Blue Missouri was formerly known as It Starts Today-Missouri. It is a joint project between former Ohio Democratic party chair David Pepper and Every State Blue, formerly known as It Starts Today.
David’s highly-acclaimed book Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call From Behind the Lines details the risk anti-democratic statehouses (like Ohio’s) pose to our democracy. If you’ve not read it, you should; Hillary Rodham Clinton recommends it, and so do we. You can get it HERE.
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It Starts Today was founded after the 2016 election by Jonathan Zucker, former COO and CEO of ActBlue. Convinced that the power of the Democrats’ grassroots community coupled with small-dollar recurring donations could change fundraising forever, he got to work creating groundbreaking national and state-based programs.
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Together, we’re going to change Missouri.
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What You Get When You Join Blue Missouri
Membership in the only grassroots community that’s focused on making sure every Democratic nominee for Missouri state legislature has resources to run a campaign.
If you’re a member at the $10/month level or more, you’re automatically invited to participate in our members-only monthly Team Blue Missouri calls with former state legislative nominee and current Blue Missouri Executive Director Jessica Piper.
Knowledge – backed up with data – that you are boosting the vote share for the top of the ticket and local turnout, while helping reach the millions of Missourians who were left behind in 2022. (See our Washington University study results!).
Pride that no matter what else you have going on, you’re doing something that’s meaningful and impactful.
Peace of mind that you’re fighting for a better future for yourself and your loved ones.
Satisfaction that just by being part of our community you’re telling the Missouri GOP that you’re on to them. You’re not letting their corruption and lawlessness slide, and you won’t let them sell out your democracy without a fight.
Gratification that you play a role in holding people in
the statehouse accountable.
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Running Nominees Matters
Just having a nominee for state house on the ballot increases the vote share for the top of the ticket by 1.5%.
But in 2022, 66 of Missouri’s 163 House Districts had no Democratic nominee on the ballot.
The nearly 2.5 million Missourians live in those 66 districts didn’t have the option to vote for a Democrat for state house … because there wasn’t one on the ballot.
Funding Nominees Matters
There’s more: Funding nominees boosts turnout, too. In fact, funding a challenger at $0.36 per eligible voter increases turnout by 1%.
But in 2022, another 22 Districts were underfunded – averaging just $4,857 to reach over 37,000 people.
Those 22 Districts include another 832,480 Missourians, who probably didn’t hear from their cash-strapped Democratic nominee.