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National Briefing�Thursday, April 3�2pm ET • 1pm CT • Noon MT • 11am PT

Is This Momentum??

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Billy Wimsatt

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Founder & Executive Director

Movement Voter PAC

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Welcome!

Photo: Voces de la Frontera Action | Wisconsin (Credit: Claudia Martinez)

  • Intro + Prompt: What are you most excited to WIN over next 19 months??
  • Invite others (movement.vote/briefing)
  • We’ll email slides + recording in 1-2 days
  • Ask questions using Zoom’s Q&A feature
  • We’ll pause the chat during the speakers, and keep it open otherwise
  • 30m Office Hours afterward (optional)

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Learn more at: movement.vote →

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Today’s Agenda

Photo: Texas Freedom Network

  1. The Comeback Campaign�We Won Wisconsin + The Big Picture
  2. Battleground Alliance �Stephanie Porta & Andrew Grossman
  3. NY: Carolyn Martinez-Class, Citizen Action NY
  4. CA: Jonathan Paik, OC Action
  5. WI: Reema Ahmad, MVP WI State Advisor

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WE WON WISCONSIN!!!

FIRST, CAN WE CELEBRATE??

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Reema Ahmad

(she/her)

Wisconsin State Advisor

Movement Voter PAC

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We’ve Got MOMENTUM!

MVP local partners played a part in the victories in NH, PA, and LA.

  • VA 1/7: Held legislative majority
  • IA 1/28: Flipped state Senate seat
  • NH 3/11: Won in town elections
  • PA 3/25: Held state House majority, flipped deep-red Senate seat
  • LA 3/29: Beat 4 GOP ballot measures
  • FL 4/1: Dems overperform in House races, losing by 14% in FL-01 & FL-06 (where Trump won by 30% & 37%!)

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Town Halls are Poppin!

Read more in our blog post!

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We (as a Movement) Have 6 Big Jobs

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BIG JOB #4

Transform Dem Party

BIG JOB #5

Bust Silos +

Unite the Majority!

BIG JOB #6

Expand the Funding Pie

BIG JOB #1

Stop Trumpism

BIG JOB #2

Upgrade Organizing

BIG JOB #3

Win the �Media War

HOW DONORS CAN HELP MOST

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2025 Investment Priorities

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Win the Biggest �Elections of 2025

Strengthen Local Organizing

(AZ GA NC WI MI PA NV ++)

Pressure Congress �to Stop MAGA Bills

Block

Authoritarianism

Flip the House

in 2026

Scale Up �Progressive Media

We launched Battleground Alliance!

#1 PRIORITY!

Off to a good start!

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Battleground Alliance (some backstory)

  • NOV: Battleground NY & CA – Won 7 seats!! (CA 13, 27, 45, 47; NY 3, 4, 22)
  • DEC: Conversations! WFP! Unions! Dem Alliance! CPDA! MoveOn! Indivisible!
  • JAN: Working Families said: Let’s Go!
  • JAN: Street Protests! 50-50-1 + Indivisible + MoveOn + more!
  • FEB: MVP hires consultant Trish Welte, starts grantmaking
  • MAR: Battleground Alliance starts to gel - meetings begin
  • MAR: Town halls popping off!
  • APRIL: Battleground Alliance staff hired!
  • We are building on a rising tide of energy → April 5 →

(Battleground Alliance is not a public-facing brand)

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Stephanie Porta

(she/her)

Andrew Grossman

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Campaign Manager

Battleground Alliance

Senior Advisor

Battleground Alliance

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Target GOP-Held House Districts

Source: AP News, updated 2/19/2025

BATTLEGROUND ALLIANCE

Districts listed by 2024 margin. Targets updated 2/19/25.

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STATES WITH TARGET GOP HOUSE MEMBERS

GOP SEATS WON BY ≤3% IN 2024

District

Margin (%)

Margin (Votes)

IA-01

-0.2%

799

CO-08

-0.7%

2,449

PA-07

-1.0%

4,062

PA-10

-1.3%

5,133

PA-08

-1.6%

6,252

NE-02

-1.9%

5,829

AK-01

-2.4%

7,876

AZ-06

-2.5%

10,822

WI-03

-2.7%

11,256

CA-41

-3.4%

11,987

MI-07

-3.7%

16,763

District

Margin (%)

Margin (Votes)

IA-03

-3.8%

15,784

VA-02

-3.8%

15,702

AZ-01

-3.9%

16,700

NJ-07

-5.9%

25,026

WA-04

-6.0%

17,302

MI-10

-6.1%

26,088

NY-17

-6.3%

23,813

CA-22

-6.8%

11,461

WI-01

-10.2%

40,112

NY-01

-10.4%

42,745

NY-11

-28.2%

73,513

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Legislative Calendar

LEGISLATIVE STATE OF PLAY

  • Senate: Votes this weekend (Apr 5-6) to advance “budget framework”
    • Breaking 50+ years of Senate precedent
    • Vote-a-Rama!
    • If they pass, goes to normal Senate process. Senators on record that bill will pass in August
  • House: Speaker Johnson wants to vote on Senate plan before Easter
    • If House passes Senate plan, it goes to normal House process
    • This is where Medicaid cuts get made – House Energy and Commerce Committee
    • After Energy and Commerce Committee votes, it goes to the full House for a vote
    • GOP say they want to do this in June
  • Conference Committee: House/Senate irons out details, both bodies revote
  • Our goal: Slow down these votes!

