Elect new district leaders.
Fix Brooklyn’s Democratic Party.
In the 2022 midterms, Brooklyn Democrats lost seats because our local party stayed on the sidelines. They chose not to learn anything from that and we saw a red wave in Southern Brooklyn in 2024. We can’t afford another election like this. We need district leaders who will build a party that can mobilize volunteers and support Democrats in tight races.
Our movement grew in 2024 — scroll down to learn more — and we plan on making 2026 the tipping-point year when we finally get the Brooklyn Democratic Party we deserve. You can help us continue to grow and build a more transparent, accountable, and effective local party — make a donation if you can, and sign up for updates on you can support the campaign.
Meet the 2026 Candidates
The Brooklyn Can’t Wait slate includes candidates from across Brooklyn who are committed to making the Brooklyn Democratic Party more accessible, accountable, and transparent.
Grassroots Candidates Are on the Ballot June 23rd!
MAY 2026
The Brooklyn Democratic Party is not meeting this moment. ICE is abducting our neighbors, Republicans killed the Voting Rights Act, and MAGA is making inroads into Southern Brooklyn, but our local party is laser-focused on one thing: maintaining their own power.
Since 2022, Brooklyn Can’t Wait has been steadily building our coalition. With 13 incumbent District Leaders and 10 reform challengers running this year, we are on the brink of finally gaining a majority on the Executive Board and electing a new Chair who wants to deliver the party Brooklyn deserves – one that is transparent, accountable, visible to voters, and active in beating back the right. Well, the current chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and her allies noticed. During the months of February and March, dozens of volunteers throughout Brooklyn collected petition signatures to get our candidates on the ballot. Instead of arguing their case directly to voters (because they have none), the chair and other current District Leaders chose instead to spend thousands of the party’s dollars and countless hours of wasted time submitting bogus objections and claims of fraud both at the Board of Elections and in court in order to kick our candidates off the ballot.
We didn’t give up. Our volunteers did hours of data entry, faced down petition challengers at the BOE and in court, and even pounded the pavement to track down voters whose signatures had been thrown out to collect affidavits from them saying, “Yes, I signed that petition, and I want these candidates on the ballot.” Ultimately, we prevailed and our candidates will be up for your vote in the June Democratic Primary!
But this fight is just beginning.
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The Brooklyn Democratic Party doesn’t spend a dime fighting Republicans, but they’ll spend thousands trying to beat the Brooklyn Can’t Wait Slate. These candidates are starting their campaigns with thousands of dollars in legal bills from the party’s frivolous lawsuits and taking on the party machine with its vast volunteer and financial resources. You can help! Donate to the campaign and every nickel will go straight to candidates in competitive races. Or fill out the volunteer form, and you can meet up with these candidates to knock doors for them. Go wild and do both!
What if we had a local Democratic party that didn’t just hold seats for incumbents? What if we had one that actually tried to register voters, bring them into the party, and help restore their faith in the electoral process? What if we had one that wanted a fair, open system for nominating judges who rule on cases determining the course of many voters’ lives? For the first time ever, we can have a Brooklyn Democratic party that tries to make those “what ifs” into reality, is ready to fight Republicans, and will listen to the grassroots. That’s what we’re working for, every day until June 23rd.
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