All of us have been proud to support progressive candidates near and far. Our results speak volumes for the close contests, hard-fought victories, and occasional landslides. The wins make it all worthwhile. There’s a lot to learn and take away from the losses, too, though.
Take a look for yourself to see the variety of campaigns for which our volunteer writers dedicated themselves to boosting Democratic voter turnout.
| Candidate | State | Office | Election Date | Votes For | Election % | Trump % | Outcome | |
| Jon Ossoff | GA | US Congress | 4/18/2017 | 92,673 | 48.1% | 48.3% | Runoff | |
| Christine Triebsch | GA | State Senate | 5/16/2017 | 14,057 | 43.0% | 51.3% | Loss | |
| Archie Parnell | SC | US Congress | 6/21/2017 | 42,341 | 47.9% | 54.9% | Loss | |
| Karen Gaddis | OK | State Representative | 7/3/2017 | 1,073 | 52.3% | 63.3% | Win | |
| Kevin Cavanaugh | NH | State Senate | 7/25/2017 | 4,751 | 54.8% | 47.2% | Win | |
| Phil Miller | IA | State Representative | 8/8/2017 | 4,062 | 53.7% | 51.8% | Win | |
| Kevin Patterson | AZ | City Council | 8/29/2017 | 16,897 | 47.9% | 49.5% | Loss | |
| Karen Keys-Gamarra | VA | School Board | 8/29/2017 | 41,526 | 63.9% | 44.4% | Win | |
| Josh Adjutant | NH | State Representative | 9/5/2017 | 562 | 46.7% | 47.2% | Loss | |
| Charles St. Clair | NH | State Representative | 9/12/2017 | 1,268 | 55.7% | 47.2% | Win | |
| Kathryn Rehner | MS | State Representative | 9/12/2017 | 807 | 24.5% | 47.6% | Runoff | |
| Annette Taddeo | FL | State Senate | 9/26/2017 | 22,649 | 50.9% | 39.5% | Win | |
| Kari Lerner | NH | State Representative | 9/26/2017 | 901 | 49.9% | 73.0% | Win | |
| Zainab Baloch | NC | City Council | 10/10/2017 | 10419 | 11.0% | 37.9% | Loss | |
| Casey Conley | NH | State Representative | 10/24/2017 | 319 | 78.0% | 48.7% | Win | |
| Vicki Horton | GA | City Council | 11/7/2017 | 2,597 | 42.0% | 69.2% | Runoff | |
| Kelly Fowler | VA | State Representative | 11/7/2017 | 12,540 | 52.58% | 45.03% | Win | |
| Joan Lewis | CT | City Council | 11/7/2017 | 1,506 | 11.52% | 48.09% | Win | |
| Carolyn Arabolos | CT | City Council | 11/7/2017 | 1,256 | 9.61% | 48.09% | Loss | |
| Lisa Conant | CT | City Council | 11/7/2017 | 1,337 | 10.23% | 48.09% | Win | |
| Jonathan Hand | CT | City Council | 11/7/2017 | 1,368 | 10.47% | 48.09% | Win | |
| Sam Norman | CT | City Council | 11/7/2017 | 1,185 | 9.07% | 48.09% | Win | |
| Kathie Allen | UT | US Congress | 11/7/2017 | 29,449 | 27.1% | 39.8% | Loss | |
| Deb Carroll | CT | City Council | 11/7/2017 | 3,452 | 8.30% | 38.38% | Win | |
| Mary LaChance | CT | City Council | 11/7/2017 | 3,568 | 8.56% | 38.38% | Win | |
| Jake McChesney | CT | City Council | 11/7/2017 | 3,155 | 7.59% | 38.38% | Loss | |
| Larry Niland | CT | City Council | 11/7/2017 | 3,673 | 8.83% | 38.38% | Win | |
| David Peniston | CT | Board of Education | 11/7/2017 | 3,605 | 26.10% | 38.38% | Win | |
