Jane Fonda

State legislators, city councils, boards of supervisors, school boards, public utilities.

These positions have tremendous power when it comes to decision-making on climate issues.

whether a toxic dump has to be taken away, whether a pipeline will come through the town.

So we started and we have been very successful.

None of us had ever done anything like this before.

Or been invested in electoral politics.

We only support candidates who don't take money from the fossil fuel industry.

And it's a pretty rigorous process that we put our candidates through.

And we've had a lot of success.

Last year, we supported 79 candidates and 80% of them won.

In Virginia last year, we won all 22 races, including flipping nine GOP seats in Virginia.

In Pennsylvania, we helped flip the coal mining region of Luzerne County Council.

We're very proud of that.

And we have over 50,000 small donors and volunteers across the country, which is extraordinary.

And I really, especially once Trump was reelected, it's become even more strategic in my mind.

We're building a firewall.

We're also creating a deep bench for the Democratic Party because—

You know, some of the people that we supported early on are now in the Senate.

And, of course, this year we are gearing up to help try to take back the House.

We'll continue with our down-ballot focus, but we will also help take back the House.