55. Making Dems Competitive Everywhere: Madeline Eden, CTO Movement Labs and Contest Every Race

Freedom Over Fascism

Stephanie talks with Madeline Eden, CTO of Movement Labs and Contest Every Race.
We’re letting 100,000 Republican candidates win every year without a challenger. We all know that when we put up Democratic candidates in state and local races, even in deeply red districts, more voters turn out, more people become engaged, and Democrats can win seats they’ve lost by default.
Madeline Eden is CTO of Movement Labs, as well as its project Contest Every Race, which has recruited more than 7000 candidates for all levels of campaigns. Thirty-eight percent of them have won their races. Contest Every Race runs a Rural Power Initiative and provides coaching for all the candidates it recruits, so that first time candidates have training and understanding of what it takes to run and win. We’ve discussed this in several different episodes over the past 2 seasons, so please check out past episodes with Blue Ohio, Blue Missouri, Blue Texas, Every State Blue, Run for Something, the Outrun Coalition, and many more.
https://www.contesteveryrace.com/