The most critical tool in a state legislative campaign’s toolbox is candidate door knocking. Data has proven that no other campaign staff member is as effective at persuading a voter at the doors as the candidate themselves. That’s why we created our signature Door Knocking Challenge. Participating candidates get rewarded with larger campaign contributions based […]
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Our team has been working with Arizona Senator Priya Sundareshan to help share what’s happening and what’s at stake in the extremist attacks on reproductive freedom by the rightwing in Arizona. This weekend she was on MSNBC — watch her highlight our goal of taking the majority! […]
When the Virginia legislature begins its 2024 session, lawmakers committed to protecting abortion access, defending democracy, and improving the lives of all Virginians will hold governing power in both chambers. As our electoral work helped build new governing power in Virginia, majorities that our Giving Circles community helped fuel in 2022 across states like Michigan, […]
This November, we proved what’s possible when we treat state legislative elections like the main event, not an afterthought. Together, our community brought our same battle-tested playbook that powered historic 2022 wins to Virginia. And together, we flipped the House and defended the Senate. We set the bar in Virginia: Dollars. Data. Candidates laser-focused on […]
In response to an outstanding showing for democracy and personal freedom in Virginia — Democrats flipped the House and retained a majority in the Senate, securing a crucial check on rightwing Gov. Glenn Youngkin — The States Project’s Founding Partner Daniel Squadron released the following statement: “Tonight’s results are a resounding victory for Virginians who […]
This summer, the Supreme Court upheld some critical checks and balances crucial to sustaining our democracy. But the threat of rightwing attempts to undermine a free and fair presidential election isn’t completely gone. SCOTUS ruled that state legislatures do not have absolute power to create rules for federal elections outside of their state constitutions without […]
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“It turns out that when we bring dollars, data, and doorknocking to the state legislative campaigns that have so often been overlooked, we can change outcomes.” —Adam Pritzker, Founding Partner, The States Project Six percentage points. According to an independent analysis conducted by a top research organization, districts that TSP’s program impacted last November had […]
This November we’ll be working in Virginia to hold majority power in the State Senate and shift power in the House of Delegates. The stakes are high, and the margins are narrow — we MUST win at least one chamber to block Governor Youngkin’s rightwing agenda in the state. These Virginia-based Giving Circles are powering […]
“The Elections Clause does not vest exclusive and independent authority in state legislatures to set the rules regarding federal elections.” — Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. With these words, the Supreme Court has ruled against rightwing extremists in Moore v. Harper — rejecting for now the radical argument that state legislative majorities have unchecked […]
Nearly one year ago the Supreme Court issued a decision that stripped Americans of a constitutional right that had been protected for nearly half a century — the freedom to access a safe, legal abortion. With that decision, the court handed state lawmakers the power to decide if and when the people they serve have […]
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