2020 IMPACT REPORT THE DEMOCRACY WE DESERVE & THE WOMEN READY TO LEAD IT 2020

Years from now, people will say the phrase “2020” and a flood of images will come to mind, many that persist today: Mask- wearing and social distancing. A spotlight on violence against Black Americans, immigrants, Asian-Americans, and other people of color. A presidential election revealing a nation more outwardly divided than we’ve ever been.

While it’s true that 2020 has brought more than its fair share of challenges, within the Vote Run Lead community of more than 36,000 alums and thousands more supporters, we’ve found and shared a lot of light this year. From the virtual series “Your Kitchen Cabinet” to dispatches from Minnesota and Georgia; from deepening our engagement in key states to refining our values and proudly living them, Vote Run Lead shares some of our biggest successes here. Not least is a record-breaking 308 alums running for office!

Thank you for your energy, your commitment, for everything you’ve made possible this year. I’ve never felt more sure about Vote Run Lead’s strategy to deliver a real solution to our nation’s most pressing problems, and I hope that as we continue this work together, history might eventually shape “2020” into a turning point, when an intersectional group of women launched a new era where democracy thrives.

In Solidarity,

Erin Vilardi FOUNDER & CEO TRAINING WOMEN TO RUN

In February, we were on track to train thousands of women in-person. Then lockdowns happened. Our team took a moment to breathe, care for each other and our families. Then, we got to work launching the digital training series, Your Kitchen Cabinet season one "Every Woman's Virtual Campaign Team," teaching women how to run successful campaigns during a pandemic. It was followed by a second season, "Radical Leaders Uncover the Past to Build the Democracy We All Deserve," to help us understand the systems in which we operate.

LAUREN UNDERWOOD U.S. House of Representatives (IL) alumna

310 222 ran for local to on the federal offices November in 2020 ballot

48% 19k more alumnae tuned into ran in 2020 national than 2018 conversations

54% 55% win rate ran for state legislature*

*The massive amount of women running for the state legislature is not an accident. We are actively working on a state strategy, RUN51, to promote reflective democracy at the state level. More to come in 2021!

VOTE RUN LEAD 2020 STRENGTHENING THE VOTE

With COVID changing how we live, uprisings across the country working to fight for racial justice, and the electorate demanding their voices to be heard, Vote Run Lead sought to meet the needs of our community. Our first-ever "Get Out The Vote" (GOTV) efforts were a huge success, reaching thousands of women nationwide. We also trained women on how to run their own successful GOTV campaigns, with top local and national partners and on-the-ground organizers. 33,074 CALLS MADE

32,000 TEXTS SENT

3,000 CONVERSATIONS

313 VOLUNTEERS 8 GOTV TRAININGS INCLUDING A 3-HOUR GOTV BOOTCAMP

“I just love Vote Run Lead and all that you all stand for!” - CORI BUSH, U.S. House of Representatives (MO), alumna

VOTE RUN LEAD 2020 - ILHAN OMAR U.S. House of Representatives (MN), alumna 71% LEADING BY EXAMPLE ALUMNAE OF COLOR WON Vote Run Lead is committed to reflecting the world that we want to see. Internally, we seek to consistently live our values. Externally, we partner with like-minded organizations to build the sector, and our thought leadership shapes the conversation in the public sphere.

ALUMNAE 60+% women of color 30% 35 and under 25% from lower-income households 20% FELLOWS & TRAINERS from rural America paid a reflect living wage our 39 community states had alumnae on the ballot

It takes a village. Vote Run Lead fellows Vote Run Lead is growing fast. With 40% are paid a living wage and our trainers are growth in 2020, we are on track to meet always compensated for their expertise. the demand for our training.

