NextGen PAC Responds to Election Results
In response to election results, NextGen America President Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez released the following statement:
“Our work to educate, empower, and mobilize young people has always been about building a progressive movement that is larger than any single candidate or election year. Young people turned out this year, and a majority of these young people showed up for Vice President Harris and for a future that represents freedom, equity, and hope.
“Extremist MAGA Republicans do not represent our vision for the future. Young people believe in building a nation and economy that works for everyday people, not billionaires and corporations. We know Donald Trump and his loyalists only care about themselves – they don’t care about our rights, our futures, or our opportunities to live a prosperous life. Our work from here continues, and while this is not the outcome we hoped for, we are committed to building young voters’ power.
“Young people are the future of the progressive movement, and we won’t stop our work to protect our future. Today, we take care of our communities and ourselves. Tomorrow, we uplift our progressive champions in elected office, we organize, we protest, and we join our partners in holding MAGA extremists accountable.”
NextGen America’s team on the ground and online contacted millions of young people this cycle to educate and empower them to turn out for progressive causes and candidates. Down ballot, progressives had major victories that will propel our movement forward. Over 50 NextGen endorsed candidates and initiatives in Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia have won so far. These leaders include:
Arizona
- Prop 139: Abortion Access
Michigan
- Elissa Slotkin, U.S. Senate
- Rep. Hillary Scholten, U.S. Congress District 3
- Rep. Rashida Tlaib for Congress, U.S. Congress District 12
- Kristen McDonald Rivet, U.S. Congress District 8
- Kyra Harris Bolden, State Supreme Court
- Donavan McKinney, Michigan State Senate District 14
- Tonya Myers Phillips, Michigan State House District 7
- Regina Weiss, Michigan State House District 6
- Mai Xiong, Michigan State House District 13
North Carolina
- Josh Stein, Governor
- Rachel Hunt, Lt. Governor
- Jeff Jackson, Attorney General
- Mo Green, State Superintendent
- Dante Pittman, State House 24
- Beth Helfrich, State House 98
- Linsey Prather, State House 115
- Lisa Grafstein, State Senate 13
- DeAndra Salvador, State Senate 39
- Janet Cowell, Raleigh Mayor
New Hampshire
- Chris Pappas, District 1
- Maggie Goodlander, District 2
- David Watters, State Senate 4
- Suzanne Prentiss, State Senate 5
- Rebecca Perkins-Kwoka, State Senate 21
Nevada
- Reuben D’Silva, Nevada Assembly District 28
- Erica Roth, Nevada Assembly District 24
- Question 6: Abortion Access
Pennsylvania
- Rep. Brendan Boyle, U.S. Congress District 2
- Rep. Dwight Evans, U.S. Congress District 3
- Rep. Madeleine, U.S. Congress District 4
- Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, U.S. Congress District 5
- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, U.S. Congress District 6
- Rep. Summer Lee, U.S. Congress District 12
- Rep. Chris Deluzio, U.S. Congress District 17
- Patty Kim, Pennsylvania State Senate District 15
- Jay Costa, Pennsylvania State Senate District 43
- Nikil Saval, Pennsylvania State Senate District 1
- Sharif Street, Pennsylvania State Senate District 3
- Vince Hughes, Pennsylvania State Senate District 7
- Rick Krajewski, Pennsylvania State House District 188
- Dan Frankel, Pennsylvania State House District 23
- Melissa Cerrato, Pennsylvania State House District 151
- Scott Conklin, Pennsylvania State House District 77
- Arvind Venkat, Pennsylvania State House District 30
- Tim Brennan, Pennsylvania State House District 29
Texas
- Rep. Joaquin Castro, U.S. Congress District 20
- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, U.S. Congress District 30
- Rep. Vincente Gonzalez, Jr., U.S. Congress District 34
- Rep. Greg Casar, U.S. Congress District 35
- Molly Cook, Texas State Senate District 15
- Mihaela Plesa, Texas State House District 70
- Cassandra Hernandez, Texas State House District 115
- Lauren Ashley Simmons, Texas State House District 146
- Erin Zwiener, Texas State House District 45
- Christian Menefee, Harris County Attorney
- Sean Teare, Harris County District Attorney
- Jose Garza, Travis County District Attorney
Virginia
- Tim Kaine, U.S. Senate
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About NextGen PAC
NextGen PAC’s mission is to empower young voters to engage in elections and ensure our government is responsive to the largest and most diverse generation in American history. We invite 18-to-35 year olds into our democracy to ensure our government works for them and to find new solutions to the dire challenges facing our country. NextGen PAC fights for a progressive future by growing and wielding the grassroots political power of young people on the ground and online.