State Slate: Round 2

The State Slate is an effort by the tech community to help excellent state candidates in competitive races nationwide.

Our first round of fundraising raised nearly a quarter million dollars for 11 candidates. In our second round, we'll be helping 11 more, this time in Iowa and Arizona.

You can read about our full list of candidates in detail here.

Republicans have control of the state legislature in both states, but are vulnerable. In Arizona, a total margin of less than 3,000 votes decided control of both the house and senate in 2018!

We need to win four House seats in Iowa to get the House majority. In Arizona, we need two seats for the House majority, and three seats to win the Senate.

Our candidates in this round are mostly schoolteachers! Each is a dedicated public servant, a capable campaigner, and would make a terrific state representative. Your donations make it possible for them to mount a spirited campaign against an entrenched Republican incumbent in a year when local fundraising is particularly difficult.

Please give what you can! Donations are unlimited for Iowa candidates, and capped at $5,400 for candidates in Arizona. Our goal is to raise $20-$30K for each of these candidates by the end of the summer.

Every dollar you give means more time the candidate can spend campaigning instead of fundraising! These are winnable state races, if we just put the work in!