Taking “Every County, Every Vote” to the U.S. Senate
When I decided to run for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat, I knew this wouldn’t be a typical campaign.

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When I decided to run for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat, I knew this wouldn’t be a typical campaign.
I am thrilled to now support the Electoral Count Reform Act and urge both chambers of Congress to pass it as soon as possible.
Election deniers lost several high-profile races in the midterms and Democrats performed better than expected, but democracy remains in jeopardy.
The Republican Party has abandoned decency and respect, choosing instead to break our fragile electoral system for political gain.
We passed legislation to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
Stymied at the ballot box, Republicans are now turning to courts directly to undo voter protections and enable election subversion.
Florida and democracy are in the headlines again. This time, it’s because the state government arrested dozens of Florida citizens for voting in August.
Protecting our right to vote and our democracy itself depends on flipping just a handful of pivotal seats in state legislatures.
Next term, the six conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court could gut what remains of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
While we cannot count on election deniers to moderate their GOP-controlled state legislatures, we shouldn’t count on voter suppressors like Gov. Brian Kemp (R) either.