This week, the DNC launched Local Listeners, our new program to engage over a million infrequent voters who voted in 2020 but sat out 2024 across key congressional districts and states. By taking a ‘listening first’ approach, the DNC is ensuring we have the important conversations with voters early. 

• Nationwide: Politico: Democrats want to find out why their voters stayed home in 2024 — and how to get them to show up this year
• Nationwide: The Guardian: Democrats launch aggressive campaign to win back infrequent voters
• Nationwide: The Hill: Democrats launch new program to turn out infrequent voters
• Nationwide: Reuters: Democrats launch program to reach infrequent voters ahead of US midterm elections
• Nationwide: Meidas Touch News: DNC Unveils New Voter Contact Program to Reach Voters Who Sat Out in 2024
• Nationwide: Campaign and Elections: Democrats Roll Out New Voter Contact Strategy Ahead of Midterms

Last weekend, Democratic candidate Taylor Rehmet pulled off a shocking victory in the Texas Senate District 9 race, flipping a Trump +17 district by 14 points, a roughly 32-point swing toward Democrats. Rehmet’s victory in this bellwether race is another strong example of voters souring on Donald Trump and his disastrous, billionaire-first agenda.

• In Texas: Reuters: Democrat Menefee wins Texas special election for US House seat
• In Texas: Politico Democrat wins reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP
• In Texas: NPR: Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP
• In Texas: The Guardian Democrat flips reliably red Texas district in victory that stuns Republican party
• In Texas: Texas Tribune: Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset
• In Texas: Dallas Morning News: Democrat Taylor Rehmet shocks in upset win for conservative Tarrant County Senate seat
• In Texas: Texas Bullpen: Democrat Taylor Rehmet Flips North Texas State Senate Seat After Wild Special Election
• In Texas: Mother Jones: Texas Democrat Flips State Senate District That Trump Won by 17 Points
• In Texas: Forth Worth Star-Telegram: Is a Democrat’s Tarrant County flip a midterm election bellwether? 
• In Texas: Wall Street Journal: Texas Election Upset Is a ‘Wake-Up Call’ for Future Elections, Republican Says 
• In Texas: New York Times: Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans
• In Texas: Newsweek: Democrat Flips Texas District Donald Trump Won by 17 Points 
• In Texas: CNN: DNC Chair suggests Texas win vindicates the party’s down-ballot strategy

Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans are doing everything in their power to undermine the will of Florida voters, including blocking citizen-led ballot initiatives from the 2026 ballot and trying to rig the state’s congressional map. Florida voters aren’t going down without a fight. Democrats are all hands on deck to support Florida Democrats in their fight against Republicans’ attacks on voters and our democracy. 

• In Florida: Politico: DNC readies for Florida redistricting fight
• In Florida: Florida Phoenix: FL voters sue to block DeSantis’ mid-decade congressional redistricting 
• In Florida: Straight Arrow News: First lawsuit filed as Florida becomes battleground for redistricting 
• In Florida: Politico: Florida push for mid-decade redistricting draws its first lawsuit
• In Florida: The Hill: Florida voters sue DeSantis over redistricting push
• In Florida: Tallahassee Democrat: Florida voters challenge DeSantis on mid-decade redistricting 
• In Florida: Reuters: How the war over US congressional redistricting is playing out, state by state  
• In Florida: WCTV: Lawsuit challenges DeSantis authority on Florida redistricting session  
• In Florida: WLRN Public Media: Florida voters sue to block DeSantis’ mid-decade congressional redistricting 

Last week, Donald Trump’s FBI raided an election center in Fulton County, Georgia, monitored personally by Tulsi Gabbard. While Republicans try to undermine our election system in Georgia and across the country, Democrats will continue fighting to defend the voting rights of all Americans.

• In Georgia: Politico: FBI raids Atlanta-area elections office amid Trump’s push to relitigate 2020 election
• In Georgia: Democracy Docket: ‘Five alarm fire for democracy’: Dems, voting advocates voice outrage at FBI raid of Georgia elections office 

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