| Manisha Srivastva | CT | Board of Assessment Appeals | 11/7/2017 | 3,491 | 51.60% | 38.38% | Win | |
| Rich Quagliaroli | CT | Board of Fire Commissioners | 11/7/2017 | 3,835 | 56.68% | 38.38% | Win | |
| Jill Barry | CT | City Council | 11/7/2017 | 4,048 | 9.74% | 38.38% | Win | |
| Doug Foyle | CT | Board of Education | 11/7/2017 | 3,778 | 27.40% | 38.38% | Win | |
| Tom Gullota | CT | City Council | 11/7/2017 | 4,052 | 9.74% | 38.38% | Win | |
| James McIntosh | CT | Board of Finance | 11/7/2017 | 3,402 | 50.34% | 38.38% | Win | |
| Sandy O’Leary | CT | Zoning Board of Appeals | 11/7/2017 | 3,940 | 29.23% | 38.38% | Win | |
| Jaye Winkler | CT | Zoning Board of Appeals | 11/7/2017 | 3,336 | 24.73% | 38.38% | Win | |
| Kimberly Anne Tucker | VA | State Representative | 11/7/2017 | 9,127 | 40.88% | 58.0% | Loss | |
| Cheryl Turpin | VA | State Representative | 11/7/2017 | 11,843 | 50.73% | 47.0% | Win | |
| John L. Bell | VA | Sheriff | 11/7/2017 | 40,116 | 37.21% | 48.75% | Loss | |
| Susan Hippen | VA | Treasurer | 11/7/2017 | 39,256 | 33.19% | 48.75% | Loss | |
| Deborah Gonzalez | GA | State Representative | 11/7/2017 | 3,113 | 64.05% | 27.96% | Win | |
| Kellen Squire | VA | State Representative | 11/7/2017 | 11,797 | 38.74% | 56.0% | Loss | |
| Michelle Minnick | PA | Town Supervisor | 11/7/2017 | 2,653 | 52.68% | 37.44% | Win | |
| Kimberly Koch | PA | Town Auditor | 11/7/2017 | 2,593 | 58.64% | 37.44% | Win | |
| Christine Chen | NJ | State Senate | 11/7/2017 | 24,515 | 40.90% | 47.50% | Loss | |
| Laura Shaw | NJ | Assembly | 11/7/2017 | 24,171 | 21.11% | 47.50% | Loss | |
| Charles Boody | NJ | Assembly | 11/7/2017 | 21,502 | 18.78% | 47.50% | Loss | |
| Kelly DeLucia | VA | State Representative | 11/7/2017 | 14,947 | 42.97% | 54.0% | Loss | |
| Hassan Essa | NH | Alderman | 11/7/2017 | 795 | 47.94% | 47.45% | Loss | |
| Erika Connors | NH | School Board | 11/7/2017 | 1,095 | 47.42% | 47.45% | Loss | |
| Brian Sullivan | NH | State Representative | 11/7/2017 | 1,297 | 65.90% | 48.70% | Win | |
| Ellen Ceisler | PA | Commonwealth Court | 11/7/2017 | 99,022 | 30.64% | 37.44% | Win | |
| Teresa Davis | MS | Circuit Clerk | 11/28/2017 | 2,836 | 48.96% | 47.50% | Loss | |
| Doug Jones | AL | U.S. Senate | 12/12/2017 | 671,151 | 49.90% | 62.10% | Win | |
| Mary Alice Carfi | TN | State Senate | 12/19/2017 | 5,682 | 48.68% | 72.00% | Loss | |
| Jose Vazquez | FL | State Representative | 12/19/2017 | 4,715 | 33.83% | 53.00% | Loss | |
| Phyllis Hatcher | GA | State Senate | 1/9/2018 | 2,772 | 34.36% | N/A | Loss | |
| Cindy Boatwright | SC | State Representative | 1/16/2018 | 1,587 | 43.30% | 55.00% | Loss | |
| Rita DeJong | IA | State Representative | 1/16/2018 | 1,712 | 44.26% | 62.40% | Loss | |
| Patty Schachtner | WI | State Senate | 1/16/2018 | 12,241 | 54.82% | 55.30% | Win | |
