Thank you for 2.5M+ GOTV texts!
Election Night 2017 brought celebration for many deeply significant progressive wins up and down the ballot — and across the country. Here at Hustle we are so incredibly proud and honored to have partnered with over 50 incredible progressive campaigns and organizations along with over 2,000 dedicated Hustlers this week to get out that vote.
In the week leading up to Tuesday’s election, Hustle partners personally sent over 2.5 million texts to voters across the country.
Because of your efforts, over 1.6 million individual voters were engaged in a personal conversation over text. We want to thank each and every person who participated in helping move our democracy forward. And we specifically want to highlight and celebrate some of the many campaigns and organizations who entrusted Hustle for their peer-to-peer GOTV text messaging efforts ❤️.
In Virginia, HRC-endorsed candidates Ralph Northam, Justin Fairfax, Mark Herring and Danica Roem who all claimed decisive victories. Danica Roem made history as she became Virginia’s first openly transgender State Representative. HRC hustled to recruit volunteers to help canvass in Danica’s district to build support. HRC also sent GOTV texts for Vi Lyles who won her mayoral race, becoming the first female African-American Mayor in Charlotte.
The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Hustled out the vote to elect Phil Murphy as governor of New Jersey. What a fantastic win! Further, NJEA reported that the majority of their endorsed candidates won their elections. Congrats again!
New Hampshire Young Democrats also used Hustle to help make history this week! Congrats to Mayor-Elect Joyce Craig, the first female mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire.
Live Free contacted 4,000 Philly voters to turn them out for the District Attorney Race in Philadelphia. Live Free’s top choice candidate Larry Krasner, who ran on a progressive platform committed to ending cash bail and mass incarceration, won the DA race by obtaining a whopping 75% of the vote!
Florida Democrats Hustled out the vote across the state Tuesday, including mobilizing voters to help re-elect Mayor Rick Kriseman. Let’s continue to #FlipFloridaBlue!
Jonathan Wallace, Georgia, State House District 119, Won in a majority Republican District. Wallace, the sole Democrat running against three Trump supporters, used Hustle to emphasize a message of collaboration and unity that helped flip the seat from red to blue.
“I know Hustle helped us win this and we couldn’t be more satisfied with the product and service.”
— Katie Fendley, Campaign Manager: Jonathan Wallace for State House District 119
In addition to installing these epic billboards across the state, our friends at Vote.org contacted over 400,000 Virginians to get out that vote on Tuesday.
North Carolina Democrats also used Hustle to help elect the first Black Woman as mayor of Charlotte! Congratulations to mayor-elect Vi Lyles!
Raquel Casteneda Lopez, Detroit, MI,City Council. This seat was won by just 431 votes, Raqual’s team credits Hustle for putting them over the top and giving them the GOTV edge! It’s an honor to work with your team.
Rapid Resist’s army of volunteer Hustlers sent over 80,000 GOTV messages to help elect 15 new progressive leaders (including many Run for Something grads!) make important gains in tough districts. 🇺🇸
The leaders they helped elect include:
Adrienne Martini — County Board, Otsego County, NY
Andrew Stammel — County Board, Otsego County, NY
Ashley Bennett — Freeholder, Atlantic County, NJ
Balvir Singh — Freeholder, Burlington County, NJ
Caren Fitzpatrick — Freeholder, Atlantic County, NJ
Christy Holstege — City Council, Palm Springs, CA
Danny Lapin — County Board, Otsego County, NY
David Hamilton — City Council, Troy, MI
Jenna Ott, School Board — North Penn Schools, Lansdale, PA
Jennifer Herring — Township Supervisor, Doylestown, PA
Kirkland Carden — City Council, Duluth, GA
Noelia Corzo — San Mateo-Foster City School Bread, CA
Patrick Martin — City Council, Bloomington, MN
Sadaf Jaffer — Township Committee, Montgomery, NJ
Tony Madrigal — City Council, Modesto, CA
Our Revolution reported a ground-breaking set of wins with 21 seats and one ballot initiative, and still has more results still coming in! Our Rev’s incredible texting team ran an outstanding Hustle program this election, texting for over 50 progressive candidates committed to change. ❤
Here are just a few of the candidates Our Revolution helped elect:
- Jennifer Carroll Foy, Virginia House of Delegates, District 2
- Elizabeth Guzman, Virginia House of Delegates, District 31
- Lee Carter, Virginia House of Delegates, District 50
- Larry Krasner, Philadelphia District Attorney
- Andrea Jenkins, Minneapolis, Minn. City Council, Ward 8
- Carlos Menchaca, New York City Council, District 38
- Matt McLaughlin, Somerville, Mass. Ward 1 Alderman
- J.T. Scott, Somerville, Mass. Ward 2 Alderman
- Ben Ewen-Campen, Somerville, Mass. Ward 3 Alder
…And we’re just getting started.
Those 2.5 million text messages and the authentic conversations they reflect are important because they remind us about what motivated voters to get out and cast a ballot: people. The people who chose to get involved, take action, and make their voices heard have helped elect the candidates who are up next to serve. And the results are incredibly encouraging.
On behalf of the entire team, thank you for partnering with Hustle to make history across the country. Let’s keep building to 2018!
On that note, we encourage you to keep the conversation going with your constituents. Now that election night has passed, thank contacts for voting, touch base with them about the results, and continue to strengthen your relationships within your communities.
Tonight we celebrate, tomorrow we Hustle. 👊
