There's groups like Run for Something that recruit progressives to run for state and local office
A surprising number of potentially winnable seats are never contested. Let's show up anywhere and everywhere to fight back
If you're worried about Republicans messing with elections themselves, you also have the power to help there too by running for state and local offices. Elections - even for federal positions - are run by state and local officals not by the federal government
Why waste time on performative gestures in two years like this rather than actually doing something right now?
You should be doing both if you can. Doing local stuff can help to get a local office