VOTE RUN LEAD 2020 “Thank you for the amazing programming and lessons. I laughed, cried, and learned through Vote Run Lead! I loved my experience running for office and VRL was a huge part of it!” - Amáda Márquez Simula, newly elected Mayor of Columbia Heights, MN

“A Vote Run Lead training was one of the very first I attended as a candidate, and was definitely one of the most useful. The stump speech I had to come up with on the fly at this training is actually the one I used the entire election.” - Rebecca Mitchell, newly elected GA House of Representatives

"One of the most helpful things I did was go through the training with Vote Run Lead. I learned a lot and the basics of story-telling I practiced there set me on a good path." - first-time candidate Diane Warren, Circuit Court Judge, 4th Judicial District, AR

“[This] is a movement that creates space for those often overlooked. I love that about Vote Run Lead! It was my dream job and it has truly been some of the most meaningful work of my life!” - Alexis Harris, Georgia GOTV Fellow, Fall 2020 Congratulations to Our Alumnae

Alicia Hyndman, NY Assembly Dist. 29 Kayla Young, WV House of Delegates Dist. 35 Allison Russo, OH House of Representatives Dist. 24 Kelda Roys, WI State Senate Dist. 26 Amada Marquez Simula, Mayor, Columbia Heights, MN Kendra Anderson, RI State Senate Dist. 31 Ami Wazlawik, MN House of Representatives Dist. 38B Keri Ingle, MO House of Representatives Dist. 35 Andrea Schroeder, MI House of Representatives Dist. 43 Kim Schofield, GA House of Representatives Dist. 60 Angela Brown, Cobb County Superior Court Judge, GA Kimberly-Ann Collins, MO House of Reps Dist. 77 Anita Burroughs, NH House of Representatives Carroll 1 Kristin Bahner, MN House of Representatives Dist. 34B AnJanette Brush, Taos County Commission Dist. 4, NM Lauren Underwood, U.S. House IL 14th Congressional Dist Anna Williams, OR House of Representatives Dist. 52 , CO House of Representatives Dist. 8 Anne Hughes, CT House of Representatives Dist. 135 Lindsey Port, MN State Senate Dist. 56 April Legere, Rogers City Council, AR , CO House of Representatives Dist. 25 Ashantae Green, Duval Soil & Water Conservation Dist. Liz Hanbidge, PA House of Representatives Dist. 61 Group 4, FL London Lamar, TN House of Representatives Dist. 91 Athena Hollins, MN House of Representatives Dist. 66B Lucy Dathan, CT House of Representatives Dist. 142 Audrey Thayer, Bemidji City Council Ward 1, MN Maria Horn, CT House of Representatives Dist. 64 Bee Nguyen, GA House of Representatives Dist. 89 Mary Bradfield, CO House of Representatives Dist. 21 Bregetta Fields, Wilmington City Council 5th Dist., DE Mary Marubio, Cook County Circuit Court 10th Sub-circuit, Brenda Carter, MI House of Representatives Dist. 29 IL , CO House of Representatives Dist. 27 Mary Murphy, MN House of Representatives Dist. 3B Carrie Warren Gully, Arapahoe County Commissioner Dist. 1, Maura Hirschauer, IL House of Representatives Dist. 49 CO Meghan Kallman, RI State Senate Dist. 15 Catalina Cruz, NY State Assembly Dist. 39 Melissa Shusterman, PA House of Representatives Dist. 157 Cathy Connolly, WY House of Representatives Dist. 13 Mesha Mainor, GA House of Representatives Dist. 56 Christine Kushner, Wake County School Board Dist. 6, NC Milele Coggs, Milwaukee Common Council Dist. 6, WI Cori Bush, U.S. House MO 1st Congressional Dist. Monique Baker McCormick, Wayne County Commission Cynthia A. Johnson, MI House of Representatives Dist. 5 Dist. 6, MI , CO House of Reps Dist. 