Winning Together: NVCD02 Supporter Strategy Newsletter
June 9, 2026 Primary | Early Voting: May 25 - June 5
Together, Our Moment Is Now
History is on our side, and thanks to your support, we’re poised for a breakthrough. In 20 of the past 22 midterm elections, the president’s party has lost ground. Yet in 2026, economic forecasts predict Democrats will gain 10 House seats—enough to retake the majority. Generic ballot polling shows Democrats leading 46% to 35% among registered voters. Progressive candidates are winning across America by running on bold economic policies and refusing corporate money.
Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District is ready. For the first time in over a decade, the seat is open—longtime incumbent Mark Amodei has announced he will not seek reelection. Amodei’s 2024 margin dropped to just 55%, making clear that voters are hungry for change. The affordability crisis is crushing working families. Housing costs have skyrocketed. Healthcare remains out of reach. Student debt destroys dreams.
We have the answer: A Nevada Permanent Fund—modeled on Alaska’s 40-year success—that gives every Nevada resident a share of our mineral wealth. It’s progressive economics that transcends partisan divides. It’s a policy that speaks to conservatives and progressives, rural and urban voters, young and old alike.
What Makes Your Support So Powerful
The Right Platform: Progressive, not status quo establishment politics that gave us Trump twice and handed victories to Amodei. The Nevada Permanent Fund is nonpartisan—it addresses 50 years of economic inequality with a bold, universal solution that works for everyone.
The Right Story: I embody both America’s promise and its inequality. From the fields where my mother picked crops, through homelessness and the criminal justice system, to earning degrees from ASU and UNR—I’ve lived the struggles of working families. I’m a community organizer, small business owner, Bernie delegate, and grassroots activist who’s spent a decade building relationships across Nevada’s diverse communities.
The Right Credentials: BA in Political Science, MPA in Public Administration and Policy, international studies in Madrid, and a PhD from the School of Hard Knocks. I understand policy, but I also understand people.
The Right Coalition: Interfaith, interracial, and intergenerational grassroots mobilization is already set. From UNR students to Indigenous communities, from Latino families to white working-class voters, from union members to small business owners—we’re building the broad coalition that wins elections.
The Path to Victory: May 25 - June 9
Week 1-2 (May 25 - June 5): Early Voting Blitz
Door-to-door canvassing in Reno, Sparks, and Carson City—where two-thirds of district voters live
Deep canvassing at UNR, community colleges, and high-traffic areas
Targeted outreach to non-voters and young people who establishment campaigns ignore
Bilingual voter contact in English and Spanish
Social media mobilization: viral content showing real Nevada families and their struggles
Community events featuring music, art, and authentic connection
Volunteer phone banks and text campaigns to Democratic primary voters
Week 3 (June 6-9): Final Push
Get-out-the-vote operations on Election Day
Ride-sharing and transportation assistance to polls
Poll monitoring and voter protection
Last-minute digital advertising targeting persuadable voters
Volunteer visibility at polling locations
Why We Win
AOC’s Blueprint: In 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated a 10-term incumbent with no political machine and a 10-to-1 funding disadvantage. She won by making her story relatable, targeting non-voters, using grassroots technology, and running on an unapologetically progressive platform while refusing corporate PAC money.
Greg Casar’s Model: In 2022, Greg Casar won in Texas by activating a decade of movement infrastructure—neighborhood networks, church communities, and union relationships. He merged national progressive momentum with local credibility and won with 71% of the vote.
Our Strategy:
We combine AOC’s grassroots energy with Casar’s community infrastructure. We have the right message for this moment: economic justice through a Nevada Permanent Fund. We have the right messenger: someone who’s lived the struggles and beaten the odds. We have the right coalition: diverse, energized, and ready to fight.
The Nevada Permanent Fund: Our Winning Issue
Alaska has proven this works. Since 1982, every Alaskan resident receives an annual dividend from mineral extraction revenues—$1,702 per person in 2025, meaning $6,808 for a family of four. It’s popular across the entire political spectrum with 81% approval. It reduces poverty without reducing work incentives. It’s given Alaska the highest economic equality of any state.
