{"id":42515,"date":"2025-07-10T13:27:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T20:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=42515"},"modified":"2025-07-10T13:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T20:27:25","slug":"campaign-update-from-saikat-for-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/10\/campaign-update-from-saikat-for-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign update from Saikat for Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
ZACK EXLEY<\/a> JUL 9, 2025<\/td><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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(NDTV.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve been laying the foundation for a campaign that can do what many say is impossible: win an election against Nancy Pelosi and transform the Democratic Party to fight for the issues that matter most to San Franciscans and Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now, we\u2019ve got some results to report and upcoming events to tell you about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. We just kicked off our field campaign, which we would love for you to join<\/a>! <\/strong>(Check voter contact on that form.) Our goal is to talk with 100,000 voters at their doors, and even more on the street and at events like farmers\u2019 markets, neighborhood festivals, and other public events. That is an enormous goal. For comparison, per capita<\/em> it is five times*<\/strong> greater than Zohran Mamdani\u2019s insanely impressive 247,000 conversations on the doors. We need to reach more voters per capita in SF because our primary will have about five times higher voter turnout than the New York mayoral primary. To win, we need to organize on an even greater scale than Zohran\u2019s campaign did.

    Volunteer teams will be out talking with voters every weekend and soon on weekdays too. I just went canvassing on Monday and it was amazing how many people were home even in the afternoon and were eager to talk. This is definitely the best city for door knocking I\u2019ve ever experienced (and my sample is large!). We\u2019re looking for a handful of detail-oriented natural optimizers to volunteer in the early days to help develop the most effective and efficient program possible.     Sign up here to apply to be a part of this crack team<\/a><\/strong>. We\u2019re also going to be hiring a small number of paid full time canvassers. Use that same link to apply!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Since we launched on March 1st, Saikat has been talking with SF voters almost every weekday on Zoom and in person.<\/strong> He\u2019s done more than 100 Zoom calls with small groups. We\u2019ve learned so much from these calls and have really been moved by the incredible values and deep desire for change of the voters in our city. San Francisco people are amazing! If you\u2019re an SF resident, sign up to attend a call here<\/a><\/strong>. If you\u2019re outside of SF, keep an eye on your inbox and Saikat\u2019s social media accounts for national calls and livestreams.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. We\u2019re launching weekly public events covering every neighborhood of the district.<\/strong> Keep an eye on our Instagram<\/a><\/strong> for announcements, and we\u2019ll be emailing invites too. We want these events to be mostly discussions with Saikat and figures from the neighborhoods where the events take place (followed by open Q&A). Please email us at team@saikat.us if you have a suggestion for someone to lead a conversation in your community.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. We\u2019re ramping up our media schedule, but Saikat\u2019s already appeared on dozens of mainstream national and local news shows as well as podcasts and YouTube shows.<\/strong> Did you happen to catch him on the Ezra Klein Show<\/a><\/strong>? The Majority Report<\/a><\/strong>? Or CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins<\/a><\/strong>? We have a long list of the big shows that we\u2019d love for Saikat to go on. But we\u2019d love to hear about your favorite small or medium size podcast or YouTube show that we should book Saikat on. Email suggestions to team@saikat.us<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. We\u2019ve been building social media followings on all platforms. <\/strong>If you\u2019ve ever tried to put yourself out there on social media, you know it\u2019s incredibly difficult and awkward at first. I think Saikat\u2019s doing an amazing job. But this isn\u2019t just about Saikat \u2014 we\u2019re featuring the stories of San Franciscans<\/a><\/strong>. And we\u2019d like to be doing that every week. If you have a suggestion for a person, organization or business to feature, please email your suggestion to team@saikat.us.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Saikat just launched his national campaign ban stock trading in Congress<\/a> in a video yesterday.<\/strong> This is something that we can accomplish even before<\/em> Saikat is elected by lobbying across the country for a \u201cdischarge petition.\u201d Click here<\/a><\/strong> to learn more about how this campaign will work, and sign up to lobby your local member of Congress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. We published our comprehensive platform page<\/a> \u2014 and we\u2019d love your feedback.<\/strong> At the bottom of the page<\/a><\/strong>, you can suggest better ways to explain our policies \u2014 or to tell us what we\u2019ve got wrong or left out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. We just hired our chief organizer, Oscar Arbulu<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 a San Francisco native, former Marine, progressive vets organizer, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib\u2019s former field director and campaign manager! I\u2019m really excited about the amazing leadership skills, integrity, team culture, and vision that he is bringing to the campaign.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Last, but not least, we just got an office! It\u2019s at 800 Irving St<\/a>, in the Inner Sunset.<\/strong> You may know it as a bank (or as Mayor Lurie\u2019s campaign HQ), and it\u2019s now ours! We\u2019re holding an office warming party on Tuesday, July 29th at 6:00PM<\/a><\/strong>. Come on over for some amazing \u201cArabic comfort food\u201d from Beit Rima, sign up to volunteer, and meet Saikat, the rest of the campaign team, and other supporters.

    Oh, and if you have any furniture you\u2019d like to donate, or if you\u2019d like to help transport some or help decorate and organize the whole space, that would be amazing! Please     fill out this form<\/a><\/strong> to let us know how you can help.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    That\u2019s it for our updates and announcements. In future emails, we\u2019ll be sharing insights into campaign strategy, news from our events and organizing, Saikat\u2019s media appearances, opportunities to get involved, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    One last thing: I already told you one kind of email you will never get on this list: breathless emails demanding urgent donations. We\u2019ll send a few reminders to donate if you wish before big deadlines, but that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But there\u2019s one other kind of email you will never get from us: emails from Saikat that Saikat did not actually write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Most campaigns outsource their \u201cemail programs\u201d to firms who write the emails that come from the candidate. I\u2019ve been around long enough to remember how amazing it was to be able to connect with supporters directly through email on campaigns. For a brief moment, it was a medium through which candidates and movement leaders could make a direct connection with activists and voters. But almost immediately, email became just another consultant-driven channel spewing out words signed by candidates who have nothing to do with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    That is not going to happen on our campaign. When you see an email from Saikat, or me, or any one of our staff, you can be sure the email is really coming from that person. Saikat and all of us know what a privilege it is to get some of your attention, and we\u2019ll never take it for granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    OK, thanks for reading! Hope to see you soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In solidarity,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Zack Exley
    Campaign Manager
    Saikat for Congress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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