What we can learn from Kansas
Last week, many of us celebrated the defeat of a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the Kansas state constitution. News coverage about the proposal’s defeat is making all kinds of predictions about the midterm, but I have my own, rooted in years of work on democracy reform and in a vision for a democracy in our image. Here it is:
When we organize, we win.
No state is “too red” to invest in.
Don’t f*ck with women.
And…it’s not over. The stretch from now until Election Day is going to be long and brutal. Some exciting races I’m watching are:
Bee Nguyen, currently a state representative, is running for Secretary of State in Georgia. Along with Stacey Abrams as the gubernatorial candidate, and Jen Jordan for Attorney General, this is a powerhouse trio of women who will be leading this southern state in 2023.
Cheri Beasley, a former chief justice in North Carolina, is running for a Senate seat. Her race is critical not just because it would lead to the defeat of the incumbent Republican, but because we have an unforgivable gap – no Black women currently serve in the U.S. Senate.
Mercedes Krause, an Oglala Lakota, is running for Congress in Nevada’s 2nd Congressional district, the district with the greatest density of tribal nations in Nevada and one that hasn’t elected a Democrat since it was drawn in 1980.
I hope you’ll follow these races and the local ones in your city and state. And remember:
When we organize, we win.
No state is “too red” to invest in.
Don’t f*ck with women.
Stay cool, and stay organizing.
Sayu