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From School Boards to State Houses: Meet Our 37 September Endorsees
Today, Run for Something is proud to endorse 37 candidates running for local and state office across 21 states. This class includes 26…
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New month, new leaders ready to change what representation looks like. 👀
Meet the 37 candidates in our September Endorsement Class who are running for local and state office to fight for the communities they call home.
Get to know them ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4xwKr6n
Meet the 37 candidates in our September Endorsement Class who are running for local and state office to fight for the communities they call home.
Get to know them ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4xwKr6n
Relatability matters.
@mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social shares why connecting with voters can be as simple as understanding the day-to-day frustrations they’re experiencing, meeting them where they are, and yes, sometimes that means talking it out over a beer at the local brewery.
@mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social shares why connecting with voters can be as simple as understanding the day-to-day frustrations they’re experiencing, meeting them where they are, and yes, sometimes that means talking it out over a beer at the local brewery.
September 22, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Relatability matters.
@mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social shares why connecting with voters can be as simple as understanding the day-to-day frustrations they’re experiencing, meeting them where they are, and yes, sometimes that means talking it out over a beer at the local brewery.
@mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social shares why connecting with voters can be as simple as understanding the day-to-day frustrations they’re experiencing, meeting them where they are, and yes, sometimes that means talking it out over a beer at the local brewery.
Climate policy gets local fast.
Heather Deiner, Kate Gallup, and Chela Garcia Irlando are RFS endorsees who make it clear that their priorities include issues involving clean water, climate change, environmental protection, and the communities affected by them.
Heather Deiner, Kate Gallup, and Chela Garcia Irlando are RFS endorsees who make it clear that their priorities include issues involving clean water, climate change, environmental protection, and the communities affected by them.
September 22, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Climate policy gets local fast.
Heather Deiner, Kate Gallup, and Chela Garcia Irlando are RFS endorsees who make it clear that their priorities include issues involving clean water, climate change, environmental protection, and the communities affected by them.
Heather Deiner, Kate Gallup, and Chela Garcia Irlando are RFS endorsees who make it clear that their priorities include issues involving clean water, climate change, environmental protection, and the communities affected by them.
Young candidates used to be written off as “risky bets,” but now voters are telling a different story.
New polling from POLITICO shows an appetite for a new generation of leadership, and @amandalitman.bsky.social spoke with them about what RFS has seen firsthand.
https://politi.co/4ArE1r6
New polling from POLITICO shows an appetite for a new generation of leadership, and @amandalitman.bsky.social spoke with them about what RFS has seen firsthand.
https://politi.co/4ArE1r6
September 22, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Young candidates used to be written off as “risky bets,” but now voters are telling a different story.
New polling from POLITICO shows an appetite for a new generation of leadership, and @amandalitman.bsky.social spoke with them about what RFS has seen firsthand.
https://politi.co/4ArE1r6
New polling from POLITICO shows an appetite for a new generation of leadership, and @amandalitman.bsky.social spoke with them about what RFS has seen firsthand.
https://politi.co/4ArE1r6
This Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re making space to talk about what community leadership can look like.
Join us Sept. 30 for Claim Your Seat, a conversation about bringing your lived experience and perspective into local leadership.
https://bit.ly/4ydYUnL
Join us Sept. 30 for Claim Your Seat, a conversation about bringing your lived experience and perspective into local leadership.
https://bit.ly/4ydYUnL
September 19, 2026 at 6:02 PM
This Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re making space to talk about what community leadership can look like.
Join us Sept. 30 for Claim Your Seat, a conversation about bringing your lived experience and perspective into local leadership.
https://bit.ly/4ydYUnL
Join us Sept. 30 for Claim Your Seat, a conversation about bringing your lived experience and perspective into local leadership.
https://bit.ly/4ydYUnL
RFS-endorsee David Morales, a renter himself, unseated Providence’s incumbent mayor after a campaign centered on addressing the high costs of housing — and he won thanks to the support of other renters.
Local issues. Community-centered candidates. Real power.
https://bit.ly/3UYpLpI
Local issues. Community-centered candidates. Real power.
https://bit.ly/3UYpLpI
Who is David Morales and how did he unseat a sitting Providence mayor?
For those asking 'who?' or 'how?' after primary night, here's our analysis.
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September 18, 2026 at 8:25 PM
RFS-endorsee David Morales, a renter himself, unseated Providence’s incumbent mayor after a campaign centered on addressing the high costs of housing — and he won thanks to the support of other renters.
