Help Mike Espy win 11/27 special election

Deadline: today and through November 27 –

Surprise! Election season 2018 isn’t over! On November 27, 2018, Democrats have a chance to win a special election for the US Senate seat vacated by Thad Cochran in Mississippi. Representative Mike Espy, former Agriculture Secretary under Bill Clinton, is running against Trump-endorsed Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith, who replaced Cochran on an interim basis.

Espy, who would be Mississippi’s first African-American Senator since Reconstruction, is running as a moderate Democrat. He has stated his support for an increased minimum wage, paid family leave, expanding funding for Medicaid and CHIP, and women’s health initiatives and the right to choose.

We’re organizing events and publicizing other groups’ efforts to support Espy’s run because this is a chance to narrow the Senate’s partisan divide and hopefully force the GOP to the table on more issues. Below is information about our events and other ways you can get involved on your own. Please keep an eye on this post, our website, and the newsletter as we continue to organize to win this seat!

What you can do:

• Phone bank:
  • Phone banks in El Sobrante.
    • Sat. Nov. 24, 2-6 PM: two shifts – come when you can, stay as long as you can. RSVP and info.
    • Sun. Nov. 25, 2-6 PM: two shifts – come when you can, stay as long as you can. RSVP and info.
    • Mon. Nov 26, 2-6 PM: two shifts – come when you can, stay as long as you can. RSVP and info.
    • Election Day Tues. Nov 27, 8 AM-noon: two shifts – come when you can, stay as long as you can. RSVP and info.
    • Questions? Contact Nancy Klein: 510-917-4045 or email  nancyklein44@gmail.com or nancyklein@westcountyorganizing.com
  • Phone bank on your own:
    • Sign up to phone bank with the Mississippi Dems
    • Phone banks organized by NAACP
    • Phone banks organized by Reclaim Our Vote, a non-partisan phone bank campaign created by the Center For Common Ground, the NAACP and the National Voter Corps. Info here, and sign-up form here.
    • Swing Left phone bank. Info and sign up here.
• Text bank:
  • Sign up here to text on your own using Hustle with Mississippi Dems
  • Text with Resistance Labs for Black Voters Matter. BVM is on the ground in Mississippi helping to turn out the Black community for the runoff election; RL has one worklow targeting registered voters and another targeting unregistered voters to get out the word. Sign up here.
• Write postcards & letters: 
  • Postcards to Voters is managing postcard-writing for Espy. Sign up here.
  • Sign up here to write letters for Espy with Vote Forward.
• Volunteer directly with the Espy campaign to phone or text.
• Find an event near you on Democracy Action’s calendar.
• Can you host a phone bank? Contact us at info@indivisibleeb.org
• Check our Special Election events page, we’ll update as new events are scheduled.