Half of all U.S. elections go uncontested, and the consequence is a crumbling democracy with Republican extremism rampant up and down the ballot. Zoe Stein makes the case for a radically pragmatic approach: fix the party where it's weakest, compete everywhere, and treat innovation as a necessity rather than a luxury. Drawing on lessons from the Ossoff Senate runoff and Contest Every Race's large-scale county party grants program, this session is about what it actually takes to shift the balance of power in red and written-off places.