Local issues. Community-centered candidates. Real power.
https://bit.ly/3UYpLpI
Local issues. Community-centered candidates. Real power.
https://bit.ly/3UYpLpI
Jackie McGuire didn’t originally plan to run for local office.
Then a proposed $120B data center project came to Marana, AZ.
Check out how this RFS alum went from speaking at public meetings to running for and winning a seat on her town council.
https://bit.ly/46rNUYi
Then a proposed $120B data center project came to Marana, AZ.
Check out how this RFS alum went from speaking at public meetings to running for and winning a seat on her town council.
https://bit.ly/46rNUYi
They fought against datacenters. Now they are running for local offices
Across the US, anti-datacenter organizers are harnessing community anger to win local elections
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September 16, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Jackie McGuire didn’t originally plan to run for local office.
Then a proposed $120B data center project came to Marana, AZ.
Check out how this RFS alum went from speaking at public meetings to running for and winning a seat on her town council.
https://bit.ly/46rNUYi
Then a proposed $120B data center project came to Marana, AZ.
Check out how this RFS alum went from speaking at public meetings to running for and winning a seat on her town council.
https://bit.ly/46rNUYi
It’s National Voter Registration Day!
You've checked your voter registration. You're ready for November. Now what?
Run for Something can help you get ready to run as soon as next year. Get started: bit.ly/Run4what
You've checked your voter registration. You're ready for November. Now what?
Run for Something can help you get ready to run as soon as next year. Get started: bit.ly/Run4what
September 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
It’s National Voter Registration Day!
You've checked your voter registration. You're ready for November. Now what?
Run for Something can help you get ready to run as soon as next year. Get started: bit.ly/Run4what
You've checked your voter registration. You're ready for November. Now what?
Run for Something can help you get ready to run as soon as next year. Get started: bit.ly/Run4what
Meet us there 👀
TONIGHT! We're getting fired up, ready to run and win in the south, now and into 2027+2028 (and beyond.) Join us! www.mobilize.us/runforsometh...
Turn the South Blue! · Run for Something
Join Run for Something and YALLvote on September 15th at 8 PM ET for a discussion on turning the South blue. If you'd like to see change in the South, come learn how you can get involved — from runnin...
www.mobilize.us
September 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Meet us there 👀
Working class people aren’t running for office. A new study shows that hardly any state and national leaders in office have had working class jobs.
No wonder politicians are so disconnected. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
No wonder politicians are so disconnected. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
September 14, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Working class people aren’t running for office. A new study shows that hardly any state and national leaders in office have had working class jobs.
No wonder politicians are so disconnected. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
No wonder politicians are so disconnected. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Fun @runforsomething.net fact: 68% of our endorsed candidates won their primaries this year.
September 14, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Fun @runforsomething.net fact: 68% of our endorsed candidates won their primaries this year.
Rhode Island, your primary is tomorrow! 🗳️
Local elections shape what happens in our schools, neighborhoods, housing, health care, and everyday lives.
Here’s your chance to have a say in who makes the decisions about your community.
Local elections shape what happens in our schools, neighborhoods, housing, health care, and everyday lives.
Here’s your chance to have a say in who makes the decisions about your community.
September 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Rhode Island, your primary is tomorrow! 🗳️
Local elections shape what happens in our schools, neighborhoods, housing, health care, and everyday lives.
Here’s your chance to have a say in who makes the decisions about your community.
Local elections shape what happens in our schools, neighborhoods, housing, health care, and everyday lives.
Here’s your chance to have a say in who makes the decisions about your community.
Workers keep our schools, hospitals, cities, businesses, and communities running.
They should have a say in how those communities are run, too.
This Labor Day, consider taking your experience from the workplace to local office.
They should have a say in how those communities are run, too.
This Labor Day, consider taking your experience from the workplace to local office.
September 7, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Workers keep our schools, hospitals, cities, businesses, and communities running.
They should have a say in how those communities are run, too.
This Labor Day, consider taking your experience from the workplace to local office.
They should have a say in how those communities are run, too.
This Labor Day, consider taking your experience from the workplace to local office.
New Hampshire, you’re up next. 👀
The primary is September 8, and RFS candidates are on the ballot and ready to bring a new generation of leadership to the Granite State.
The primary is September 8, and RFS candidates are on the ballot and ready to bring a new generation of leadership to the Granite State.
September 6, 2026 at 7:34 PM
New Hampshire, you’re up next. 👀
The primary is September 8, and RFS candidates are on the ballot and ready to bring a new generation of leadership to the Granite State.
