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Top Ten Victories of 2019

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There are a lot of victories for Democrats to celebrate from 2019, a major battleground year in the states. We had newly blue chambers ready to enact forward-thinking legislation. We won critical ...

5 Most Outrageous State GOP Moments of 2019

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2019 was a shameful year for the Republican Party at the state level, as evidenced by the dozens of GOP legislators who have announced they won’t be running for reelection in 2020. Republicans lost ...

Democracy Is a Verb

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By Jessica Post, President of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee Last weekend, I went to Virginia with Senator Cory Booker to rally support for Delegate Hala Ayala, who’s running to hold ...

No More Lip Service

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By Delegate Hala Ayala As an Afro-Latina woman and the single mom of two children, I have personally witnessed and experienced the ways that marginalized communities are disproportionately affected ...

Es Esencial La Representación

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By Delegate Elizabeth Guzmán Soy Elizabeth Guzmán, la primera inmigrante Latina elegida en la cámara de delegados en Virginia. Originalmente del Perú y a pesar de graduarme de la escuela con ...

A Democratic President Can’t Save Us

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By Shaniqua McClendon, Political Director at Crooked Media Donald Trump is awful. Fact. But it’s exactly that awfulness that presents another real danger. The spectacle of an unhinged and dangerous ...

What Can We Do To Fix This?

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By Attorney General Eric Holder In my travels across the country, I often hear from people upset about a controversial action taken by their state legislature. Whether it’s manipulated electoral ...

You’re Not Here

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By Stacey Abrams, Founder and Chair of Fair Fight Action He parks the car in the spot marked in bright blue, a welcome sight after making his way in rush hour traffic back from a futile visit to the ...