by Donna Edwards

One week ago today, with the help and support of PDA, we earned an historic victory not only for our district, but also for progressives across the country. The residents of Maryland’s 4th Congressional District did their part to change the ways of Washington D.C. and I am proud to now be the Democratic congressional nominee in this great district.

I want to thank the hardworking PDA activists across the country who helped with the predictive phone bank and contributed to my campaign, as well as, those people throughout the district who worked as human billboards, distributed campaign literature, made phone calls, and performed other forms of voter outreach. I want to especially thank Tim Carpenter, Diane Shamis, Tom Pallow, Mike Hersh, Steve Shaff and Steve Cobble for their extraordinary leadership.

I was honored to have PDA National Chair Mimi Kennedy join me in Maryland for the final days of the primary campaign. She, with other PDA members, attended a volunteer rally and spent the last several days visiting metro stops, supermarkets and street corners all over the district helping to get out the vote.

Our victory has sent a message of change across the entire country. Congress has been put on notice that we want to end this war in Iraq; we want true universal healthcare; we want economic justice and we want sustainable energy solutions to combat the immediate threat of global warming. Thank you PDA and I look forward to working with you in winning the general election in November. Together, we will work to implement the progressive agenda in the 111th Congress.

This campaign shows that progressives around the country have the power–when united and coordinated–to help progressive candidates win, and that one day soon we will have a progressive governing majority. PDA was able to help me because of “Change Makes Change” partners like you, who have invested in PDA’s electoral strategy. Those sustaining contributions made a huge impact in my campaign–and will help expand progressive electoral activism.

Sincerely,

Donna Edwards