I’m Audrey Ryan, and I’m the Development Director at Leaders We Deserve.
My job is to make sure we have the resources to elect our incredible endorsed candidates and build up a new generation of young, progressive leaders.
The work we do here is so important. We’re upending the status quo and equipping our candidates with the tools they need to overcome the barriers that have shut them out from public service for far too long.
This weekend, David is on the campaign trail to get the vote out for our candidates ahead of Tuesday’s critical election. Which means 🙂
David will be hitting the pavement from dawn till dusk, knocking doors, leading canvass launches, and amplifying our candidates message during these crucial final days. He’ll be in Houston helping elect Harris County Attorney, Christian Menefee, to Congress. Then he heads straight to Metro Atlanta to campaign for Akbar Ali, who if elected will be the youngest member of the Georgia House of Representatives (a title currently held by 2024 LWD endorsee, Bryce Berry!). And then he’s off to NYC with Zohran Mamdani, whose campaign and platform has energized voters and brought back hope not only to New Yorkers but to the entire country. We’re going all in to win these key races on Election Day, but we need your help to make sure our candidates can win big — this Tuesday, in 2026, and for years to come.
Tomorrow night is our end-of-month fundraising deadline, and every dollar helps us reach voters and push our candidates across the finish line. But we’re coming up short on our goal and we need your help: Can you chip in $25 right now to help us hit our goal before tomorrow night?
With your support, our candidates can become the next generation of leaders — the same leaders who could be running for Senate or the White House in a few years. But that’s only going to happen with sustained grassroots support.
We don’t take a dime of corporate PAC money, and neither do our candidates. I’ll be honest, my job would be a whole lot easier if we did. But we aren’t about taking the easy route or doing things like they’ve been done before, and neither are our candidates. Leaders We Deserve is often their largest source of support, helping them break through the barriers the establishment has built to prevent young, working-class people from gaining power and delivering real change for their communities.
This is our chance to elect leaders who will fight for us, not for their corporate donors or political insiders. We don’t have to keep pretending the current system is “normal” just because it’s good for those in power. And on Tuesday, we have the chance to elect new people to power — honest, creative, steadfast, and hopeful leaders like Christian, Akbar, and Zohran.
But time is running out. We only have 24 hours to meet our end-of-month fundraising goal, help our endorsed candidates win next Tuesday, and keep our movement’s momentum pushing forward.
Thank you for your support. I’m glad to be on this team with you.
Audrey Ryan
Development Director
Leaders We Deserve
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