Two community organizers see their wins as a progressive blueprint for taking on the establishment and mobilizing the Democratic base.
Both Lauren Ashley Simmons, who trounced four-term incumbent Shawn Thierry to win the House District 146 race by 29 percentage points, and Molly Cook, who narrowly beat House Representative Jarvis Johnson in the Senate District 15 race by 74 votes, drew upon the community they helped organize to turn out votes leading up to yesterday’s runoff election. It paid off.
Both seats are securely Democratic, guaranteeing Simmons and Cook a likely win in the general election. Eight Democrats who currently serve with Thierry, as well as former State Representative Garnet Coleman and U.S. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, endorsed Simmons. “She ain’t never had y’all’s back,” CrockettAt the end, Thierry turned to GOP big donors to fund her campaign.
“The big money and big lies will continue pouring into our district leading up to the runoff election… This seat can not be bought, it must be earned,” Johnson said in a statement after losing the special election earlier this month.
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