| Dennis D. Degenhardt | WI | State Assembly | 1/16/2018 | 1,878 | 43.37% | 66.52% | Loss | |
| Greta Neubauer | WI | State Assembly | 1/16/2018 | 831 | 95.96% | 26.50% | Win | |
| Austin Davis | PA | State Representative | 1/23/2018 | 3,200 | 73.92% | 39.41% | Win | |
| Ethan Perkinson | MO | State Representative | 2/6/2018 | 1,077 | 35.67% | 71.00% | Loss | |
| Mike Revis | MO | State Representative | 2/6/2018 | 1,787 | 51.56% | 61.00% | Win | |
| Ronna Ford | MO | State Representative | 2/6/2018 | 963 | 30.91% | 81.00% | Loss | |
| Jim Scaggs | MO | State Representative | 2/6/2018 | 2,699 | 47.38% | 78.00% | Loss | |
| Margaret Good | FL | State Representative | 2/13/2018 | 23,054 | 52.17% | 50.71% | Win | |
| Amber Jensen | OK | State Senate | 2/13/2018 | 2,914 | 32.03% | 84.21% | Loss | |
| Morris Mock, Jr. | MS | State Representative | 2/20/2018 | 325 | 16.78% | 71.30% | Loss | |
| Phil Spagnuolo | NH | State Representative | 2/27/2018 | 968 | 53.50% | 53.63% | Win | |
| Kelly Smith | KY | State Representative | 2/27/2018 | 1,399 | 33.20% | 78.99% | Loss | |
| Charles Murdock | OK | State Representative | 3/6/2018 | 513 | 27.87% | 80.44% | Loss | |
| Tom Swisstack | NM | Mayor | 3/6/2018 | 4,486 | 44.60% | N/A | Loss | |
| Gayle Jordan | TN | State Senate | 3/13/2018 | 5,179 | 28.27% | 69.82% | Loss | |
| Conor Lamb | PA | US Congress | 3/13/2018 | 113,813 | 49.80% | 58.10% | Win | |
| Marie Newman | IL | Primary | 3/20/2018 | 44,992 | 48.80% | N/A | Loss | |
| Terry Jones | AL | State Representative | 3/27/2018 | 2,167 | 47.09% | 58.00% | Loss | |
| Emily Antul | MA | Board of Selectmen | 4/3/2018 | 1,984 | 32.12% | 39.10% | Win | |
| Jim Hawkins | MA | State Representative | 4/3/2018 | 3,927 | 51.90% | 42.15% | Win | |
| Rebecca Dallet | WI | Supreme Court | 4/3/2018 | 555,196 | 55.77% | 47.20% | Win | |
| Kevin Seltzer | MO | School Board | 4/3/2018 | 9,870 | 27.23% | N/A | Win | |
| Matthew Schindler | MO | School Board | 4/3/2018 | 11,016 | 30.38% | N/A | Win | |
| Jamie Spotts | WI | County Board | 4/3/2018 | 317 | 35.30% | 55.83% | Loss | |
| Lori Berman | FL | State Senate | 4/10/2018 | 22,868 | 74.80% | 37.18% | Win | |
| Tracy Freese | IA | State Senate | 4/10/2018 | 3,786 | 44.22% | 64.06% | Loss | |
| Lizette Escobedo | CA | City Council | 4/10/2018 | 1,354 | 49.02% | 39.04% | Loss | |
| Shelley Mayer | NY | State Senate | 4/24/2018 | 24,238 | 57.67% | 37.54% | Win | |
| Dr. Hiral Tipirneni | AZ | US Congress | 4/24/2018 | 82,318 | 47.39% | 58.10% | Loss | |
| Aidan O’Connor Jr. | NY | State Representative | 4/24/2018 | 8,259 | 44.32% | 58.61% | Loss | |
| Steve Stern | NY | State Representative | 4/24/2018 | 5,748 | 59.12% | 44.85% | Win | |
| Harvey Epstein | NY | State Representative | 4/24/2018 | 3,900 | 90.32% | 11.22% | Win | |
| Deb Slinkosky | NY | State Representative | 4/24/2018 | 1,658 | 36.81% | 60.40% | Loss |