Run for Something
@runforsomething.net
We recruit & support young leaders running for state + local office in all 50 states + D.C. in order to build long-term sustainable power.
If you want to run for office, we're here to help you.
runforsomething.net
If you want to run for office, we're here to help you.
runforsomething.net
Grateful doesn’t even begin to cover it. Everything we build, every candidate we lift up, every win we celebrate, it’s because of this community.
A message from our president + co-founder, Amanda: thank you for being the reason this work moves. Happy Thanksgiving 🧡
A message from our president + co-founder, Amanda: thank you for being the reason this work moves. Happy Thanksgiving 🧡
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Grateful doesn’t even begin to cover it. Everything we build, every candidate we lift up, every win we celebrate, it’s because of this community.
A message from our president + co-founder, Amanda: thank you for being the reason this work moves. Happy Thanksgiving 🧡
A message from our president + co-founder, Amanda: thank you for being the reason this work moves. Happy Thanksgiving 🧡
How it started:@aftynbehn.bsky.social jumped into local organizing because her community deserved better.
How it’s going: She’s now an RFS alum running in a House special election in a district Trump won by 22 points.
That’s what bold leadership looks like.
https://nyti.ms/48c03SV
How it’s going: She’s now an RFS alum running in a House special election in a district Trump won by 22 points.
That’s what bold leadership looks like.
https://nyti.ms/48c03SV
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
How it started:@aftynbehn.bsky.social jumped into local organizing because her community deserved better.
How it’s going: She’s now an RFS alum running in a House special election in a district Trump won by 22 points.
That’s what bold leadership looks like.
https://nyti.ms/48c03SV
How it’s going: She’s now an RFS alum running in a House special election in a district Trump won by 22 points.
That’s what bold leadership looks like.
https://nyti.ms/48c03SV
Young candidates don’t have to imagine the affordability crisis; they’re budgeting around it every day: rent, food, childcare, all of it in real time. That’s why they lead differently, from lived experience.
If you’re living it too, maybe it’s time to run.
https://bit.ly/49FtJc1
If you’re living it too, maybe it’s time to run.
https://bit.ly/49FtJc1
Young Candidates Can Speak to the Affordability Crisis Because They’re Living It
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Young candidates don’t have to imagine the affordability crisis; they’re budgeting around it every day: rent, food, childcare, all of it in real time. That’s why they lead differently, from lived experience.
If you’re living it too, maybe it’s time to run.
https://bit.ly/49FtJc1
If you’re living it too, maybe it’s time to run.
https://bit.ly/49FtJc1
Democrats need charismatic young candidates who get today’s info ecosystem… and older ones must make way!
If that hit a little too hard, maybe it’s because she’s right.
Our generation is leading now → bit.ly/Run4what
If that hit a little too hard, maybe it’s because she’s right.
Our generation is leading now → bit.ly/Run4what
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Democrats need charismatic young candidates who get today’s info ecosystem… and older ones must make way!
If that hit a little too hard, maybe it’s because she’s right.
Our generation is leading now → bit.ly/Run4what
If that hit a little too hard, maybe it’s because she’s right.
Our generation is leading now → bit.ly/Run4what
How it started: RFS backed @sueanderbois.bsky.social in 2022 for Providence City Council.
How it’s going: she’s running for Lt. Governor in Rhode Island.
She’s all about bold vision, real follow-through, and collaboration over fear.
https://bit.ly/44hRnYr
How it’s going: she’s running for Lt. Governor in Rhode Island.
She’s all about bold vision, real follow-through, and collaboration over fear.
https://bit.ly/44hRnYr
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
How it started: RFS backed @sueanderbois.bsky.social in 2022 for Providence City Council.
How it’s going: she’s running for Lt. Governor in Rhode Island.
She’s all about bold vision, real follow-through, and collaboration over fear.
https://bit.ly/44hRnYr
How it’s going: she’s running for Lt. Governor in Rhode Island.
She’s all about bold vision, real follow-through, and collaboration over fear.
https://bit.ly/44hRnYr
RFS alum @zackzappone.bsky.social is out here doing the absolute most (complimentary) to keep Spokane renters from getting wrecked by shady rent algorithms. He’s pushing a ban to make sure tech doesn’t become a backdoor rent hike machine. Leaders who actually protect people? Yeah, we like that!
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
RFS alum @zackzappone.bsky.social is out here doing the absolute most (complimentary) to keep Spokane renters from getting wrecked by shady rent algorithms. He’s pushing a ban to make sure tech doesn’t become a backdoor rent hike machine. Leaders who actually protect people? Yeah, we like that!
