Stacey Abrams's Assembly Notes newsletter credits a decade of Southern organizing for the 2026 Democratic wave — Keisha Lance Bottoms won the Georgia governorship, Democrats flipped the state House and 12 legislative chambers nationally, and James Talarico took a Texas Senate seat — while warning that Trump still holds the veto pen, the Supreme Court's narrowing of voting-rights challenges stands, and donors who declare the South "handled" will abandon its defenders in 2027. She tells readers to thank organizers, fund year-round work in Mississippi and Louisiana, and pick one Southern state to learn before the 2027 races.