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77% of winnable Congressional seats don’t have a serious Dem challenger in 2022. Giving Republicans a free pass doesn’t make for good democracy — and it certainly doesn’t advance Dems into new territory if they concede by not even showing up for the fight. https://lnkd.in/e4ZiSgFX

Email from Lauren Boebert's campaign team on Aug 29th: "If we don't turn things around quickly, we could lose this seat to the #Democrats... I can't believe I'm saying those words, but I need you to understand how dire this situation is." [Adam Frisch's] latest internal polls have him beating us by two points. Tough week? Can't relate. [via James Bickerton for Newsweek] #Colorado #houseofreps #2024elections https://lnkd.in/ezsBdsht

The pro-Ukraine wing of the GOP may be getting squeezed, but they have a secret weapon: their voters whose party-switching tendencies swung races against extremist Republicans in 2022. Check out our latest newsletter and subscribe:

“AOC has literally said sometimes our party is too big of a tent... Biden won by a couple thousand votes [in 2020], we just lost the house by a couple thousand votes. Who are we trying to kick out?!” Catch our co-founder Liam Kerr on DFER's EdChats podcast:

As former Rep. Stephanie Murphy says of Dems, “when we talk, we tend to talk in faculty-room-speak as opposed to factory-floor-speak.” This creates a problem when it comes to winning the hearts & minds of people from beyond the elite coastal bubble. From our co-founder Lauren Harper:

There are more CO-03s and CA-41s out there. The road connecting “Safe Republican” to “Toss-Up” is shorter than you think. And it’s the best path to saving our democracy.

Growing polarization makes volatility among swing voters the most important story of modern politics. Despite what polarization hawks in the media want you to believe, competition is still possible.

The far-left peaked. Layoffs at Squad HQ shows the decline continues. Check out our latest newsletter and subscribe:

It’s no coincidence that Michael Bennet ran ahead of Joe Biden by the widest margin in the Congressional district where a Democrat overperformed dramatically down ballot. Check out our fact sheet on Adam Frisch’s reverse coattails:

"The Welcome Party and Welcome PAC — organizations committed to creating a “big tent” Democratic Party — are modeling a new centrist factionalism…" Check out this piece from Daniel Stid of Lyceum Labs on how factionalism can save our democracy: