The must-have guide for young progressives looking to run for local office, complete with contributions from elected officials and political operatives.
Youâve been depressed since the night of November 8, 2016. You wore black to work the next morning. You berated yourself for your complacency during the Obama years. You ranted on Twitter. You deleted Twitter. You sent emails to your friends saying, âHow can we get more involved?â You listened to Pod Save America. You knitted a pussyhat. You showed up to the Womenâs March on Washington. You protested Donald Trumpâs executive orders. You called your congressman. You called other peopleâs congressmen. You set up monthly donations to Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. You reactivated Twitter (begrudgingly).
Hereâs what you do next: Run for something.
To be specific: Run for local office and become the change you want to see in the world. Forget about Congress. Forget about the Senate. Focus on the offices that get the real sh*t done: state legislatures, city councils, school boards, and mayors.
It doesnât matter if youâre not a white man over sixty with an Ivy League law degree. (In fact, itâs better if youâre not!)
It doesnât matter if you donât understand the first thing about running for office, or never even imagined you would. Thatâs what this book is for.
Amanda Litman, experienced in hard-fought state and national election campaigns, is here to give you guidance as well as wisdom and insight from elected officials and political operatives she interviewed for this book.
There are half a million elected officials in the United States. Why canât you be one of them?