US Senator Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) told delegates from Wisconsin that the key to victory in November is cooperation and organization.

Kelly, a retired astronaut and Navy captain, said he accomplished everything he accomplished as part of a larger team.

“And when we work together, when we cooperate, when we support each other, when we organize, we can accomplish great things,” Kelly said during the Wisconsin delegation’s breakfast.

He said Democrats saw this in the election of Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama.

“We know how to win elections, and we know how to win them in difficult states like Arizona or Wisconsin,” he said, noting that he now fills the Senate seat of the late Republican U.S. Senator John McCain.

“And you know, how did we do that and win the race? Well, we had more volunteers, we knocked on more doors, we made more phone calls, we raised more money,” he said. “If you could do those four things, Tammy Baldwin would win in Wisconsin. And Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will win in Wisconsin, too, and we will win this election.”

Delegates also heard testimony this morning from Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, U.S. Representative Gwen Moore, Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.

Beshear called on Wisconsin residents to “lead us to victory” by taking the fight to every corner of the state.

“I know you’re going to make Kamala Harris president in Wisconsin, and I know you know how to do it. There are no red or blue districts, every vote in every district counts, we win by fighting on the toughest terrain,” he said. “We win by talking to every single family. We win by not taking anyone for granted.”

He said Wisconsin will vote for Harris, as it did for Biden in 2020.

“But you all fought your way out there, you delivered four years ago, and I know you will deliver this time for the United States of America,” he said. “So Wisconsin, lead us to victory.”

Bennet praised the leadership style of state Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler.

“If we had Ben Wikler as the leader of every single party in this country, we would never lose a single election in America,” he said. “That is, that is extraordinary. It is extraordinary to see what you are doing in Wisconsin.”

Bennet pointed to the Democrats’ successes in Wisconsin, such as the re-election of Governor Tony Evers and winning a liberal majority on the Supreme Court. He also mentioned the current battle for Baldwin’s re-election and victory in the House.

“I know you know Tammy well, but let me just say that you can’t take anything for granted in this race,” he said. “We have a razor-thin majority in the U.S. Senate.”

He said the nation is watching what is happening in Wisconsin.

“Wisconsin, the eyes of the whole country are on you,” he said. “Thank you for what you do.”

Moore criticized Republicans who ask people if they are better off than they were four years ago.

She said four years ago, during the pandemic, people were forced to stay home, lost their jobs and lacked child care options. At the same time, schools were closed, food prices were skyrocketing and people were hoarding toilet paper, she said.

“So if we’re sending a message to our people, we can’t let them lead us back down the rabbit hole of what happened four years ago,” she said. “It’s time to move forward, folks.”

Moore emphasized the central role of women in managing family finances, health care, child care and grocery shopping, and noted Harris’ plans to address problems in those areas.

“One of the problems of the Democratic Party is that we have failed to get the majority of women to vote for the Democrats. I mean, it’s just unbelievable that a woman would vote for Donald Trump,” she said. “But that was, that was in the past. That was in the past. What we need to do is present them with the future agenda of what looks like – we have a woman at the helm.”

Godlewski sharply criticized Republicans for repeatedly blocking a series of special sessions called by Evers, including one on child care and another on abortion access after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

“And that’s why this November, we’re going to make sure the Republican legislature understands that they need to listen to our voice and to these policies that they’ve avoided for so long and that so many Wisconsinites believe in,” she said. “Say goodbye to those extremist days, because Wisconsin Democrats are coming back and taking back the legislature.”

Godlewski called Republicans tyrants, said Trump was a “fraudster and felon” and criticized JD Vance’s positions on same-sex marriage and abortion.

“The great thing about Kamala and Tim is that, as former prosecutors and public school teachers, they know a lot about bullies,” she said. “And like I said before, I’ll say it again: They don’t avoid bullies. They take them down.”

Johnson said it is places like Wisconsin that Democrats can present as success stories.

“You know it’s the core values ​​of places like Wisconsin that our party can defend for the rest of the world, because your state is a mix of so many different ideas, people and industries,” he said. “You really are the embodiment of our nation.”

“That’s why your state is called a swing state in the truest sense of the word. It’s not just about votes, it’s about ideas and the promise of our future, and that’s why I’m so grateful that the future is in the hands of Wisconsin to make history as we elect the first Black woman of Asian descent, Kamala Harris, as president of these United States.”