FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 31, 2018
CONTACT:
Priyal Amin;press@turnoutpac.org
Progressive Turnout Project Launches $1.5 Million GOTV Mail Program
Grassroots-funded organization sending mail to boost Democratic voter turnout ahead of Election Day
CHICAGO—Progressive Turnout Project spent more than $1.5 million on a mail program in support 36 Democratic candidates in competitive U.S. House and Senate races across the country.
“This cycle we’re sending more than 3.5 million pieces of mail on top of our door-to-door, digital, call, and text programs because it’s critical that we reach Democrats through every medium possible and remind them what’s at stake in this election,” said Executive Director Alex Morgan.
The organization’s social pressure mail program is designed to turn out young people and first-time registrants who may be less familiar with the voting process. Studies have shown that sending voters this kind of mail can increase turnout as much as 8%.
The organization will send mail pieces in support of an additional 36 federal candidates in the following congressional districts:
- AZ-08 (Hiral Tipirneni and Kyrsten Sinema)
- CA-45 (Katie Porter)
- CA-48 (Harley Rouda)
- FL-26 (Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and Bill Nelson)
- FL-27 (Donna Shalala and Bill Nelson)
- IA-03 (Cindy Axne)
- IL-06 (Sean Casten)
- KS-03 (Sharice Davids)
- MI-11 (Haley Stevens and Debbie Stabenow)
- MN-02 (Angie Craig, Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith)
- NC-13 (Kathy Manning)
- NE-02 (Kara Eastman and Jane Raybould)
- NJ-07 (Tom Malinowski)
- NJ-11 (Mikie Sherrill)
- NV-03 (Susie Lee and Jacky Rosen)
- NY-19 (Antonio Delgado and Kirsten Gillibrand)
- OH-12 (Danny O’Connor and Sherrod Brown)
- PA-17 (Conor Lamb and Bob Casey)
- TN-Sen (Phil Bredesen)
- TX-07 (Lizzie Pannill Fletcher and Beto O’Rourke)
- VA-07 (Abigail Spanberger and Tim Kaine)
- VA-10 (Jennifer Wexton and Tim Kaine)
- WI-01 (Randy Bryce and Tammy Baldwin)
More detailed information about Progressive Turnout Project’s data-driven mail program can be found on its website at https://www.turnoutpac.org.
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Progressive Turnout Project is a grassroots-funded political action committee with a single mission: get Democrats to the polls. PTP designs, tests, and executes specialized voter-turnout programs targeting inconsistent Democratic voters in the most competitive districts across the country. Since its inception in 2015, the organization raised more than $24 million with a supporter base of over 3 million and invested in voter-turnout programs in 130 congressional races and 17 state legislative races, including 10 Virginia House of Delegate races 2017.
