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Support organizations that were pushing for expansive ballot measures in Arizona and Michigan.Boost voter outreach programs, such as groups organizing registration drives at local Pennsylvania jails and "souls to the polls" events in Florida. Advocacy campaigns to urge local officials to expand access to early voting. In all, the organizations funded 126 groups in 16 states, from national battleground states like Arizona and Pennsylvania to places like South Carolina and New Jersey, where most state races haven't been particularly competitive.“It was very clear that there was a mobilized electorate who cared about democracy, but they were on the wrong side,”…

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Collins (R-Ga.) has not formally announced that Phillips, 36, will be his chief of staff, but three Republican members of Congress from Georgia have told POLITICO that he has been selected for the job. He participated in a meeting on November 30 that was held exclusively for the Georgia Republican congressional chiefs of staff in an office next to the office of Rep. Rick Allen (R-Ga.), according to two of those employees. And Phillips interviewed at least one congressional aide for a potential position in Collins' office, they said. Phillips was also with Collins for new member orientation last month,…

“DFA dropped everything on the field to stop the red wave and win critical top-to-bottom ballot elections across the country,” he said. “As we head into the next cycle in this difficult fundraising environment, we have decided to close the PAC. We are excited that the DFA Advocacy Fund will continue its work for the foreseeable future focused on electoral reforms such as ranked-choice voting and the national popular vote.” Yvette Simpson, the most recent executive director of Democracy for America, announced on Twitter last week that she was quitting. She did not detail the reason for her departure, but…