Akbar Ali made the runoff in GA and would be the youngest person serving in the General Assembly if elected. Voters are ready for new energy and fresh leadership. Gen Z, it’s your turn.
https://bit.ly/4oQydS3
https://bit.ly/4oQydS3
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Akbar Ali made the runoff in GA and would be the youngest person serving in the General Assembly if elected. Voters are ready for new energy and fresh leadership. Gen Z, it’s your turn.
https://bit.ly/4oQydS3
https://bit.ly/4oQydS3
144 winners. Nearly all are talking about affordable housing.
Translation: Voters want leaders who actually get it. If you care about affordable rent, maybe it’s your turn.
Run for office → https://bit.ly/3EoNIhs
Translation: Voters want leaders who actually get it. If you care about affordable rent, maybe it’s your turn.
Run for office → https://bit.ly/3EoNIhs
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
144 winners. Nearly all are talking about affordable housing.
Translation: Voters want leaders who actually get it. If you care about affordable rent, maybe it’s your turn.
Run for office → https://bit.ly/3EoNIhs
Translation: Voters want leaders who actually get it. If you care about affordable rent, maybe it’s your turn.
Run for office → https://bit.ly/3EoNIhs
Meet @justicehorn.bsky.social and @andrewharbaugh.bsky.social
One heard the call to fight for equity. The other decided to rebuild trust in local power. They both are taking charge locally because the status quo wasn’t cutting it.
Young leaders don’t wait for change, they are the change.
One heard the call to fight for equity. The other decided to rebuild trust in local power. They both are taking charge locally because the status quo wasn’t cutting it.
Young leaders don’t wait for change, they are the change.
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Meet @justicehorn.bsky.social and @andrewharbaugh.bsky.social
One heard the call to fight for equity. The other decided to rebuild trust in local power. They both are taking charge locally because the status quo wasn’t cutting it.
Young leaders don’t wait for change, they are the change.
One heard the call to fight for equity. The other decided to rebuild trust in local power. They both are taking charge locally because the status quo wasn’t cutting it.
Young leaders don’t wait for change, they are the change.
Feeling fired up with all the wins lately? Hit the Candidate Intro Call on Nov. 19 at 8pm ET and get the real scoop on running for office.
Sign up → https://bit.ly/4iaMGpo
Sign up → https://bit.ly/4iaMGpo
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Feeling fired up with all the wins lately? Hit the Candidate Intro Call on Nov. 19 at 8pm ET and get the real scoop on running for office.
Sign up → https://bit.ly/4iaMGpo
Sign up → https://bit.ly/4iaMGpo
RFS president @amandalitman.bsky.social told the Metro the truth. Nearly every winning RFS candidate talks about affordability, especially housing. When rent eats your paycheck, the message writes itself.
https://bit.ly/4nZf4vK
https://bit.ly/4nZf4vK
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
RFS president @amandalitman.bsky.social told the Metro the truth. Nearly every winning RFS candidate talks about affordability, especially housing. When rent eats your paycheck, the message writes itself.
https://bit.ly/4nZf4vK
https://bit.ly/4nZf4vK
Alejandra Salinas is in a Houston runoff, and she’s not staying quiet. She’s calling out the mayor for working with ICE after her own relative, a U.S. citizen, was wrongly detained.
She’s demanding transparency, safety, and a city that protects people, not harmful actors.
She’s demanding transparency, safety, and a city that protects people, not harmful actors.
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Alejandra Salinas is in a Houston runoff, and she’s not staying quiet. She’s calling out the mayor for working with ICE after her own relative, a U.S. citizen, was wrongly detained.
She’s demanding transparency, safety, and a city that protects people, not harmful actors.
She’s demanding transparency, safety, and a city that protects people, not harmful actors.
🚨 @chiosse.bsky.social challenging Hakeem Jeffries is the plot twist politics needed.
Young leaders aren’t waiting for permission anymore. They’re naming what’s not working and running to fix it.
Momentum is shifting, and it’s coming from the next generation.
Young leaders aren’t waiting for permission anymore. They’re naming what’s not working and running to fix it.
Momentum is shifting, and it’s coming from the next generation.
Chi Ossé files paperwork to challenge Hakeem Jeffries from the left
The NYC City Council member said in a statement that Democratic leadership is "failing to effectively fight back against Donald Trump."
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November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🚨 @chiosse.bsky.social challenging Hakeem Jeffries is the plot twist politics needed.
Young leaders aren’t waiting for permission anymore. They’re naming what’s not working and running to fix it.
Momentum is shifting, and it’s coming from the next generation.
Young leaders aren’t waiting for permission anymore. They’re naming what’s not working and running to fix it.
Momentum is shifting, and it’s coming from the next generation.
Now that the election chaos has settled, RFS president @amandalitman.bsky.socialand @danpfeiffer.bsky.social are spilling the tea. Pull up on Nov. 18 at 12pm ET and find out what actually went down in 2025.
