{"id":1330,"date":"2017-05-25T03:36:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T03:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/25\/perez-on-upset-victories-for-democrats\/"},"modified":"2017-05-25T03:36:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T03:36:00","slug":"perez-on-upset-victories-for-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/perez-on-upset-victories-for-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Perez on Upset Victories for Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=us-ascii\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)\"><!--[if !mso]>\n\n<style>v\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\no\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\nw\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 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rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two Democrats<\/a>&nbsp;won down-ballot races in districts that President Trump won comfortably, DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;To rebuild the Democratic party, we need to win from the school board to the Senate. No seat is too small, and to be competitive we have to get back to the basics of grassroots organizing as a party. Last night, two Democratic women won upset victories in down-ballot races where Trump won by a large margin, and held on to a key Democratic seat in New York. They did it by talking to every voter. As President Trump and Republicans across the nation push budgets and policies that help the rich get richer at the expense of the rest of America, Democrats are focused on lifting people up and on the issues that matter to working families. As we saw last night, the Democratic Party continues to turn this moment into a movement and this movement into votes.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After&nbsp;two Democrats&nbsp;won down-ballot races in districts that President Trump won comfortably, DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement: &nbsp; &ldquo;To rebuild the Democratic party, we need to win from the school board to the Senate. 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