30 Debra Altschiller, NH House of Reps Rockingham 19 Monique Sheffield, Cobb County Commission Dist. 4, GA Denise Ennett, AR House of Representatives Dist. 36 Natalia D. Macker, Teton County Commission, WY Denise Garner, AR House of Representatives Dist. 84 Nikema Williams, U.S. House GA 5th Congressional Dist. Denise Johnson, NYC Civil Court Queens Municipal Court Nora Vargas, San Diego County Board of Supervisors Dist. 1, Diana Richardson, NY State Assembly Dist. 43 CA Diane Warren, Circuit Court Judge, AZ Park Cannon, GA House of Representatives Dist. 58 Dominique Jackson, CO House of Representatives Dist 42 Patricia Torres Ray, MN State Senate Dist. 63 Doreen Carter, GA House of Representatives Dist. 92 Patsy Austin-Gatson, Gwinnett County District Attorney, GA Elena Parent, GA State Senate Dist. 42 Rachel Zenzinger, CO Senate Dist. 19 Elizabeth “Libby” Hart-Wells, Scottsdale Unified School Dist. Rebecca Mitchell, GA House of Representatives Dist. 106 Governing Board, AZ Regina Lewis-Ward, GA House of Representatives Dist. 109 Elizabeth "Lyz" Jaakola, Cloquet City Council Ward 5, MN Regina Weiss, MI House of Representatives Dist. 27 Erica R. Thomas, GA House of Representatives Dist. 39 Rhonda Burnough, GA House of Representatives Dist. 77 Esther Agbaje, MN House of Representatives Dist. 59B Rodneyse Bichotte, NY State Assembly Dist. 42 Gaby Grossman, NH House of Reps Rockingham 1 Samra Brouk, NY State Senate Dist. 55 Gerri Cannon, NH House of Representatives Strafford 18 Sara Innamorato, PA House of Representatives Dist. 21 Ginny Klevorn, MN House of Representatives Dist. 44A , CO House of Representatives Dist. 35 Heather Keeler, MN House of Representatives Dist. 4A Sharon A. Davis, Hopkinton Town Council, Rhode Island Hodan Hassan, MN House of Representatives Dist. 62 Shermela Williams, Superior Court Judge for GA 5th Dist. AIlana Spiegel, University of CO Board of Regents Dist. 6 Sonya Jaquez Lewis, CO State Senate District 17 Ilhan Omar, U.S. House MN 5th Congressional Dist. Stephanie Albanese, Red Bank Regional's BOE, NJ Janeese Lewis George, DC City Council Ward 4 Stephanie Howse, OH House of Representatives Dist. 11 Jennifer Jermaine, AZ House of Representatives Dist. 18 Sue Conley, WI State Assembly Dist. Jessica Hanson, MN House of Representatives Dist. 56A Tamara Grady, Osseo School Board #279, MI Jessica Mangrum, TX 200th District Court Tanya Ortiz Franklin, LA's Unified School Board Dist. 7, CA Jessica Ramos, NY State Senate Dist. 13 Tasha Boerner Horvath, CA State Assembly Dist. 76 Jessica Thomas, Peoria County Auditor, IL Tiesha Smith, Cook County Circuit Court, IL Jessie Lopez, Santa Ana City Council Ward 3, CA Tishaura Jones, St Louis City Treasurer, MO JoCasta Zamarripa, Milwaukee Common Council Dist. 8, WI Tracee Miller, St Louis Board of Education, MO Jody Shaduck-McNally, Larimer County Commissioner, CO Tyria Walton, Cook County Circuit Court 1st Subcircuit, IL Joyce Mason, IL House of Representatives Dist. 61 Valarie Lawson, RI State Senate Dist. 14 Julie von Haefen, NC House of Representatives Dist. 36 Veronica Cope, Gwinnett County State Court Judge, GA Kandie Smith, NC House of Representatives Dist. 8 Victoria Neave, TX House of Representatives Dist. 107 Kaohly Her, MNHouse of Representatives Dist. 64A Victoria Reinhardt, Ramsey County Board of Kari Niedfeldt-Thomas, Mayor, New Brighton, MN Commissioners Dist. 7, MN Kate Farrar, CT House of Representatives Dist. 20 Yamekia Robinson, Lake City Council Dist. 4, SC Thank You for Your Run