Register → https://bit.ly/4oH52R3
Register → https://bit.ly/4oH52R3
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Now that the election chaos has settled, RFS president @amandalitman.bsky.socialand @danpfeiffer.bsky.social are spilling the tea. Pull up on Nov. 18 at 12pm ET and find out what actually went down in 2025.
Register → https://bit.ly/4oH52R3
Register → https://bit.ly/4oH52R3
Kelsea Bond broke barriers last week as a queer union organizer and renter elected to Atlanta City Council. 🏳️🌈✊
RFS Pres. @amandalitman.bsky.social + Sara Wiles chatted about how their lived experience is their leadership.
Change looks like this → bit.ly/Run4what
RFS Pres. @amandalitman.bsky.social + Sara Wiles chatted about how their lived experience is their leadership.
Change looks like this → bit.ly/Run4what
November 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Kelsea Bond broke barriers last week as a queer union organizer and renter elected to Atlanta City Council. 🏳️🌈✊
RFS Pres. @amandalitman.bsky.social + Sara Wiles chatted about how their lived experience is their leadership.
Change looks like this → bit.ly/Run4what
RFS Pres. @amandalitman.bsky.social + Sara Wiles chatted about how their lived experience is their leadership.
Change looks like this → bit.ly/Run4what
“2025 elections are over” — ok, and?
We’re already on to 2026.
RFS is working in every corner of the country to recruit and support the next wave of local leaders.
The fight doesn’t pause—it battles up. → bit.ly/Run4what
We’re already on to 2026.
RFS is working in every corner of the country to recruit and support the next wave of local leaders.
The fight doesn’t pause—it battles up. → bit.ly/Run4what
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Take the next step: Look up offices you can run for
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November 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“2025 elections are over” — ok, and?
We’re already on to 2026.
RFS is working in every corner of the country to recruit and support the next wave of local leaders.
The fight doesn’t pause—it battles up. → bit.ly/Run4what
We’re already on to 2026.
RFS is working in every corner of the country to recruit and support the next wave of local leaders.
The fight doesn’t pause—it battles up. → bit.ly/Run4what
Two years ago, Lily Franklin lost by 183 votes.This year? She won. 🔥
@amandalitman.bsky.social + Sara Wiles talked about her comeback on Substack Live—proof that persistence pays off.
Congrats, Lily—VA’s House of Delegates just got a major upgrade.
@amandalitman.bsky.social + Sara Wiles talked about her comeback on Substack Live—proof that persistence pays off.
Congrats, Lily—VA’s House of Delegates just got a major upgrade.
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Two years ago, Lily Franklin lost by 183 votes.This year? She won. 🔥
@amandalitman.bsky.social + Sara Wiles talked about her comeback on Substack Live—proof that persistence pays off.
Congrats, Lily—VA’s House of Delegates just got a major upgrade.
@amandalitman.bsky.social + Sara Wiles talked about her comeback on Substack Live—proof that persistence pays off.
Congrats, Lily—VA’s House of Delegates just got a major upgrade.
We’re all fired up, but what happens after the rally?
In her latest piece for The Nation, RFS President @amandalitman.bsky.social makes a clear case: to build real power, we need bold, next-gen leaders leaning into local offices. We need to build power in all local aspects.
In her latest piece for The Nation, RFS President @amandalitman.bsky.social makes a clear case: to build real power, we need bold, next-gen leaders leaning into local offices. We need to build power in all local aspects.
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We’re all fired up, but what happens after the rally?
In her latest piece for The Nation, RFS President @amandalitman.bsky.social makes a clear case: to build real power, we need bold, next-gen leaders leaning into local offices. We need to build power in all local aspects.
In her latest piece for The Nation, RFS President @amandalitman.bsky.social makes a clear case: to build real power, we need bold, next-gen leaders leaning into local offices. We need to build power in all local aspects.
100+ local wins. 36 red to blue flips. 15 Gen-Zs elected. 23 states represented.
That’s not luck, it’s a movement.
We’re building the future, one ballot at a time → https://bit.ly/3EoNIhs
That’s not luck, it’s a movement.
We’re building the future, one ballot at a time → https://bit.ly/3EoNIhs
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
100+ local wins. 36 red to blue flips. 15 Gen-Zs elected. 23 states represented.
That’s not luck, it’s a movement.
We’re building the future, one ballot at a time → https://bit.ly/3EoNIhs
That’s not luck, it’s a movement.
We’re building the future, one ballot at a time → https://bit.ly/3EoNIhs
2025 elections ✅
2026 starts now.
If you’re thinking about running, don’t wait—our next endorsement deadline is Jan 11, 2026.
Your city. Your story. Your run.
