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Video: Sister District on Free Speech TV
FSTV correspondent Imara Jones speaks with Lyzz Schwegler, Director of Communications and Co-Founder...
September 23, 2019
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Neal Morgan

Neal Morgan

Portland Party: Recap
On Saturday, September 7 leaders of the Portland Eastside and Portland Westside teams held their fir...
September 16, 2019
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Winning Democratic senators — many of them women — gather to celebrate their victory at a watch party in downtown Denver on election night in 2018.
Sister District

Sister District

Blue State Blueprint: How Democrats are trying to build a national majority from the ground up
Colorado Democrats won the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general and the majorit...
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Rita Bosworth

Rita Bosworth

Flipping Virginia Blue
Last night Sister District joined the Cleantech Party, NextGen, and the League of Conservation Voter...
September 11, 2019
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Gaby Goldstein

Gaby Goldstein

Correlation vs. Causation: Tips for Reading Political Research Studies
You’ve probably heard the phrase “correlation does not equal causation” — but what does it m...
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Room full of phonebank volunteers for EMILY's List weekend of action
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Sister District

EMILY’s List Joint Weekend of Action in Photos
Sister District teamed up with EMILY's List for a joint weekend of action! Check out photos of phone...
September 9, 2019
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Shanda Yates Headshot
Sister District

Sister District

Q&A with Shanda Yates
Sister District sat down with Shanda Yates (Mississippi House of Delegates Candidate, District 64), ...
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Sister District

Sister District

VIDEO: Sister District teams up with EMILY’s List
Gaby Goldstein, Co-Founder and Political Director at Sister District joins Geri Prado, Vice Presiden...
September 6, 2019
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Sister District

Sister District

From Philadelphia to Oregon, the Insurgency Is Making Waves in Municipal Elections
The goal, in some ways, is to fill in for a Democratic Party that now more or less ignores state and...
September 5, 2019
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Sister District

Democrats bet big on Obamacare to win Virginia statehouse
“Defending Medicaid expansion is a message that I think resonates for Democratic voters and is an ...
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Woman volunteer for Sister District and EMILY'S LIST with headphones in her ears, phonebanking for Democratic candidates
Lala Wu

Lala Wu

Sister District Joins Forces with EMILY’s List
A Weekend of Action: September 7-8th We’ve been working hard this year to flip the Virginia A...
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Gaby Goldstein

Gaby Goldstein

“Friendraising”: Goal-Oriented Fundraising Emails to Friends and Family
We conducted a mixed methods pilot study to determine if appealing to friends and family via email i...
August 27, 2019
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A board that reads Voting Day next to I voted stickers
Gaby Goldstein

Gaby Goldstein

Mallory Roman

Mallory Roman

SDAN+VPC VR Voting Pipeline Postcard Study
We ran a randomized controlled trial to determine: 1) if people who received a handwritten postcard ...
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A stack of postcards with hands reaching towards the word VOTE
Gaby Goldstein

Gaby Goldstein

2018 GOTV Postcarding Results
We ran two randomized controlled trials in the Fall of 2018 to determine if receiving a handwritten ...
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A pile of handwritten postcards
Gaby Goldstein

Gaby Goldstein

Mallory Roman

Mallory Roman

Voter Registration Postcarding 2: A Replication with VPC + SDAN
We ran a randomized controlled trial to determine if the receipt of a handwritten postcard a week af...
August 23, 2019
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Why do state legislatures matter for enacting progressive change nationwide? What issues matter to Sister District candidates? Can Democratic majorities end gerrymandering, defend voting rights, protect reproductive rights, enact climate action? Does volunteering to phonebank, canvass, or write postcards to voters make a difference?

These are important questions and we’re here to shed some light on these pressing issues, as well as keep you up to date on upcoming elections and important developments. Our talented team includes lawyers, academics, advocates, community leaders, and many others who contribute their skills and brainpower to building Democratic representation in state legislatures. We discuss these important issues, interview our candidates, talk about current events, and share our research findings. 

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Research and Experiments

Our very own Dr. Mallory Roman and Co-Founder/Attorney Gaby Goldstein break down the Sister District Action Network’s research concerning civic engagement, voter messaging, and much more. Dr. Mallory Roman earned her Ph.D. in Social Psychology at Duke University. Gaby Goldstein studied at the Boston University School of Law and earned her Ph.D. in Health Policy at the Univ. of California, Berkeley.

Political Strategy

Where data and research meet with passion and experience. Building progressive power in state legislatures can be done and we’ll show you how! Jump in to learn more about how we organize and mobilize voters nationwide for the 2022 midterms, even in traditionally “red states”  like Texas and Georgia.

Thought Leadership

Hear from our lead Strategists, Attorneys, Researchers, Organizers, and Communications experts. What are they seeing? What do they want people to know about state elections and building progressive power?

Candidates and Races

Candidates and campaign field managers discuss pressing issues, policy matters, and also gain insight into the real person running for public office, not just the politician.

Policy and Issues

Reproductive Rights? Voting Rights? Supreme Court rulings? Policy seems to be changing daily! What does it mean and what can you do? Here we discuss developing policy matters and why what happens in one state matters in another.

From the field

Hear firsthand accounts from organizers, candidates, volunteers, and political strategists working with the public and on the political front lines. Why do they do this work, what do they love about it, and what advice do they have?