Dear Councilmember Gilmore Richardson,
We are writing to you as a budget-focused working group within Reclaim Philadelphia’s Climate Justice Caucus with requests for the next City budget. The budget will affect the lives of every resident, worker, business, and visitor to our city. Budgets are moral documents - they reflect what we prioritize and value.
Read More“Our candidates faced organized bankrolled resistance: conservative Republican donors like Jeffrey Yass colluding with the Democratic machine, anti-education interests attacking our communities and fighting to silence us. But overwhelmingly across the entire city, our movement of working people of all races in all places was not defeated.”
Read More“If you talk to your average voter, they don’t know who their committeepeople are or what the role is,” said Cea, 36. “I always tell people that that is not their fault. This is a disinvestment in voters from the local Democratic Party.”
Read More“Hopefully we get the most progressive candidate to win so that folks are motivated to come out and vote in the fall,” said Sergio Cea of the Senate Race. To Cea, a 37-year-old community organizer, and son of Chilean immigrants, this could either be Lt. Gov. John Fetterman or State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta. “I’m going to throw down for whoever wins.” Read more here
Read More"We've seen Biden really hesitate and flounder" on critical issues for liberal voters, said Amanda McIllmurray, the political director for Reclaim Philadelphia, a progressive group. Fetterman's win proved "the way to get people excited and out to the polls is to talk about the issues that really matter to them, like housing, student loan forgiveness, and taking climate change seriously." Read more here
Read MoreBecause of the redistricting process, the dynamics of various House races have shifted multiple times. On February 4, new finalized redistricting maps were made public, adjusting boundaries and candidates’ districts yet again. In light of this change, Reclaim Philadelphia’s Steering Committee is issuing an addendum to our previously-released endorsement recommendations. You can find the Steering Committee’s recommendations for all races here. The modified statement on House Districts 194 and 200 are below.
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