To: Interested Parties
From: Pete Maysmith, SVP of Campaigns, LCV Victory Fund
Date: September 13, 2022
Re: Weekly LCV Victory Fund Update

If it’s Tuesday, it’s time for your weekly installment of LCV Victory Fund updates. We’re officially two months out from Election Day today, and if you’re a voter who cares about climate in a House or Senate battleground, you’re probably hearing from us.

As a reminder, this cycle, LCV Victory Fund is part of the joint $100 million Climate Votes Project with Climate Power Action, Climate Reality Action Fund, EDF Action Votes (EDF AV), NRDC Action Votes (NRDC AV), and NextGen PAC to elect climate champions.

Field Updates – LCVVF Field Program

The first phase of our $12.8 million field organizing effort with state affiliates and partners continues in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The Georgia organizing effort is run by Family Friendly Action PAC, with major support from the New American Jobs Fund, a joint effort of LCV Victory Fund and the United Steelworkers (USW Works).

This phase, running through the end of September, is all about early engagement with voters about the issues they care the most about, persuading voters to support pro-climate candidates and sign commit-to-vote cards, and signing supporters up to vote by mail. Additionally, our canvass uses a relational organizing component — a tactic called “Vote Tripling”– where we ask voters to commit to reminding three friends or family members to vote. This proven tactic maximizes the impact of a mobilization program as friends and family are often the most trusted messengers for voters.

Results to date:

• 283,190 door knocks
• 40,138 successful contacts with our targeted voters
• 1,093 Vote by Mail sign ups
• 3,234 commit to vote cards collected
• 5,194 vote tripling sign ups

Anecdotes from the doors:

• Arizona: In Tucson, LCV Victory Fund spoke with Robert about the upcoming midterm election. Robert said that he was particularly concerned about inflation and the state of the economy. Robert said he supports Mark Kelly due to dedication to provide for the middle-class and his support for the Inflation Reduction Act. Robert signed a commit to vote card as he assured us that we will be voting for Mark Kelly in November.
• Michigan: In Plymouth, Conservation Voters of Michigan PAC spoke with Anthony about the upcoming midterm election. He will be voting for Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Representative Matt Koleszar and Senator Rosemary Bayer in November. He was excited to read our literature, and happy to see that Michigan Democrats have a plan to upgrade sewer systems in Michigan. He likes what Whitmer has done for the infrastructure of healthcare in Michigan and he’s hoping that more job openings come to Michigan as a result.

Paid Media Updates

Over the last week, we launched the following new paid media campaigns:

• PA-07 – Launched a TV ad in opposition to Lisa Scheller in PA-07. Watch “Out For Herself” here.
• CA-49 – Launched a TV ad with EDF Action Votes on 9/13 in support of Rep. Mike Levin and in opposition to Brian Maryott. Read more and watch “Solar” here.

Ongoing paid media campaigns:

*Part of Climate Voters Mobilization campaign.

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Paid for by LCV Victory Fund, www.lcvvictoryfund.org, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.