Flipping Congress in 2026: What Works

Learn how you and your community can make a difference in the 2026 midterm elections.

Speakers

• Doran Schrantz, The Organizing Lab Founder; Minnesota and National Organizer
• Yasmin Radjy, Executive Director, Swing Left and Vote Forward
• Chuck Albrecht, Swing Left Maricopa County
• Marlene Silva, Political Organizer, All In for North Carolina
• Heather Haggarty, Founder, Donuts + Democracy

 Hear how Swing Left’s Ground Truth volunteers are using new ways to reach voters in swing districts. Yasmin Radjy will describe how meaningful conversations are helping Democrats win back power.

Chuck Albrecht will discuss how this Arizona group succeeded in implementing the Ground Truth program in the largest battleground county (4.5 million people) in the US.

Then learn from Minnesota organizer Dran Schrantz how the infrastructure they built in 2025 led to effective mobilization when it was most needed, and how they continue that momentum to train and activate Minnesotans for the elections. Doran will discuss how volunteers everywhere can replicate that impact.

Marlene Silva will explain how remote volunteers working with the Mecklenburg Dems helped recruit 1,900 active  in-district volunteers in North Carolina.

Find out how Heather Haggarty and her daughter, who launched Donuts + Democracy in 2024 to increase young voter turnout, registered, educated, and mobilized more than 114,000 students at 450+ events on nearly 150 college campuses.

This event is co-sponsored by:
Activate America, All In for NC, Commit to Democracy, DemCast, Grassroots Democrats HQ, Indivisible Tucson Action Alliance, Swing Left, Swing left Maricopa County, Third Act.