races with less money before, but we have to significantly close the fundraising gap in our races — or we don’t have a chance.
We’ve seen what can happen when we get outspent by corporate Super PACs with access to unlimited funds. Now, we need to make sure we’re prepared to protect the Squad in their primaries and build up our fundraising for the future.
I am so grateful to have your support. We run on donations from folks giving $5, $27, $50 at a time — our average donation this year is $18.12. And that’s how it should be, fueled by the people, not corporate PACs.
If just 1 out of every 10 people reading this email chipped in, it would be a huge boost for us heading into important primaries for Cori, Jamaal, and Rashida.
Thank you so much.
In solidarity,
Alexandra Rojas, Executive Director
Justice Democrats
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