Dylan Wells

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I shadowed Talarico on the day he launched his Senate campaign for a story about the left’s new media playbook that emerged post-2024.

He devoted much of the day to interviews with former network anchors turned YouTubers and Dem operative Substackers to rally base $$, chats with creators, etc. That strategy continued through Election Day — a creator led new media program, the Jubilee town hall, working with Luminary (the Gen Z digi agency from Kamala HQ creators) — and is one all major 2028ers are embracing, not to mention the other Dems who flipped seats tonight.

Dem operatives & creators feel they still trail GOP counterparts, but the way their candidates engage with the ecosystem has still scaled and developed significantly since ‘24.

@ercovey hive let’s gooo washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

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