Nevada is perfectly positioned to replicate this. We have 85% of the nation’s lithium deposits—the foundation of America’s clean energy future. Our mining sector contributes $7.9 billion annually. The Thacker Pass lithium mine alone could supply 25% of the world’s lithium demand.
Our proposal: Establish a Nevada Permanent Fund that deposits a percentage of mineral extraction royalties into a sovereign wealth fund. Distribute monthly dividends to every Nevada resident who’s lived here for one year. For a family of four, even $12,000 per person annually means $48,000—enough to cover rent, childcare, healthcare, or emergency savings.
This isn’t a handout. It’s recognition that Nevada’s natural resources belong to all Nevadans. When corporations extract our lithium, gold, and silver, they’re extracting our common wealth. Every Nevadan deserves a share.
Why it wins politically:
Progressives see universal basic income that reduces inequality and ensures corporate profits benefit working families
Conservatives appreciate that it’s funded by resource extraction, not income taxes, and it’s proven in Republican-led Alaska for 40+ years
Libertarians support it as a citizen’s dividend with minimal bureaucracy and maximum individual choice
Working families see direct relief from the affordability crisis
Our Comprehensive Platform
Housing as a Human Right: Massive affordable housing investment, rent stabilization, and down payment assistance for first-time buyers
Medicare for All: Eliminate crushing health insurance premiums, deductibles, and medical debt
Cost-Free Higher Education: Public colleges and universities tuition-free, funded by taxing Wall Street speculation
Green Jobs and Infrastructure: Make Nevada the epicenter of the clean energy economy with good-paying union jobs
Value-Added Tax on Mining: Make corporations pay their fair share to fund our investments
End Endless Wars: Bring troops home and invest those billions in our communities—housing, schools, healthcare, infrastructure
This Is Not About Me—It’s About Us.
We are Battle Born—forged in the fight for freedom and justice. We are descendants of Braceros who fed America, of Zapatistas who fought for dignity, of miners who built Nevada’s economy, of immigrants who crossed deserts for better lives, of Indigenous peoples who’ve stewarded this land for millennia.
We have beaten the odds before. We will beat them again.
AOC showed us that a working-class bartender could defeat one of the most powerful politicians in Congress. Greg Casar showed us that a labor organizer could win in Texas by running unapologetically on progressive values. Now, in 2026, Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District will turn the page to a new era of leadership.
But movements aren’t built by candidates—they’re built by communities coming together to demand change. AOC won because thousands of volunteers knocked on doors. Greg Casar won because he spent a decade building relationships. We will win because we build this movement together.
How You Can Help Win This Fight
The Primary Election is June 9, 2026 Early Voting: May 25 - June 5, 2026
This primary is more important than the general—it determines who will represent Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District at a crucial turning point, as the seat opens up for new leadership for the first time in 15 years.
Share this message with your friends and family on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and X. Donate to build a people-powered campaign that refuses corporate PAC money. Volunteer to knock on doors, make phone calls, or help register voters. Every action you take helps build the coalition that will make history—in Nevada and across the country.
The political stars are aligning. Historical patterns favor us. Economic conditions favor us. Progressive momentum is building across America. With this open seat, Nevada’s mineral wealth gives us a once-in-a-generation opportunity to establish a permanent fund that transforms our economy.
But none of this matters without you.
This is our moment. This is our fight. Together, we will knock on every door, register every voter, and build a campaign that proves working people can win when we organize, when we refuse to accept the status quo, when we demand a government that works for us.
The road ahead won’t be easy. But nothing worth fighting for ever is.
We are Battle Born. We beat the odds. And in 2026, we will win.
Are you ready to join this fight?
Gamaliel “Gamy” Zavala Enriquez Candidate for Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District Independent Democrat | People-Powered | No Corporate PAC Money
