On Broadcast: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MSNBC\u2019s <\/strong>\u201cThe Weeknight\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Host:<\/strong> \u201c\u2018Organizing Summer\u2019 is an effort led by the Democratic National Committee in coordination with the party, Senate and House campaign arms to lay the groundwork for future elections with a focus on the Republican tax bill. Democratic groups will hold events across battleground states aiming to register and engage voters. Another part of the plan [is] helping volunteers counter Republican messaging in non-political spaces like book clubs, sports forums, and WhatsApp groups.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n DNC Chair Ken Martin:<\/strong> \u201cThe Democrats are doing a lot, but I want to tell your listeners, if they want to engage in this organizing program that we have right now, text \u2018summer\u2019 to 43367, if you want to be part of our efforts right now to actually fight back, to organize and to, you know, hold Republicans accountable on this big, dangerous, ugly bill that they’re putting forward. We have the outlet for that energy. We’re going to take this not only to digital spaces, but to, you know, offline spaces in person, like county fairs to sporting events. We’re going to register voters. We’re going to mobilize them and get them involved in this fight right now, not just to save our democracy, but to stand up for Americans right now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In Print: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n CBS News<\/strong><\/a>: To help party brand, Democrats prepare “Organizing Summer”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Hunter Woodall & Zak Hudak 6\/30\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe plans, first obtained by CBS News, fall under the label of what these groups have dubbed \u2018Organizing Summer.\u2019 While this year has relatively few major statewide elections, such as gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, the 2026 midterms will be a crucial test for a party that is trying to respond to the lessons learned from Republicans\u2019 wins in last year’s campaigns, including the presidential race. The groups behind the summer organizing effort include the Democratic National Committee, the Democrats’ coalition of state parties as well as the campaign arms for House, Senate and gubernatorial contests. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe summer program is focused on voter engagement and registration, particularly with voters who wouldn’t otherwise hear Democrats’ messaging. The DNC has signed up 16,000 volunteers, twice as many as it typically has in an off-election year, according to a Democratic strategist familiar with the plans. As part of the summer effort, Democrats will urge volunteers to connect with voters in less politically dominated parts of life, with the outline of the plan pointing to community groups, book clubs and social media platforms as examples. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe plans include developing a \u2018direct pathway to share feedback they receive from voters, and what they are seeing online, helping the party inform its messaging and strategy on an ongoing basis,\u2019 according to upcoming details about the party’s work shared by the strategist familiar with the program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018We are deploying an army of thousands of volunteers to activate their communities, register voters, and make sure the Republicans who are putting billionaires ahead of working and middle class Americans lose their elections in 2025 and lose their seats in the midterms,\u2019 DNC chairman Ken Martin said in a statement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n NBC News<\/strong><\/a>: Democratic groups target ‘non-political spaces’ in new campaign ahead of fall elections and 2026 midterms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Megan Lebowitz, 6\/30\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDemocratic groups are kicking off a new community organizing effort this summer, taking aim at Republican priorities and widening their scope to include \u2018non-political spaces\u2019 like book clubs and sports forums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDemocrats plan to focus part of their efforts on \u2018equipping volunteers to authentically enter conversation in non-political spaces,\u2019 including in \u2018sports forums, community groups, book clubs, and on social media platforms,\u2019 according to a news release announcing the push. Democrats will also host voter registration events and provide a \u2018direct pathway\u2019 for supporters to share feedback from voters, according to the news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn a Zoom call announcing the launch of their \u2018Organizing Summer,\u2019 DNC chair Ken Martin said the DNC plans to spend more than a million dollars on races up and down the ballot across Virginia ahead of the commonwealth’s off-year election in November, when former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, will face off against Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, a Republican, to be the next governor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWith a focus on rural communities, Martin said, the DNC, in coordination with the Virginia Democratic Party, will visit \u2018every corner\u2019 of Virginia and organize everywhere from book clubs to sporting events.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington Post<\/strong><\/a>: Democrats plan new organizing push, looking to unconventional places<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Hannah Knowles, 6\/30\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe new initiative is led by the Democratic National Committee, the state party chair association and Democrats\u2019 House, Senate and gubernatorial campaign arms. It will ramp up the party\u2019s activity ahead of this fall\u2019s elections and the 2026 midterms, which will serve as a referendum on President Donald Trump\u2019s second term and test Democrats\u2019 ability to rebound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDemocrats see signs of momentum amid backlash to Trump\u2019s policies, encouraged by public opposition to many aspects of his One Big Beautiful Bill legislation moving through Congress. But they are also anxious to counter GOP gains in voter registration and improve their image after favorability ratings for the Democratic Party hit record lows this year. \u2018Organizing Summer,\u2019 as Democratic officials are calling it, is aimed at those challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe initiative will arm volunteers with pro-Democratic content and ask influencers to act as organizers who encourage their audiences to get politically involved and mobilize their contacts. It will also include voter registration events and organizing at concerts, athletic events and fairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn a statement announcing the new program, Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin focused on Trump\u2019s budget bill, saying that \u2018the more people know about it, the less they like it.