The primary is September 8, and RFS candidates are on the ballot and ready to bring a new generation of leadership to the Granite State.
The South is full of people already leading in their communities. We want more of them on the ballot.
That’s why RFS + YALLVote are teaming up to recruit young, values-aligned candidates and build power across the South.
Join our kickoff call Sept. 15.
That’s why RFS + YALLVote are teaming up to recruit young, values-aligned candidates and build power across the South.
Join our kickoff call Sept. 15.
September 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The South is full of people already leading in their communities. We want more of them on the ballot.
That’s why RFS + YALLVote are teaming up to recruit young, values-aligned candidates and build power across the South.
Join our kickoff call Sept. 15.
That’s why RFS + YALLVote are teaming up to recruit young, values-aligned candidates and build power across the South.
Join our kickoff call Sept. 15.
Latiné communities make up about 20% of the U.S. population, but only 2% of elected leaders.
That representation gap doesn’t close on its own.
This Hispanic Heritage Month, join us on 9/30 and learn how your perspective can shape your community.
https://bit.ly/4ydYUnL
That representation gap doesn’t close on its own.
This Hispanic Heritage Month, join us on 9/30 and learn how your perspective can shape your community.
https://bit.ly/4ydYUnL
September 2, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Latiné communities make up about 20% of the U.S. population, but only 2% of elected leaders.
That representation gap doesn’t close on its own.
This Hispanic Heritage Month, join us on 9/30 and learn how your perspective can shape your community.
https://bit.ly/4ydYUnL
That representation gap doesn’t close on its own.
This Hispanic Heritage Month, join us on 9/30 and learn how your perspective can shape your community.
https://bit.ly/4ydYUnL
This Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re celebrating the Hispanic and Latiné leaders shaping their communities every single day.
Our communities are stronger when the people making decisions reflect the people living with them.
Your lived experience belongs in local office.
Our communities are stronger when the people making decisions reflect the people living with them.
Your lived experience belongs in local office.
September 1, 2026 at 7:49 PM
This Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re celebrating the Hispanic and Latiné leaders shaping their communities every single day.
Our communities are stronger when the people making decisions reflect the people living with them.
Your lived experience belongs in local office.
Our communities are stronger when the people making decisions reflect the people living with them.
Your lived experience belongs in local office.
New month, new leaders ready to change what representation looks like. 👀
Meet the 37 candidates in our September Endorsement Class who are running for local and state office to fight for the communities they call home.
Get to know them ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4xwKr6n
Meet the 37 candidates in our September Endorsement Class who are running for local and state office to fight for the communities they call home.
Get to know them ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4xwKr6n
From School Boards to State Houses: Meet Our 37 September Endorsees
Today, Run for Something is proud to endorse 37 candidates running for local and state office across 21 states. This class includes 26…
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September 1, 2026 at 2:04 PM
New month, new leaders ready to change what representation looks like. 👀
Meet the 37 candidates in our September Endorsement Class who are running for local and state office to fight for the communities they call home.
Get to know them ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4xwKr6n
Meet the 37 candidates in our September Endorsement Class who are running for local and state office to fight for the communities they call home.
Get to know them ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4xwKr6n
Massachusetts, your primary is coming up on Sept. 1. 👀
RFS candidates are on the ballot, running for the state offices that shape our everyday lives.
Know what’s on your ballot. Make a plan to vote.
RFS candidates are on the ballot, running for the state offices that shape our everyday lives.
Know what’s on your ballot. Make a plan to vote.
August 31, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Massachusetts, your primary is coming up on Sept. 1. 👀
RFS candidates are on the ballot, running for the state offices that shape our everyday lives.
Know what’s on your ballot. Make a plan to vote.
RFS candidates are on the ballot, running for the state offices that shape our everyday lives.
Know what’s on your ballot. Make a plan to vote.
🚨 LAST CALL: August 30 is the final deadline to apply to be considered for an RFS endorsement for the 2026 election year.
If you’re already running, don’t leave support on the table.
Apply by August 30. bit.ly/Apply2RFS
If you’re already running, don’t leave support on the table.
Apply by August 30. bit.ly/Apply2RFS
August 29, 2026 at 4:55 PM
🚨 LAST CALL: August 30 is the final deadline to apply to be considered for an RFS endorsement for the 2026 election year.
If you’re already running, don’t leave support on the table.
