Amanda Carpenter
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But there's a lot of different ways to actually put those values into practice, depending on the community and what they want and what the mechanics of the office are. And that I think when we people are talking like no litmus test, that's the flexibility we need to be at right now.
You know, we have folks who really cross the spectrum. Basically, everyone we work with aligns as a Democrat or would align as a Democrat. A lot of these races are technically nonpartisan, but we've got folks ranging from like the most, you know, DSA types, New York City Council candidates to like pretty conservative school board candidates in places like Alaska or Kansas or, you know, in Texas.
You know, we have folks who really cross the spectrum. Basically, everyone we work with aligns as a Democrat or would align as a Democrat. A lot of these races are technically nonpartisan, but we've got folks ranging from like the most, you know, DSA types, New York City Council candidates to like pretty conservative school board candidates in places like Alaska or Kansas or, you know, in Texas.
You know, we have folks who really cross the spectrum. Basically, everyone we work with aligns as a Democrat or would align as a Democrat. A lot of these races are technically nonpartisan, but we've got folks ranging from like the most, you know, DSA types, New York City Council candidates to like pretty conservative school board candidates in places like Alaska or Kansas or, you know, in Texas.
As long as they're all on the same page about what we're trying to accomplish, which is really like a pro-democracy, pro-education, pro-working families, you know, pro... climate change is real and we have a responsibility to do something about it type approach, we can get behind them.
As long as they're all on the same page about what we're trying to accomplish, which is really like a pro-democracy, pro-education, pro-working families, you know, pro... climate change is real and we have a responsibility to do something about it type approach, we can get behind them.
As long as they're all on the same page about what we're trying to accomplish, which is really like a pro-democracy, pro-education, pro-working families, you know, pro... climate change is real and we have a responsibility to do something about it type approach, we can get behind them.
So we're thinking about state house, state Senate, city council, which especially when we're talking about housing, which I think is going to be one of the biggest issues in the next couple of years, city council or municipal offices, county commissions, which often in plenty of places actually oversee elections. So if we're looking ahead to 2028,
So we're thinking about state house, state Senate, city council, which especially when we're talking about housing, which I think is going to be one of the biggest issues in the next couple of years, city council or municipal offices, county commissions, which often in plenty of places actually oversee elections. So if we're looking ahead to 2028,
So we're thinking about state house, state Senate, city council, which especially when we're talking about housing, which I think is going to be one of the biggest issues in the next couple of years, city council or municipal offices, county commissions, which often in plenty of places actually oversee elections. So if we're looking ahead to 2028,
Those are the kinds of pro-democracy positions we need. Library boards, hospital boards, mosquito abatement districts, coroners, about 1,300 counties elect coroners. There's about a half a million elected offices in the United States. Most of them are not Congress, and most of them are totally winnable if someone is willing to put in the work and knock doors.
Those are the kinds of pro-democracy positions we need. Library boards, hospital boards, mosquito abatement districts, coroners, about 1,300 counties elect coroners. There's about a half a million elected offices in the United States. Most of them are not Congress, and most of them are totally winnable if someone is willing to put in the work and knock doors.
Those are the kinds of pro-democracy positions we need. Library boards, hospital boards, mosquito abatement districts, coroners, about 1,300 counties elect coroners. There's about a half a million elected offices in the United States. Most of them are not Congress, and most of them are totally winnable if someone is willing to put in the work and knock doors.
And they're way more interesting, I think, and more fun than being a member of Congress.
And they're way more interesting, I think, and more fun than being a member of Congress.
And they're way more interesting, I think, and more fun than being a member of Congress.
Yeah, so runforsomething has a site, runforwhat.net, you can go to. You can look up at your exact address what offices are up for you in 2025 or 2026. Fun fact, since election day, nearly 25,000 people alone have done that, gone and looked up what offices they might want to run for and started thinking about running for office. Our total pipeline is only about 200,000 or a little less.
Yeah, so runforsomething has a site, runforwhat.net, you can go to. You can look up at your exact address what offices are up for you in 2025 or 2026. Fun fact, since election day, nearly 25,000 people alone have done that, gone and looked up what offices they might want to run for and started thinking about running for office. Our total pipeline is only about 200,000 or a little less.
Yeah, so runforsomething has a site, runforwhat.net, you can go to. You can look up at your exact address what offices are up for you in 2025 or 2026. Fun fact, since election day, nearly 25,000 people alone have done that, gone and looked up what offices they might want to run for and started thinking about running for office. Our total pipeline is only about 200,000 or a little less.
huge number in just the last couple months once you do that you'll start getting materials from our team about how to figure out which office is right for you and how to raise the money but if you're able to identify like the problem you care about solving if you're able to point to how the office you run for will give you power to solve it and then why voters should want you to win which is different than why you want to win you want to win because winning is great and losing sucks voters want you to win because you're going to do something for them everything else we can teach you