As Amy Coney Barrett hearings begin, Iowa is the new Senate tipping point

The confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett start today and, unfortunately, it looks like a done deal. Republicans are determined, and Democrats just don’t have the numbers to block them. That means winning the Senate and balancing the Supreme...

Uncertainty ➡️ action: Elect women doctors to Congress

It’s clear by now that the last four weeks of the 2020 campaign season will be about one thing: Coronavirus. It’s looming over the presidential race, with President’s Trump’s diagnosis, and more of his staffers being diagnosed by the day....

Electoral College tie? Suddenly close House races become must-wins. Here’s why:

The race for the White House has been thrown into turmoil with President Trump’s illness, and yet we know we have to donate and vote as though nothing at all has changed. So while the news cycle remains dominated by...

Flip Texas, flip the Senate (and secure our democracy)

No comment—and no words—about this week's debate. It's a distraction from what we need to do between now and Nov. 3: Donate, organize and VOTE. Instead, we’re focusing on Texas, a key battleground this year up and down the ballot—and...

Women and the battlegrounds

You’ll hear a lot about ‘Battleground States’ over the next 6 weeks, mostly in reference to the presidential election. But state battlegrounds are about much more than that. Excitement over the presidential race can boost the margin in close down-ballot...

Top 10 races, 54 days out — Vice President, Senate & House

In just 54 days, voters will cast the final ballots in the 2020 election, and we’ll be on the verge of several hours (or days) of anxiously waiting to see if Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be sworn in...

Back to School: Support Teacher Candidates

Kids are heading back to school across the country, and already districts are reversing openings and grappling with teacher shortages because of coronavirus outbreaks. Our federal government—and many state governments—haven’t done enough to safely reopen schools, and the negative effects...