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The “Cape of Good Hope” strategy

LEGISLATIVE STATE OF PLAY

Goal: Slow down “Legislative Calendar” to catch up to “Electoral Clock”

Context:

  • Trump tax cuts + Medicaid/other service cuts will require several rounds of votes
  • Slimmest GOP House majority in generations
  • House & Senate: Different procedures + systems

“House Republicans are not the enemy, they’re the opposition. � The Senate is the enemy.” — House Speaker Tip O’Neill

  • Affordable Care Act: Was supposed to be done in Spring 2009!
    • “Louisiana Purchase” + “Cornhusker Kickback”

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Some National Partners So Far…

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Sampling of Local Organizations

MVP LOCAL PARTNERS

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AZ

CA

CO

IA

MI

NJ

NY

PA

VA

WI

Activate 48

Arizona Working Families Power

Chispa AZ

Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA)

Our Voice Our Vote (OVOV)

Mi Familia Vota

Battleground California*

* a coalition including leaders from Courage California, Communities for a New California, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California VOTES, CHIRLA Action Fund, National Union of Healthcare Workers, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the Working Families Party, and Inland Empire United

CIRC Action

Colorado Working Families Power

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Addition Collective Action Fund

482Forward

Clean Water Action

Detroit Action

Detroit Disability Power

Emgage Action

Fund MI Future

MI Education Justice Coalition

Oakland Forward

Rising Voices

Transportation Riders United

United for Respect

Up North Advocacy

Make the Road Action New Jersey

Battleground New York*

* a coalition led by Working Families Power, Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, AFSCME, the New York State Nurses Association, Communications Workers of America District 1, 32BJ SEIU, Indivisible, National Nurses United, Democracy Alliance, and others

Citizen Action of New York

Make the Road Action NY

Action Together NEPA

CASA in Action

Make The Road Action Pennsylvania

One Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Stands Up

Pennsylvania Working Families Power

POWER Action Fund

New Virginia Majority

CASA in Action VA

Citizen Action of Wisconsin

Wisconsin Farmers Union

Wisconsin Working Families Power

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Jonathan Paik

(he/him)

Carolyn Martinez-Class

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Executive Director

OC Action

Interim Co-Executive Director

Citizen Action of New York

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Fund the Fight

(2025 is the R&D Year!)

COMEBACK CAMPAIGN: WHAT TO DO NOW

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How to Move Money Through MVP

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Over $5k

Contact your MVP Philanthropic Advisor

OR email: advisor@movement.vote

Up to $5k

Contribute online: movement.vote

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2025 Investment Priorities

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Win the Biggest �Elections of 2025

Strengthen Local Organizing

(AZ GA NC WI MI PA NV ++)

Pressure Congress �to Stop MAGA Bills

Block

Authoritarianism

Flip the House

in 2026

Scale Up �Progressive Media

BATTLEGROUND ALLIANCE

#1 PRIORITY!

Off to a good start!

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Building a Movement of Donors

Local Hubs

  • Washington State
  • Bay Area
  • Chicago
  • DC / Maryland / Virginia
  • New York
  • Rhode Island
  • Eastern & Western MA

In Conversation

  • Portland, OR
  • Los Angeles
  • Colorado
  • Texas
  • Minnesota
  • Wisconsin
  • North Carolina
  • Pennsylvania
  • Maine

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Thank you!

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Welcome to MVP Office Hours!

  • Ask us your burning questions about:
    • What you heard on this call
    • MVP’s overall strategy
    • How you can help
  • Use the Zoom “Raise Hand” feature or share in the chat
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  • Please use the chat if you have a speech, PSA, or shameless plug!

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Appendix

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MVP’s Role in the Movement

CONTEXT FOR NEWCOMERS:

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What We Don’t Directly Do:

  • Do on-the-ground organizing
  • Run advocacy campaigns
  • Lead voter-contact programs
  • Directly support candidates
  • Control the Democratic Party

Important work – just not our lane!

What We Do:

  • Organize & advise donors
  • Fund orgs & movements
  • Strengthen grantees’ work �(advising + capacity building)
  • Build state & national alliances
  • Influence movement strategy
    • Movement partners & allies
    • Political & civic philanthropy
    • The Democratic Party (aspirationally)

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The MVP Model

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Win

governing power & transformative policy change at every level.

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Organize

key constituencies that can tip the scales and shift the culture.

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Invest

in year-round organizing and movement building.

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Target

the most pivotal places and races, both now and for the long term.

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