Because of you -- and Democracy for America members like you from coast to coast -- progressive champions won game-changing victories tonight, creating historic momentum for the inclusive populism that will define how progressive Democrats can win big in 2018.

In a significant shift in power in Virginia's House of Delegates, 14 out of 16 DFA-endorsed candidates -- including progressive fighters like Jennifer Carroll Foy, Donte Tanner, Chris Hurst, Jennifer Boysko, and Hala Ayala -- have defeated NRA-backed candidates in several critical races, setting the stage for Democrats potentially taking back control of the chamber.

Of particular note in Virginia are the history-making victories of Danica Roem, who will be the nation’s first transgender state legislator, and Elizabeth Guzman, who will be the first Latina and one of the first first-generation immigrants to serve in the Virginia General Assembly.

DFA members didn't just make history in Virginia -- we are making history in states and cities across the country.

In Washington State, DFA members are on the verge of flipping control of the State Senate to Democrats by potentially electing Manka Dhingra tonight. DFA spent more than $150,000 on an independent expenditure in Washington to turn out progressive voters. As the New York Times explained over the weekend, this will enable a "grand agenda" of progressive ideas to take shape on the West Coast.

We saw DFA-endorsed progressive champions win big in their campaigns to change cities across the country. In Charlotte, Vi Lyles defeated an anti-LGBTQ rightwing Republican and became the first Black woman elected as Mayor in the city. And, in Philadelphia, Larry Krasner won a huge race for District Attorney and will begin to take on the racist criminal justice system.

The common theme in the victories of DFA-endorsed candidates: strong leaders who ran boldly on a progressive agenda, made meaningful investments in organizing, and relentlessly worked to earn the votes of the New American Majority -- young people, people of color, and white progressives.

This is how we will win in 2018 -- and there are several amazing DFA-endorsed candidates running for Congress, for Governor, and other key offices who are employing exactly that strategy.