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Our job this summer is to make sure working families know exactly who is responsible for taking food off their table and ripping away their health care,\u2019 Martin said.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deadline<\/strong><\/a>: As GOP Looks To Pass Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cBig, Beautiful Bill,\u201d Democrats Launch Effort To Mobilize Against It With \u201cOrganizing Summer\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Ted Johnson, 6\/30\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018As Senate Republicans work through a marathon session to pass Donald Trump\u2018s \u2018\u201cOne, Big Beautiful Bill,\u2019 Democrats are outlining plans for a summer of organizing against it and other policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEvents are being planned in battleground states with key Senate, House and gubernatorial races this November and in next year\u2019s midterms. They will include organizing and voter registration efforts, as well outreach at events such as summer concerts, sports games and state and county fairs. The party also plans to equip \u2018volunteers to authentically enter conversation in non-political spaces, both within their personal networks and in their communities, online and in-person, such as in sports forums, community groups, book clubs, and on social media platforms,\u2019 per the announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKen Martin, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, said, \u2018Donald Trump\u2019s tax scam is the least popular legislation to pass through Congress in 40 years, and the more people know about it, the less they like it. Our job this summer is to make sure working families know exactly who is responsible for taking food off their table and ripping away their health care.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n MeidasTouch News<\/strong><\/a>: Democrats Launch ‘Organizing Summer’ in Key States Ahead of 2026 Midterms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Troy Matthews, 6\/30\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe DNC announced today the kick-off of \u2018organizing summer\u2019 in key states ahead of both the 2025 general election in November, and the 2026 midterms, to highlight the massive Republican transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in Trump’s disastrous and unpopular budget bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe campaign aims to seize on Democratic enthusiasm after months of special election victories at the congressional and state level following the 2024 presidential election, along with global acts of protest like \u2018No Kings Day,\u2019 which saw over 13 million people in the U.S., and tens of thousands overseas, march in the streets against the authoritarian policies of Trump and MAGA Republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Donald Trump’s tax scam is the least popular legislation to pass through Congress in 40 years, and the more people know about it, the less they like it,\u2019 DNC Chair Ken Martin said in a statement. \u2018Our job this summer is to make sure working families know exactly who is responsible for taking food off their table and ripping away their health care.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018We are deploying an army of thousands of volunteers to activate their communities, register voters, and make sure the Republicans who are putting billionaires ahead of working and middle class Americans lose their elections in 2025 and lose their seats in the midterms up and down the ballot,\u2019 Martin said.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington Times<\/strong><\/a>: Democrats kick off ‘organizing summer’ in hopes of expanding coalition ahead of 2025, 2026 elections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Seth McLaughlin, 6\/30\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Democratic National Committee announced the launch of an \u2018organizing summer\u2019 effort on Monday, aimed at energizing the grassroots and registering new voters by leveraging what it called \u2018organic opposition\u2019 to President Trump\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKen Martin, the head of the national party, said Mr. Trump\u2019s \u2018Big Beautiful Bill\u2019 has provided Democrats with an opportunity to expand their coalition by reconnecting with disillusioned Democrats, as well as Trump voters suffering from buyer\u2019s remorse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018This is the most unpopular bill ever, and this gives us an opportunity, if we are willing to take advantage of it,\u2019 Mr. Martin said in a conference call with reporters. \u2018That\u2019s why we were launching organizing summer programs to make sure that throughout the country, we\u2019re harnessing the energy of all of these volunteers and all of our 57 state parties to get out there and organize people face to face, neighbor to neighbor, door to door, listening to people about their concerns, about what\u2019s happening in this country right now, helping to amplify those concerns and bringing people into the conversation.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe DNC is partnering with the Democrats\u2019 coalition of state parties and the campaign arms for House, Senate and gubernatorial contests. They envision engaging with voters at book clubs, sporting events and in rural areas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfdFxxjnW9H-8ty1IWeyKUVXrVyR9hHQupJfvn8jY5aHAtHsoNmfRoMn0ujsdWLPzjlj15vLoCH5c0KoyJnEjUgc3ON3ZzaOlzR8J7Mb21uc7qOj7LH-FsO7Ipgue3dCPQDSn9bWw?key=8ElCl1CHImQlSI3yd2DKnQ\")