Sisters and brothers -
I do not need to tell you that we are living in incredibly dangerous times. It appears that every day we're dealing with one crisis or another, outrageous decisions and statements from the White House, and the continued undermining of the Constitution by Trump.
But let me give you a piece of good news.
On Thursday night, with your help, it appears that Analilia Mejía pulled off one of the great political upsets in modern New Jersey history, winning a Democratic primary for Congress in New Jersey's 11th congressional district. (All the votes have not yet been counted but Analilia has at this moment a fairly comfortable lead).
She began her campaign virtually unknown and had to take on a former member of Congress, a county commissioner, the former Lt. Governor of the state, and more than ten other candidates. She was heavily outspent and almost no one gave her a chance to win.
But she did what serious candidates must do. She campaigned on issues that working people cared about and built a strong grassroots organization in the district. She had our support, the support of AOC and a number of other progressive leaders and organizations. She didn't rely on television ads -- she organized more than 1,500 volunteers who knocked on 10,000 doors, made 300,000 calls and was funded by small-dollar donors like you.
Analilia's apparent victory -- like Zohran Mamdani's before her - is a nightmare for both the Republican establishment and the Democratic establishment. It shows that if a candidate is prepared to take on the big money interests, fight for an agenda that speaks to the needs of working people and run a grassroots campaign – no matter how powerful the opposition is - that candidate can win.
That's the lesson of both of these campaigns and it's a lesson that, in my view, can be replicated in every part of this country.
So next week, the Fighting Oligarchy Tour will be making its next stop ... this time in North Carolina where our guest speaker will be Nida Allam.
Nida has spent her public life standing up to the billionaire class and fighting for working people: raising wages for county workers, pushing for relief from rising costs and standing up to the special interests who think they can buy our democracy.
She will need our help in a race against a Democratic incumbent with considerable establishment support.
So today, I am writing to ask for your help:
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If we are serious about creating transformative change in this country — and if we're serious about taking on the powerful special interests that want to protect the status quo — we need to elect more great candidates like Zohran and Analilia at every level of the ballot.
Will we be successful?
I don't have a crystal ball to answer that question, but this week has given me tremendous hope.
In solidarity,
Bernie Sanders
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PO BOX 391, Burlington, VT 05402
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