Apply here → https://bit.ly/4gJnTXc
2026 starts now.
If you’re thinking about running, don’t wait—our next endorsement deadline is Jan 11, 2026.
Your city. Your story. Your run.
Apply here → https://bit.ly/4gJnTXc
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
2025 elections ✅
2026 starts now.
If you’re thinking about running, don’t wait—our next endorsement deadline is Jan 11, 2026.
Your city. Your story. Your run.
Apply here → https://bit.ly/4gJnTXc
2026 starts now.
If you’re thinking about running, don’t wait—our next endorsement deadline is Jan 11, 2026.
Your city. Your story. Your run.
Apply here → https://bit.ly/4gJnTXc
Two Gen-Z electeds just made history 🗳️
➡️ Mekkai Williams, fresh out of Hempfield High, helped flip the school board blue for the first time ever.
➡️ Jayden Williams just became the youngest mayor in Stockbridge, GA at 22.
This is what investing in young leadership looks like.
➡️ Mekkai Williams, fresh out of Hempfield High, helped flip the school board blue for the first time ever.
➡️ Jayden Williams just became the youngest mayor in Stockbridge, GA at 22.
This is what investing in young leadership looks like.
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Two Gen-Z electeds just made history 🗳️
➡️ Mekkai Williams, fresh out of Hempfield High, helped flip the school board blue for the first time ever.
➡️ Jayden Williams just became the youngest mayor in Stockbridge, GA at 22.
This is what investing in young leadership looks like.
➡️ Mekkai Williams, fresh out of Hempfield High, helped flip the school board blue for the first time ever.
➡️ Jayden Williams just became the youngest mayor in Stockbridge, GA at 22.
This is what investing in young leadership looks like.
Every dollar fuels the next local win. The next change maker, the next you.
Donate today—because democracy doesn’t build itself.
https://bit.ly/43p2e2A
Donate today—because democracy doesn’t build itself.
https://bit.ly/43p2e2A
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Every dollar fuels the next local win. The next change maker, the next you.
Donate today—because democracy doesn’t build itself.
https://bit.ly/43p2e2A
Donate today—because democracy doesn’t build itself.
https://bit.ly/43p2e2A
These races aren’t over, the heat is on, and our candidates are built to run. 🔥
Ten Run for Something candidates are headed to runoffs in FL, NJ, SC, GA, and TX.
They’ve got the momentum, let’s keep it going! ⚡
Ten Run for Something candidates are headed to runoffs in FL, NJ, SC, GA, and TX.
They’ve got the momentum, let’s keep it going! ⚡
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
These races aren’t over, the heat is on, and our candidates are built to run. 🔥
Ten Run for Something candidates are headed to runoffs in FL, NJ, SC, GA, and TX.
They’ve got the momentum, let’s keep it going! ⚡
Ten Run for Something candidates are headed to runoffs in FL, NJ, SC, GA, and TX.
They’ve got the momentum, let’s keep it going! ⚡
Today we honor veterans who continue to serve in city halls, statehouses, and school boards across the country. 🇺🇸
These leaders remind us that public service doesn’t end when the uniform comes off. It evolves. ✊🏾
These leaders remind us that public service doesn’t end when the uniform comes off. It evolves. ✊🏾
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today we honor veterans who continue to serve in city halls, statehouses, and school boards across the country. 🇺🇸
These leaders remind us that public service doesn’t end when the uniform comes off. It evolves. ✊🏾
These leaders remind us that public service doesn’t end when the uniform comes off. It evolves. ✊🏾
Four seats. Four new reasons to believe.
Congrats to Shikole Struber (Troy, NY), Stephanie Yeh (Esopus, NY), Gabrielle Richards (North Tonawanda, NY), & Bryce Kaw-uh (Manchester, NH)—each flipped their seats blue. 🌊
The next generation is leading. Join them → runforwhat.net
Congrats to Shikole Struber (Troy, NY), Stephanie Yeh (Esopus, NY), Gabrielle Richards (North Tonawanda, NY), & Bryce Kaw-uh (Manchester, NH)—each flipped their seats blue. 🌊
The next generation is leading. Join them → runforwhat.net
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Four seats. Four new reasons to believe.
Congrats to Shikole Struber (Troy, NY), Stephanie Yeh (Esopus, NY), Gabrielle Richards (North Tonawanda, NY), & Bryce Kaw-uh (Manchester, NH)—each flipped their seats blue. 🌊
The next generation is leading. Join them → runforwhat.net
Congrats to Shikole Struber (Troy, NY), Stephanie Yeh (Esopus, NY), Gabrielle Richards (North Tonawanda, NY), & Bryce Kaw-uh (Manchester, NH)—each flipped their seats blue. 🌊
The next generation is leading. Join them → runforwhat.net