Jason, This is a longer email, but we hope you'll stick around for an explanation about Democrats' roadmap to winning back Congress this year. If you don't have the time, we'll cut straight to the chase: Democrats have a real path to flip the House and the Senate this November, but there's still a lot of work to be done. Can you chip in $7 to the DNC today to help Democrats across the country win in November? If you've stored your info with ActBlue, we'll process your contribution instantly: Here's the situation: DEMOCRATS ONLY NEED TO FLIP THREE SEATS TO TAKE BACK THE HOUSE. House Republicans have proven that they're unwilling to speak out against Trump's disastrous agenda. They've passed budgets kicking millions of Americans off of their health insurance and food assistance, given a blank check to ICE, and done nothing while Trump worsens the affordability crisis with tariffs. Flipping just three House seats this year would give Democrats a majority and put an end to Trump's unrestricted reign of chaos. FLIPPING FOUR SEATS WILL GIVE DEMOCRATS THE SENATE MAJORITY. Democrats' path to reclaiming our Senate majority revolves around defending our seats in Georgia, Michigan, and New Hampshire, and flipping Republican-held seats in North Carolina, Ohio, Maine, and Texas. And while the polls show that Democrats have the advantage generally with voters right now, we need to make sure that Democrats are still in the lead when votes are counted in November. REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING THEIR HARDEST TO STOP US. Trump, his Republican allies, and their billionaire funders know that a Democratic victory in November would bring their destructive agenda to a grinding halt, so they've been working tirelessly to rig the playing field. Trump has threatened to nationalize running elections. He's threatened states for access to their voter rolls to force voter purges. He and his allies even entered 2026 with a $483 million war chest at their disposal, and will undoubtedly attempt to BUY Republican victories this year. Jason, it's going to be an uphill battle, but one that we can win if we all come together to do our part. Today's the day we're asking you to do just that. Can you make a $7 donation directly to the DNC to fund our work, and help us win back the House and the Senate this year? If you've stored your info with ActBlue, we'll process your contribution instantly. We appreciate your support, The Democrats  If you gave recently via check or mail, our system may not have yet processed your gift. We are appreciative and thank you greatly for your support. CONTRIBUTE DONATE MONTHLY VOLUNTEER Text JOIN to 43367 Manage how often you receive DNC emails by filling out this form. If you no longer wish to receive emails from the DNC, submit this form to unsubscribe. If you're ready to elect Democrats in all 50 states, territories, and D.C., make a contribution today. Contributions or gifts to the Democratic National Committee are not tax deductible. Paid for by the Democratic National Committee, www.Democrats.org, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
We have to teach ourselves the skills necessary to build a new world.  
When I first decided to run for office, there were only 2-3 lawyers in all of New York City that knew how to draft a petition to get onto an election ballot. If you wanted to run for office, you couldn't unless one of those three people — in a city of 8 million — said they would do this for you. That, of course, is antidemocratic. Because those three people then control the entire candidate pipeline of who can run for office in all of New York City, at any level. So we went out and we hit the books, and we found elders in eastern Queens who finally said, "We will show you how to do this." And not only did they show me how to put together a petition, but they showed me how to properly collect a signature — because if you don't do it properly, you will get kicked off the ballot — and how to collect more signatures than the requirement, which was around 2,000 in 2018. We set a goal of 10,000 signatures, so that there was no way that they could throw us off of the ballot. And in that process, we built the foundation that led us to winning that election. In a lot of different places and races, there are people who could easily pay a firm to collect these signatures. And to this day, people say, "Why do you still run your petitioning process on all-volunteer basis? It's way harder." Because this democratic knowledge needs to stay in our communities.
This skill set needs to live with the people.
And it should never be gatekept or bottlenecked ever again. In a moment like this, when there's so much despair in the air, so much not knowing what's going on, the response is that all of us have to skill up, in every way. Electorally. Non-electorally. We have to teach ourselves the skills necessary to build a new world. Oftentimes, "revolution" sounds really big and splashy. But there's a lot of meetings, bureaucracy, and phone calls involved in radical changes of the world. 