Apply by August 30. bit.ly/Apply2RFS
If you’re already running, don’t leave support on the table.
Apply by August 30. bit.ly/Apply2RFS
Women deserve more than a voice in our democracy. They deserve power in it.
This Women’s Equality Day, we’re celebrating the women who lead, organize, advocate, and run.
More women in local leadership. More seats at the table. More people deciding to run.
This Women’s Equality Day, we’re celebrating the women who lead, organize, advocate, and run.
More women in local leadership. More seats at the table. More people deciding to run.
August 27, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Women deserve more than a voice in our democracy. They deserve power in it.
This Women’s Equality Day, we’re celebrating the women who lead, organize, advocate, and run.
More women in local leadership. More seats at the table. More people deciding to run.
This Women’s Equality Day, we’re celebrating the women who lead, organize, advocate, and run.
More women in local leadership. More seats at the table. More people deciding to run.
The South has never been short on people who care about their communities. Brittany Newton is proof.
She’s a mom, health care professional + veteran running for NC State House District 46.
Ready to build power in the South? Join RFS + YALLvote Sept. 15 at 8 PM ET.
She’s a mom, health care professional + veteran running for NC State House District 46.
Ready to build power in the South? Join RFS + YALLvote Sept. 15 at 8 PM ET.
August 25, 2026 at 8:05 PM
The South has never been short on people who care about their communities. Brittany Newton is proof.
She’s a mom, health care professional + veteran running for NC State House District 46.
Ready to build power in the South? Join RFS + YALLvote Sept. 15 at 8 PM ET.
She’s a mom, health care professional + veteran running for NC State House District 46.
Ready to build power in the South? Join RFS + YALLvote Sept. 15 at 8 PM ET.
Women’s equality means women having real power at every level of government.
Kimberly Fisher. Jacky Hernandez. Minja Yan. Mandy Cook.
Four women running to bring their leadership and lived experience to public office.
Kimberly Fisher. Jacky Hernandez. Minja Yan. Mandy Cook.
Four women running to bring their leadership and lived experience to public office.
August 24, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Women’s equality means women having real power at every level of government.
Kimberly Fisher. Jacky Hernandez. Minja Yan. Mandy Cook.
Four women running to bring their leadership and lived experience to public office.
Kimberly Fisher. Jacky Hernandez. Minja Yan. Mandy Cook.
Four women running to bring their leadership and lived experience to public office.
Midterm season is here, and RFS candidates are running on the issues hitting their communities every day:
Affordable housing
Health care access
Voting rights
Public safety
Have ideas for your community? Put them on the ballot. bit.ly/Run4what
Affordable housing
Health care access
Voting rights
Public safety
Have ideas for your community? Put them on the ballot. bit.ly/Run4what
August 23, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Midterm season is here, and RFS candidates are running on the issues hitting their communities every day:
Affordable housing
Health care access
Voting rights
Public safety
Have ideas for your community? Put them on the ballot. bit.ly/Run4what
Affordable housing
Health care access
Voting rights
Public safety
Have ideas for your community? Put them on the ballot. bit.ly/Run4what
We’re building power in the South.
RFS + YALLvote are teaming up to recruit young candidates, uplift down-ballot races, and connect Southern leaders with the support they need to run and win.
RFS + YALLvote are teaming up to recruit young candidates, uplift down-ballot races, and connect Southern leaders with the support they need to run and win.
August 20, 2026 at 1:57 PM
We’re building power in the South.
RFS + YALLvote are teaming up to recruit young candidates, uplift down-ballot races, and connect Southern leaders with the support they need to run and win.
RFS + YALLvote are teaming up to recruit young candidates, uplift down-ballot races, and connect Southern leaders with the support they need to run and win.
Independent candidates are giving voters another choice, and RFS endorsee Danny Tarkenton is proving that values-aligned candidates can compete.
Danny advanced to the general election for Spokane County Prosecutor, where the Republican incumbent left the primary.
https://bit.ly/3S1kxZg
Danny advanced to the general election for Spokane County Prosecutor, where the Republican incumbent left the primary.
https://bit.ly/3S1kxZg
August 18, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Independent candidates are giving voters another choice, and RFS endorsee Danny Tarkenton is proving that values-aligned candidates can compete.
Danny advanced to the general election for Spokane County Prosecutor, where the Republican incumbent left the primary.
https://bit.ly/3S1kxZg
Danny advanced to the general election for Spokane County Prosecutor, where the Republican incumbent left the primary.
https://bit.ly/3S1kxZg