Swing Left East Bay engages in grassroots organizing to elect representatives who support democracy and policies that move our country forward, not backward. We organize activities in the San Francisco East Bay with the goal of electing Democrats across the nation.
We were instrumental in flipping and holding vital seats in California, Arizona and Georgia in past elections. Join us today! To learn more about us, CLICK HERE.
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Swing Left East Bay publishes a weekly newsletter with updates about upcoming events, opportunities to get involved and relevant updates about electoral politics in the news.
You can also follow us on Facebook or email us directly with questions at swinglefteastbay@gmail.com.
What Happens in Reno…
Swing Left East Bay is organizing volunteers to travel to Reno over the weekend of June 1-2 to get out the vote for the presidential, senatorial and congressional elections and the ballot measure to enshrine women's reproductive rights in the Nevada constitution. Nevada will be a battleground state for the presidential election and control of the Senate. If you want to start working directly on making sure Joe Biden is reelected, this is your chance.
We will be working to coordinate travel and lodging to keep down costs and so signing up early is encouraged.
To attend an informational session about the trip on Sunday, May 12 CLICK HERE.
To sign up to canvass in Reno on June 1/2 CLICK HERE.
You will be knocking the doors of likely supporters and people will be happy and excited to see you and grateful for the work you're doing. It promises to be a great time in "The Biggest Little City in the World."
Canvassing in the Central Valley
Democrat Adam Gray lost California's 13th Congressional District by 564 votes in 2022. This is a crucial pick-up opportunity in 2024 and Swing Left East Bay is starting monthly canvass trips to Lathrop and Modesto, in the northern part of the district. Retaking the House will not come easily, and mobilization must begin now!
Volunteers will knock on doors of likely Democrats and share about the stakes in the upcoming election, asking them if they’ll commit to remind three friends to vote. Folks will be asked to fill out a postcard which you will then store and mail back shortly before Election Day. This approach has been shown to significantly increase a voter’s likelihood of voting and to increase the likelihood of people in their house or neighborhood voting.
May 5 (Ceres) - RSVP
May 19 (Lathrop) - RSVP
June 9 (Patterson) - RSVP
June 23 (Modesto) - RSVP
Want to Learn More?
If you haven't decided to canvass yet, but want to learn more and get your questions answered before you commit, you can now join one of SLEB's canvass training webinars, which will take place on the Saturday before each canvass on Zoom. The training will review the script/purposes of the canvass, how to address the most common issues that voters bring up, and how to help someone register to vote. Click the link below to register.
Letter Writing
Vote Forward will begin letter-writing campaigns in March and Swing Left East Bay will once again be offering opportunities to join letter-writing parties and pick up letters. Writing letters to underrepresented voters is a fun, easy way to strengthen our democracy that can boost voter turnout by as much as 3.4 percentage points. In what are expected to be very close races, this can make or break an election. To learn more click HERE.
Phone Banking
Join Swing Left East Bay and Bay Area Coalition (BAC) for 2024 Phone Banks. A variety of phoning options will be available including calling the California Central Valley to elect Adam Gray in CA 13 and Rudy Salas in CA 22. We will also call into the swing states of Nevada and Arizona with their coordinated state campaigns as well as to elect Democratic state legislatures with Sister District, Center for Common Ground and Northeast AZ Native Democrats.
Donate to One of the Best House Pickup Opportunities in the Nation
In 2022 we lost the 13th Congressional District in California's Central Valley by 564 votes. Adam Gray, the Democratic candidate, is running again. He is our best chance to replace the extremist Republican and get us one step closer to retaking Congress. While in the State Legislature, Adam championed common sense solutions to critical issues, including expanding access to health care and early education.
Please donate as generously as you can -- 100% of the proceeds go directly to Adam Gray for Congress.
Swing Left East Bay in the News
Los Angeles Times features SLEB’s efforts to secure Georgia’s Senate seats.
San Francisco Chronicle featuring Swing Left's efforts to flip Arizona and SLEB volunteer Debbie Raucher.
MSNBC story featuring SLEB steering committee member, Ethan Stone!
East Bay Express featured SLEB’s letter writing efforts.
Oakland Voices featured our efforts to flip Georgia’s Senate seats.
Cool Tools Podcast featured SLEB steering committee member, Ethan Stone!