👋 This is your weekly recap when it comes to all things NDTC!
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Are you ready to win?
Now that we’re fully done counting, we trained 1440+ candidates in 2025, and totaled 965+ wins — we count 50 new mayors and 640+ new city council and school board members who trained with NDTC. Also, 20% of the current Virginia House of Delegates Dems are NDTC learners. And we are r.e.a.d.y. for 2026.
If you are looking at this week’s headlines and think we deserve better — you’re right. And you, yes YOU, can step up. You’re the person who knows your community better than anyone. You can be the reason our schools get funded, our communities are livable, our government responsive. If you’re ready to run on work on a campaign in 2026, we’re ready to train you.
PS. We will be closed for Thanksgiving break Nov 24 – 28,
so no TL;DR next week!
UPCOMING LIVE TRAINING
So You Want to Run for Office?
12.02
10am PST
UPCOMING LIVE TRAINING
Recruiting Strong Candidates to Run for Office
12.04
10am PST
We have lots of other exciting upcoming events + trainings. Click here to explore what else is coming up this month.
Learner Stories
Check out the next class of Democratic leaders making a difference,
who were also NDTC learners!
If you want to put more faces to the VA Blue Wave, meet NDTC learner Lindsey Dougherty. Lindsey is a Democratic organizer whose message focused on health care, education, and working families has made her a standout voice in the 2025 General.
Her HD-75 race played an important role in shaping control of the Virginia House of Delegates and advancing state priorities on schools, health care access, and local funding.
SUBSTACK
Interview with Fairbanks City, AK, Mayor Mindy O’Neall
How a data-driven ground game and focus on local issues helped flip a Republican-leaning Alaska town.
What’s On Our Newsfeeds
Why this story matters:
The case, now at SCOTUS’ doors, has huge implications for the mid-terms, especially with Texas’ own filing deadline coming up in early December.
Why this story matters:
Trump and his cronies have shown no indication of respecting the peaceful transfer of power; that’s why their defeat has to be resounding and undeniable.
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