Great article on another Democratic group that is dedicated to taking back state legislatures. (Note: although the acronym is similar, this group has nothing to do with the Democratic Leadership Council)
Donald Trump has certainly helped. But Democrats’ massive success in flipping statehouse seats in special elections this past year isn’t happening by accident.
The party’s dominance — it’s flipped 35 seats, and is hoping to make it 36 next week in a Florida House race — is also the result of old-fashioned political organizing. Nuts and bolts steps like funding year-round staff on the ground in the states, designing digital fundraising platforms, training volunteers, screening résumés for campaigns around the country and, of course, collecting huge checks.
At the center of those efforts is the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, mostly forgotten in the 25 years since it was founded as the D.C. hub for state legislative campaigns, but now working to coordinate efforts and partners, and along the way double its spending for the cycle to $35 million in strategic investments.
They’re partnering with local campaigns, not just blowing money on ads. And having lots of success so far.
I think that the state races between now and 2020 are just as important, maybe more important, than the national races, because district lines are redrawn after the census, lines are redrawn.
You know what to do, dawg.
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