This November, we saw voters taking the first steps to repudiate the
rightwing ideology and institutions that have long dominated much of
the political landscape in our states. For too long, we have seen
rightwing politicians, backed by corporate money and by conservative
think tanks, blocking communities from improving wages, impeding
expansion of health care, and auctioning off public assets and public
contracts to big monied interests.
But now we can build on these progressive victories to build towards a progressive majority in all our states.
On issue after issue of concern to working families, there are solid
majorities for enacting progressive policies. What we need is a
coordinated strategy across states to highlight those issues that can
broaden the coalition of progressive voters and reframe the debate
across the nation about why it matters to working families that
progressives hold office in our statehouses.
