The Plan
Electoral Strategy
We fill critical gaps at every point in the political life cycle. Our electoral plan is a cornerstone of our organization’s overall strategy to build enduring power in state legislatures. Our political strategy involves endorsing and supporting candidates in three types of state legislative chambers: blue flips, blue holds, and blue inroads.
Chambers that Democrats can flip in the current cycle.
Chambers where Democrats have a fragile majority, which we must defend and expand.
Chambers where Democrats must build power for future chamber flips.
In 2024 Sister District will invest heavily in targeted purple districts where we plan to make an outsized impact.
Target States: AZ, GA, MI, NC, NV, PA, WI, MN, NH
Nested Opportunities: Prioritize Presidential battleground states with nested competitive Senate, House, and Gubernatorial elections and key ballot initiatives
Smart Defense: Invest in strategic chambers where we break and stave off Republican supermajorities
Our electoral strategy will build upon our 2022 + 2023 successes. Due to the volume of races, we cannot endorse candidates in every state holding elections. Instead, we prioritize endorsing where we can build momentum at the bottom of the ticket to decrease roll-off in naturally higher turnout environments with strategic higher-ticket Democratic opportunities.
While the final selection of our states and candidates will depend on a variety of factors, in 2024, our roadmap is below. Chambers identified as Expansion Opportunities are where we are eager to invest, provided we secure additional funds to do so.
Nested Electoral Opportunities:
Assembly: 35 Democrats, 64 Republicans | To Flip Blue: 15 Seats
Nested Electoral Opportunities:
Senate: 22 Democrats, 28 Republicans | To Flip Blue: 4 Seats
Nested Electoral Opportunities:
Nested Electoral Opportunities:
House: 54 Democrats, 54 Republicans, 2 Vacancies | Blue Majority: 2 Seats
Nested Electoral Opportunities:
House: 102 Democrats, 100 Republicans, 1 Vacancies | Blue Majority: 1 Seat
Nested Electoral Opportunities:
Nested Electoral Opportunities:
House: 70 Democrats, 64 Republicans | Blue Majority: 4 seats
Nested Electoral Opportunities:
Senate: 10 Democrats, 22 Republicans, 1 Vacancy | To Flip Blue: 6 Seats | To Break Supermajority: 1 Seat
Nested Electoral Opportunities:
House: 78 Democrats, 100 Republicans, 2 Vacancies | To Flip Blue: 12 Seats
Electoral Opportunities:
Electoral Opportunities:
In 2022, Democrats lost 2 seats in the Senate, falling into superminority. Democrats lost 2 seats in the House, but initially held enough seats to keep from superminority. However, a House Democrat switched party affiliation and joined the Republicans, delivering the GOP a veto-proof supermajority, allowing them to override the Democratic governor’s veto.
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