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Republicans Are Stealing Your Rights in Your State Houses | At Our Table We sit down with Heather Williams to talk about why the fight for Democratic power in 2026 may be won or lost in the states. As president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, she brings a ground-level view of how state legislatures shape the rights that affect our everyday lives. We dig into special-election gains, the battle to break Republican supermajorities, and the danger of treating a strong midterm environment as a substitute for real organizing. Her case is simple: if Democrats want durable power, they have to compete everywhere and build it from the ground up. 00:00:00 - Introduction — Meet Heather Williams & the DLCC 00:01:45 - What's Driving the Democratic Wave 00:03:42 - What Is the DLCC and What Do They Do? 00:05:29 - Why State Houses Matter 00:08:14 - Is the Party Taking State Legislatures Seriously Enough? 00:11:59 - How the DLCC Deploys Resources in an Election Year 00:14:15 - Why Your Dollar Goes Further at the State Level 00:16:04 - Voting Restrictions, the SAVE Act and Hot Spots to Watch 00:19:38 - Florida House District 87 — Fighting in Mar-a-Lago's Backyard 00:21:16 - Recruiting Democrats to Run Everywhere 00:24:44 - Top Chambers to Flip 00:27:45 - Supporting Women and Candidates of Color 00:29:52 - What Happens If Democrats Lose Statehouses? 00:32:10 - The Sleeping Giant — Why Young People Are the Key 00:34:21 - How the DLCC Works With the DNC, DGA and Others 00:37:37 - SYAD 00:39:17 - Heather's Closing Message for 2026 SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW: 🔔 Subscribe to At Our Table on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AtOurTablePodcast 📩 Newsletter: https://jaimeharrison.substack.com 🎙️ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/at-our-table-with-jaime-harrison/id1826169382 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2qSQSDL4yDCGVsKT3fFedA 🌐 Website: https://www.aotpodcast.com FOLLOW JAIME HARRISON: Instagram: https://instagram.com/HarrisonJaime Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/HarrisonJaime Threads: https://threads.net/@harrisonjaime FOLLOW AT OUR TABLE: Instagram: https://instagram.com/AtOurTableShow Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/AtOurTableShow Threads: https://threads.net/@atourtableshow TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@At.Our.Table Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/atourtable.bsky.social FOLLOW DLCC: Twitter/X: https://x.com/DLCC Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/thedlcc.bsky.social Threads - https://www.threads.com/@dlcc Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dlcc/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theDLCC/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/democraticlawmakers #AtOurTable #JaimeHarrison #Democrats #Midterms2026 #DLCC #FlipTheStates #VoteBlue #StateHouse #BlueWave #VotingRights #DemocraticParty #SaveDemocracy https://youtu.be/LIwlIPvxYHc