I lost an election earlier this year, and I'm not going to pretend that didn't hurt.
I put everything into that race. So did my family, friends, and supporters. And when it didn't go our way, I could have quietly stepped back, taken some time, and let someone else carry the fight forward.
But that's not how I was raised.
My parents came to this country with nothing. They worked hard, and they did it without complaint, because they believed complaining wasn't going to change anything. What changed things was getting back up the next morning and doing the work again. I watched them do that for years. It's the single clearest lesson of my childhood: you do not get to wallow. You keep going.
So not soon after that primary ended, I started Equal Opportunity Now.
It wasn’t because I had something to prove, it was because I still have something to give.
I've spent nearly a decade in Congress learning how this fight actually works — how campaigns get won, how corruption gets exposed, how real change actually gets made instead of just talked about. I wasn't ready to set that aside, and honestly, I don't think this moment can afford for me to.
Because here's where we are: In 40 days, we have a chance to deliver a real check on Donald Trump in the midterms. A Congress that will finally hold this administration accountable instead of rubber-stamping it. That is not a small thing. That may be the most important thing that happens in this country all year.
I am not on the ballot this November. But I am not sitting this one out either. I am doing everything I can to help elect leaders who will fight for our values.
I need you to give something too.
Chip in $25 or $50 right now to help deliver the check on Trump that we need now more than ever.
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