Three Actions to Take This Week

  1. Help track down provisional ballots in VA//spread the word!
  2. Attend an ActLocal event in your community.
  3. Check the Trump Tax Toolkit and make those calls!

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Election Roundup

Thank you to everyone who volunteered, donated, and voted their time to a campaign. It's been a long, hard year for our country. Tuesday, the mobilization of millions resulted in some major victories. Take a moment to soak it all up. Tomorrow, keep working. At RISE Stronger, we believe the work has to happen 365 days out of the year...not just in the months leading up to an election. Stay active, stay informed, and stay engaged. Congratulations to every candidate who ran -- win or lose, your efforts made a difference.

Here's a quick overview of wins -- if we missed a major victory, please know that it was not intentional. Daily Kos has a scorecard of election results here.

Statewide:
  • Democrat Ralph Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillespie by a 9 point margin to become Virginia's Governor.
  • Democrat Justin Fairfax won Lieutenant Gov. of Virginia, becoming the first black candidate to win statewide office since 1989.
  • Democrat Phil Murphy is New Jersey's next governor.
  • Danica Roem became the first transgender person to win elected office in Virginia.
  • Democrats grabbed at least 15 seats in Virginia's House of Delegates. Recounts are happening in a handful of districts.

Mayoral Races

  • Vi Lyles Will Be First Black Woman to Lead Charlotte, N.C.
  • Mayor Martin J. Walsh was re-elected to another term as Boston's mayor.
  • New York City's Bill de Blasio easily won re-election
  • Voters in Montana elected progressive candidate Wilmot Collins as mayor. Collins is a Liberian refugee who came to the US in the 1990s.

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