Petitioning is tedious, bureaucratic work. But when we go out into the community to get signatures to reelect me to Congress, we are doing the work of invitation: Join our movement for a better world. Because this country is still a place of possibility. And together, we will win. Will you help sustain our fight by making a grassroots contribution today? Every donation helps us mobilize, organize, and fight for the working class in the places that need it most. In solidarity, Alexandria  
  | Jason, We've got good news and bad news: The good news is that, thanks to supporters like you, we met our fundraising goal last month. Thank you for sticking with us through our end of month fundraising pushes. We know that everyone has goals to meet, and you probably get flooded with emails and fundraising requests around that time of month. Here's the bad news: After a big fundraising push, donations tend to slow down. We get it — our emails aren't the only ones you get, and it can be overwhelming to decide which causes are worth your time, energy, and money. But here's the thing, Jason: Now that we have nominees for Senate in Texas and North Carolina, we can't afford to slow down, even for a second. So we hope that if you choose to donate to an email today, it's this one. Because the DNC is the organization best-positioned to distribute funds and resources to the races where they're needed most. If taking back Congress in November matters to you, the most impactful thing you can do is chip in $7 to the DNC today. We'll put your donation to work immediately to elect Democrats up and down the ballot and across the country → If you've stored your info with ActBlue, we'll process your contribution instantly. Thank you for your support, The Democrats  If you gave recently via check or mail, our system may not have yet processed your gift. We are appreciative and thank you greatly for your support. CONTRIBUTE DONATE MONTHLY VOLUNTEER Text JOIN to 43367 Manage how often you receive DNC emails by filling out this form. If you no longer wish to receive emails from the DNC, submit this form to unsubscribe. If you're ready to elect Democrats in all 50 states, territories, and D.C., make a contribution today. Contributions or gifts to the Democratic National Committee are not tax deductible. Paid for by the Democratic National Committee, www.Democrats.org, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
| Jason –– Donald Trump came to Georgia. The White House sent him here to do damage control on tariffs and health care. But he just couldn't help himself: Instead of trying to defend his price-inflating tariffs and insurance-premium-doubling health care policy, he resorted to repeating conspiracy theories about the 2020 election — an election he lost in Georgia despite pressuring state election officials to "find" him more votes. Maybe he's been watching the rallies I've been holding across Georgia, where thousands have turned out in opposition to his corruption and depravity. Because he took a moment to throw some insults my way. Now, Donald Trump has been insulting me for a long time. But this time, it didn't seem like his heart was in it. I think you could see in his eyes and hear in his voice that he knows he's lost the American people. That he knows his presidency is slipping away. That he can feel Georgians, and people nationwide, preparing to deliver a decisive rebuke of historic abuses of power this November. Because, as I travel across Georgia, what I hear is more and more people of every background and belief rejecting Trump's chaos and corruption. And it's not just Democrats and independents. It's Republicans too! More and more Republicans take me aside or call me on the phone. They tell me they don't like where this president has taken us. And they tell me they're going to support a Democrat for the first time. But here's the thing: As he gets more desperate, his abuses become more dangerous. From sending Tulsi Gabbard on ballot raids in Fulton County, Georgia, to threatening a national takeover of elections, we have to be ready for anything. We have to turn out LANDSLIDE margins of victory… victories so decisive that no scheme or plot hatched in the White House can foil the will of the people. And we have to defend voting rights with unprecedented tenacity and resources. I need your help to do these things. If you're able to, please split $20 right now between the DNC and my reelection campaign for U.S. Senate. Most people donate $30, but any amount is a big help. If you've stored your info with ActBlue, we'll process your split contribution between Jon Ossoff and the Democratic National Committee instantly: Remember, in 2020, the pundits said flipping a Republican Senate seat here couldn't be done. We built the strongest voter mobilization programs in Senate campaign history, and we won. That victory secured the Senate majority. Now we must win again. We will win again. Just like last time, I can't do it alone. Thanks for your help with this, Jon  If you gave recently via check or mail, our system may not have yet processed your gift. We are appreciative and thank you greatly for your support. CONTRIBUTE DONATE MONTHLY VOLUNTEER Text JOIN to 43367 Manage how often you receive DNC emails by filling out this form. If you no longer wish to receive emails from the DNC, submit this form to unsubscribe. If you're ready to elect Democrats in all 50 states, territories, and D.C., make a contribution today. Contributions or gifts to the Democratic National Committee are not tax deductible. Paid for by the Democratic National Committee, www.Democrats.org, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
We don't have to live like this anymore.
I grew up in a working-class family. My mom cleaned houses and my dad worked to build a small business. My parents worked themselves to the bone so that my brother and I could just have a shot. And for a moment there, it looked like we were going to make it: we had a home, bills were a little less stressful to pay, and I was doing well in school. What may have looked like a modest life to others was a dream come true for us. But suddenly, when I was a teenager, my dad was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. He passed away in September of 2008, just as the economy crashed in the Great Recession and millions of jobs across this country vanished. It felt like the world of our family fell apart as the larger world was falling apart too. Overnight, my mom was left to figure out how to provide for two kids by herself, put them through school, keep our house, pay off my dad's medical bills — all on a house cleaner salary. That's how I became a waitress. Because it was millions of innocent working families who paid the price, while the billionaires and thieves who defrauded our financial system got off richer than ever before. And not a single one of them went to jail. And you know what? That is the story that Republicans mock — not just mine, but all of ours — when they say a waitress or working person is unqualified to serve in Congress. I tell this story not because it is special, but because of how common it is. While the details may differ, so many of us know what it feels like for life to be one bad day, one bad piece of news, one major setback from everything feeling like it's going to fall apart. We don't have to live like this anymore. We can make a new world, a better country, where we can fight for the dignity of all people. And it looks like living wages.
It looks like stable housing.
It looks like guaranteed health care.
And it looks like respect for all of our differences, no matter who we are or where we come from. That means that we must choose to out-organize the oligarchy. We will and must do away with the power of big money. And that is why, even as a waitress with a long shot campaign, I decided that I would never take money from lobbyists or corporations — and I never will. Will you make a $5 contribution right now to help us fight for progress? Every donation helps us mobilize, organize, and fight for the working class in the places that need it most. In solidarity, Alexandria  
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