Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg

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Our Work Together In The 2024 Cycle - Disappointment, But Lots Of Wins Too

12/11/24 - While we did not the have election we all wanted to have, our community had important wins:

  • We invested $1.1m in the North Carolina Democratic Party and our friend, Anderson Clayton, and helped power 5 statewide victories - Gov, LT. Gov, AG, Superintendent of Public Schools, Secretary of States - the breaking of the NC legislative super majority and a big win in a statewide Supreme Court race. North Carolina was one of the great bright spots for us in 2024.

  • We invested $700,000 for Ruben Gallego, and helped him win in what was a tough year in Arizona. The Hopium community was Senator-election Gallego largest fundraiser, and we are sitting down to talk about his race this Wesdnesday.

  • We invested more than $300,000 in the Nebraska Democratic Party, helping us secure the blue dot and other important wins there. I will be sitting down to NE Dem Chair Jane Kleeb soon.

  • We invested almost $150,000 in WI state legislative races, where we had some of our biggest gains of the cycle. Hope to be interviewing the great Ben Wikler early next week.

  • In the House we raised and invested $2.3 million in the 15 red to blue districts most likely to flip and in Tom Suozzi’s special election win in February. Of the 8 seats we flipped in the House, the Hopium community were major investors in 7. Here’s our final fundraising tally in the house, with the bolded races = wins.

  • Gray CA-13 $160,648

  • Whitesides CA-27 $166,190

  • Tran CA-45 $94,302

  • Suozzi NY-03 $115,453

  • Gillen NY-04 $155,097

  • Riley NY-19 $160,479

  • Bynum OR-5 $163,001

  • Cherny AZ-01 $73,612 (Primary)

  • Shah AZ-01 $85,554 (General Election)

  • Engel AZ-06 $163,027

  • Salas CA-22 $158,338

  • Rollins CA-41 $163,362

  • Bohannan IA-01 $89,165

  • Vargas NE-02 $137,891

  • Altman NJ-07 $159,371

  • Jones NY-17 $159,467

  • Stelson PA-10 $88,268

While we did not have the election we all wanted to have, we did have important wins this year and need to learn both from our mistakes and the things that went right as we chart our path forward. Thanks to everyone in the Hopium community who “did more and worried less” this cycle. We made a big difference, together.

Harris-Walz, Our Presidential Checkmate States and Wisconsin - Learn more about our “checkmate” strategy, and support Ruben Gallego and these three front-line state parties:

Winning The House - We endorsed in the NY-03 special early in 2024 and in 15 open seat and challengers races. The bolded candidates won and flipped their red districts blue this year.

  • Shah AZ-01 $85,554

  • Cherny AZ-01 $73,612

  • Engel AZ-06 $163,027

  • Gray CA-13 $160,648

  • Salas CA-22 $158,338

  • Whitesides CA-27 $166,190

  • Rollins CA-41 $163,362

  • Tran CA-45 $94,302

  • Bohannan IA-01 $89,165

  • Vargas NE-02 $137,891

  • Altman NJ-07 $159,371

  • Suozzi NY-03 $115,453

  • Gillen NY-04 $155,097

  • Jones NY-17 $159,467

  • Riley NY-19 $160,479

  • Bynum OR-5 $163,001

  • Stelson PA-10 $88,268

You can watch interviews with all of our endorsed candidates if you choose.

Keeping The Senate Blue - this is a brawl my friends, and we just have to keep working it:

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