Receipts

Independent Black

political power,

built door by door.

We don’t ask you to take our word for it. The work speaks. Below are the numbers, the wins, and the leaders who can tell you what it looks like when Black Texans organize ourselves, for ourselves, on a scale this state has never seen before.

The Origin

Where this started.

In 2020, BlackTOP partnered with HIT Strategies on the first-ever Black Voter Study in Texas, surveying 800 Black Texans across Bexar, Dallas, Fort Bend, Harris, and Tarrant counties. The study confirmed three things our communities already knew:

Organizing works. When Black Texans were contacted by an organization or party before the 2020 election, our turnout jumped by nearly 30 percentage points. Race-forward messaging works. And the only path to building progressive power in this state runs through sustained, meaningful engagement with Black communities.

That same year, our members made a decision the establishment didn’t want them to make: back Jasmine Crockett for Texas State House. We did what we do. We ran a canvassing propgram and knocking on 7,000 doors with squirreled-away dollars, and we helped Crockett win that race by 90 votes, a margin that ultimately catapulted her into Congress and onto the national stage.

Every program since has been built on that foundation.

2022 Program

The largest Black voter engagement program in Texas history.

In 2022, BlackTOP ran the most ambitious, most disciplined, most Black-led voter engagement program this state has ever seen. Anchored in the ten counties with the densest concentration of Black voters, the program reached every Black voter we could touch.

1,428,136 Black Texans reached. Two-thirds of all Black voters in Texas.

Our outreach broke down like this:

184,949 doors knocked
122,727 pieces of mail
106,329 phones called
180,457 text messages sent
719,874 voters reached digitally
113,800 reached through Black newspaper ad buys
135,857 reached through Black radio ad buys

The results:

41% turnout from our door-knock universe of high-opportunity Black voters statewide
8 out of 10 counties where BlackTOP had a presence, our voters overperformed at the ballot box
Bell County Black turnout was up 11%, one of the highest jumps in the state
Transformative leaders elected: County Commissioners Dexter McCoy (Fort Bend) and Alisa Simmons (Tarrant)
Critical re-elections held: District Attorneys Brian Middleton (Fort Bend) and John Creuzot (Dallas)
New progressive voices in Congress: Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) and Greg Casar (TX-35)

The 2022 program also helped re-elect Lina Hidalgo as Harris County Judge by 18,183 votes, a 1.6% margin. TOP and partners turned out 41,600 new midterm voters in Harris County alone. Opposition spent $25 million against our collective $7 million.

This is what it looks like when Black Texans are treated as a constituency to be organized, not an afterthought to be managed.

2024 Program

We kept building.

In 2024, BlackTOP expanded its digital and cultural footprint while continuing to deliver in the field. We met Black Texans where they are, online, in their mailboxes, and at their doors.

The reach:

75,000+ doors knocked
5,000+ conversations in the streets
178,381 mailboxes reached
721,303 social media accounts reached across Meta and TikTok
9,574,990 total impressions across platforms

County by county, the program drove real engagement: Tarrant alone saw 49,822 doors knocked, 11,902 conversations, and 6,253 commitments to vote. Collin, Bell, and Harris each delivered thousands of conversations and commitments.

Sustained investment compounds. Each one of our cycles builds on the last.

We are an incubator

"But for BlackTOP"

The leaders we back tell the same story. When the establishment counted them out, BlackTOP counted them in.

BlackTOP didn't just endorse me. They put organizers on the ground in Tarrant County when no one else would. I don't win this race without them.
Alisa Simmons, Tarrant County Commissioner
In 2022 when I was a first-time candidate, BlackTOP was essential in me winning. They showed up, did the work, and helped us prove that Black voters here are ready to lead.
Dexter McCoy, Fort Bend County Commissioner
Whatever I'm able to do on the national stage today started with BlackTOP organizers knocking on doors for me when I was a long shot. That's the kind of investment in Black leadership that changes everything."
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett

What's Next

What 2026 puts on the table. County judges run the largest local budgets in Texas. They shape criminal justice, public health, emergency response, and how every other county office operates. In 2026, Black candidates are running for these seats in counties where Black voters are the margin. BlackTOP is organizing to make sure that margin shows up.