Pennsylvania

Recent Achievements 

MRA PA and OnePA were part of historic wins in Pennsylvania in 2022 and 2023:

• Senator John Fetterman won, the only Democrat to flip a Republican U.S. Senate seat in the 2022 cycle

• Democrats held all three highly contested U.S. House seats in 2022, including the race won by Summer Lee, Pennsylvania’s first Black congresswoman

• Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro beat his MAGA opponent

• Democrats took a one-seat majority in the state House of Representatives, flipping 12 seats, with one seat decided by 32 votes

• Cherelle Parker was elected mayor of Philadelphia, the first African American woman to hold the office

• Daniel McCaffery won a seat on the PA Supreme Court, defeating his anti-abortion opponent, and maintaining a 4-2 Democratic majority

Flip the Vote provided significant support to help build OnePA’s organization for 2023 victories and to prepare for 2024’s important elections.

What makes Pennsylvania crucial in 2024

• Pennsylvania is a key swing state for the presidential election

• Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senator Bob Casey will face a tight race for reelection; his seat is essential to holding the U.S. Senate

• Three Democratic-held U.S House seats are very competitive and could be pivotal to flipping the House

• Democrats must solidify a majority in the state House to prevent Republican control of the General Assembly
  

What Flip the Vote’s support means for 2024

MRA PA is already working at full capacity meeting the needs of their community and endeavoring to fulfill their ambitious goal of knocking on 450,000 doors and making 500,000 calls. They are focusing their efforts on reaching people in localities where turnout for critical congressional and state legislative races could determine control of the state House and the U.S. House, in addition to being the tipping point for the presidential and U.S. Senate races. MRA PA is also building out a youth organizing and messaging program focusing on Black and Latinx youth in colleges and high schools. Support from the Flip the Vote community will enable MRA PA to maintain their momentum and avoid cutting back on voter engagement efforts as the election cycle reaches its climax.

OnePA has identified 200,000 Black voters who are registered but do not tend to vote, 77% residing in its counties of focus. Engaging with these registered nonvoters and identifying and speaking to their key issues will be essential for victory in 2024. With additional financial support, OnePA will be able to increase the number of full-time staff on their core canvass team, including a new Volunteer Coordinator, resulting in more doors knocked and more quality conversations with Pennsylvania voters about issues that matter in their day-to-day lives, especially in the run up to the election. Our support will also make expansion into more suburban areas possible, areas which are ripe for organizing and offer opportunities to pick up support for Democratic candidates up and down the ballot.

Make the Road Action Pennsylvania (MRA PA) builds power in Latinx, immigrant, and working-class communities of color in Reading, Philadelphia, Allentown, and Hazleton. MRA PA is member-led and driven, amplifying the voices of their constituency to advocate for racial equity and to expand leadership opportunities. An organization with extraordinary vision, MRA PA pursues groundbreaking electoral and organizing work, focusing on local priorities in order to sustain a long-term movement.