Abbi Sorrells McLean, County Coroner Katy Owens, UT State Senate Dist. 19 Abigail Medina, NH House of Reps Hillsborough 21 Kayla Koether, IA House of Representatives Dist. 55 Adrienne Bell, U.S. House TX 14th Congressional Dist. Kari Niedfeldt-Thomas, Mayor, New Brighton, MN Aleta Borrud, MN State Senate Dist. 26 Ketley Joachim, City Commission, North Miami Beach Alicia McClung, Dallas Independent School Dist. Board Group 3, FL of Trustees Dist. 8 Kim Butler, WI State Assembly Dist. 28 Amanda Bachmann, SD House of Reps Dist 24 Kim Hicks, MN House of Representatives Dist. 25A Amanda Qualls, IN House of Representatives Dist. 49 Kim Nelson, U.S House SC 4th Congressional Dist. Andrea Phillips, IA House Dist. 37 Kimberly Culbertson, Hillsboro City Council Ward 3B Anthia Owens Carter, GA House of Reps Dist. 47 Kimberly Hardy, NC House of Representatives Dist. 43 Barb Anness, MI House of Representatives Dist. 45 Kriss Marion, WI State Assembly Dist. 51 Beth Workman, OH House of Representatives Dist. 92 Kristin Dybvig-Pawelko, AZ House of Reps Dist. 15 Bonnie Wright, NH House of Reps Rockingham 8 Laurie Marshall, Justice of the Peace Dist. 3 Washington Brooke Abdallah, SD House of Representatives Dist. 31 County, AR Caroline Holko, Georgia House of Reps Dist. 46 Leigh Miller, GA House of Representatives Dist. 30 Carrie Duran, NH House of Representatives Carroll 6 Lindsey Simmons, U.S. House MO 4th Congressional Christine Triebsch, GA State Senate Dist. 32 Dist. Claudia Istel, NH House of Representatives Sullivan 7 Lisa Beck, IN House of Representatives Dist. 19 Crystal Chappell, KY House of Representatives Dist. 15 Liz Rosenbaum, CO House of Representatives Dist. 21 Daisy Bonilla, AR House of Representatives Dist. 93 Mariah Phillips, TN House of Representatives Dist. 37 Dani Brzozowski, U.S. House IL Dist. 16 Marie Gleason, IA House of Representatives to Dist. 94 De'Vonna Pittman, Hennepin County Commission Dist. Mary Murphy, MN State Senate Dist. 29 1 Meg Wheeler, MA State Senate Plymouth & Norfolk Dist. Deb Porter, IN House of Representatives Dist. 4 Megan Rezabek, U.S. House MO 3rd Congressional Dist. Diana Lawrence, WI State Assembly Dist. 56 Melissa Wilde, OH House of Representatives Dist. 77 Diane Michel Canada, TN House of Reps Dist. 56 Michele Anderson, MN State Senate Dist. 8 Donna Bergstrom, MN State Senate Dist. 7 Michelle Fadeley, IL House of Representatives Dist. 37 Elise Diesslin, MN House of Representatives Dist. 21B Michelle Lee, MN State Senate Dist. 11 Elizabeth Helminski, Grand Rapids Township Board Nancy Day-Achauer, OH House of Reps Dist. 23 Trustee Nicole Breadon, MI House of Representatives Dist. 43 Emily Berge, WI State Assembly Dist. 68 Pat Rhudy, GA House of Representatives Dist. 18 Erica P. Martinez, Orleans Parish School Board Dist. 6, Randi McCallian, CO Senate Dist. 10 LA Erin Preese, MN House of Representatives Dist. 58A Sandy Swan, Denton County Commissioners Court Dist. Erina Prom, MN House of Representatives Dist. 20A 1 Gail Young, NC House of Representatives Dist. 83 Sharon Anderson, MN State Senate Dist. 64 Hiral Tipirneni, Md, U.S. House for AZ 6th Congressional Sharon Girard, NH House of Reps Hillsborough 21 Dist. Sonia Cintron, Jersey City Public Schools Board of Holly Herson, CO House of Representatives Dist. 48 Education At-large Jacqueline (Jackie) Leung, OR House of Reps Dist. 15 Stephanie Keegan, NY State Assembly Dist. 94 Jenna Wadsworth, NC Commissioner of Agriculture Tamara Calhoun, MN House of Representatives Dist. 14A Jennifer Cantu, Fort Bend County Commissioners Court Tiffanie Roberts, OH House of Representatives Dist. 86 Precinct 1 Tina Barton, Oakland County Clerk Jennifer Lee, Wasatch County Clerk/Auditor Tonda Pauley, IN House of Representatives Dist. 78 Jennifer Mitkowski, CO House of Reps Dist. 43 Treva Gear, GA State Senate Dist. 8 Joan Greene, U.S House AZ 5th Congressional Dist. Victoria McWane-Creek, Fergus Falls City Council - 3rd Jody LaMacchia, MI House of Representatives Dist. 46 Ward Julia Pulver, MI House of Representatives Dist. 39 Wende Schwingendorf, Bernalillo County Commission Julie Jordan, GA House of Representatives Dist. 179 Dist. 4 Karen Novy Kendall, County Dist. Board 2 Wendy Thomas, NH House of Reps Hillsborough 21 Karla Bailey-Smith, IL House of Representatives Dist. 88 Yara Zokaie, CO House of Representatives Dist. 49