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New Jersey & Virginia elections are coming up fast. It's time to ramp up Dem fundraising. [1]

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Date: 2025-09-01

As many of you may know, for the past several election cycles I’ve been running a Democratic fundraising project which has proven to be wildly more successful than I expected at every step of the way.

I wasn’t planning on starting posting links to my 2026 Election Cycle fundraising pages until after Labor Day, but Bethesda 1971 has kind of forced my hand (which is fine), so here...we...go.

For the 2017-2018 Midterm cycle, I hoped to raise perhaps $100,000 for Democrats...I ended up raising over $220,000.

For the 2019-2020 POTUS cycle, I hoped to raise perhaps $500,000...I ended up raising nearly $6 MILLION (!).

For the 2021-2022 Midterm cycle I hoped to raise $1 million; I raised $1.3 million.

And for the 2023-2024 POTUS cycle I hoped to raise $4 million...and ended up raising $13.5 MILLION.

That’s right: I’ve raised over $20 MILLION directly for Democratic candidates without a dime of it going to me.

(I did add a tip page last year which shows up after you complete your donation to the candidates and/or party committees listed if you happen to feel like tossing a buck or two my way for my efforts, but that’s completely voluntary & 100% separate).

I should note that I’ve done this…

Without sending a single email

Without sending a single text message

Without paying for “list acquisition”

Without paying for any “consultants”

So, what about this cycle? Well, in addition to the ActBlue pages themselves (which let you donate directly to one, two or multiple individual candidates instead of donating to a PAC which may or may not spend your money wisely), I’ve created a simple one-stop repository of links to all of the fundraising pages: Blue26.org.

Blue26 IS NOT A PAC. It’s not an organization of any sort, in fact; it’s just a website which consists of a simple blog and a bunch of links to ActBlue pages categorized by type of race (U.S. House, U.S. Senate, State Legislature, etc).

Pick a page, pick some candidates and donate directly to them. 96% of your donation goes to their campaigns. 4% goes to ActBlue’s standard credit card processing fees. 0% goes to anyone else, including me.

As a bonus, I list the specific candidates on each page, and even include the PVI (Partisan Voter Index) for every district to give you a general idea of how realistic winning/flipping each seat is likely to be.

Oh yeah...and my ActBlue pages even include a tool which lets you opt out of sharing your email/phone number with the campaigns:

For federal races you can even donate to whoever the eventual Democratic nominee ends up being next year via a little-known but very handy feature ActBlue offers called their “Nominee Funds.”

x A reminder that all of my Dem fundraising links can be found in one place here:--Not a PAC--No "consultants"--96% of donations go to the campaigns(other 4% to cc processing fees)--No spam emails or text messages--You can opt out of sharing email/phone w/campaignsblue26.org?refcode=dkos — Charles Gaba (@charlesgaba.com) 2025-08-31T19:31:57.066Z

While the website is Blue26.org, I also have pages set up for 2025 races (in fact, I’ve already raised over $250,000 for races taking place this year) mostly via pages for…

x ✅ Dems have overperformed by an avg. 16 pts across 36 Special Elections so far this year, including *flipping* 3 GOP seats!HELP KEEP IT GOING; donate today!secure.actblue.com/donate/speci... — Charles Gaba (@charlesgaba.com) 2025-08-31T19:50:46.820Z

x 📣 #NEWJERSEY may seem like a blue state, but we can't take it for granted, especially for Governor.Donate today! #Blue25secure.actblue.com/donate/njblu... — Charles Gaba (@charlesgaba.com) 2025-08-31T19:53:49.780Z

x 📣 #VIRGINIA Dems need to keep control of the legislature and regain the Governor's office.Donate today: #Blue25 secure.actblue.com/donate/vablu... — Charles Gaba (@charlesgaba.com) 2025-08-31T19:54:24.897Z

x 📣 I've also created a SECOND VA fundraising page focusing on the REDDEST districts in the state.Most of these Dems won't win, but funding them means they can run competitive races & force VA Republicans to defend "safe" turf. Donate today! secure.actblue.com/donate/vaval... — Charles Gaba (@charlesgaba.com) 2025-08-31T19:55:08.329Z

x RECENT SCOTUS RULINGS ARE A REMINDER OF HOW IMPORTANT JUDGES ARE.📣 #Pennsylvania has 3 Dem State Supreme Court Justices up for retention this fall. Help keep them on the bench!There's also seats up in #WI & #NC next year. Donate today!secure.actblue.com/donate/state... — Charles Gaba (@charlesgaba.com) 2025-08-31T19:56:21.521Z

Blue26.org also has links to pages for U.S. House, U.S. Senate and state legislative pages for all 48 other states as well, but I’m not really promoting those until after this November’s elections are behind us.

Feel free to post any questions or concerns in the comments and I’ll address them as best as I can.

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