In today’s politics, money, and your ability to raise it, is the single most important factor for party leaders, club members, and others use to determine a candidate’s viability. In tough races or GOP leaning districts, many, many people will tell you that a progressive has NO chance to win an election—that to win, a candidate must pander to the right and run as a centrist. If there is a contested primary, many traditional sources of funding and support remain off-limits to progressive grassroots candidates until AFTER they’ve won the primary. This gives a HUGE advantage to corporate and self-funding candidates. The political class doesn’t care if a campaign will build power and structure for the future (even if the immediate result isn’t winning), they want to win NOW.
Our goal is to provide support to candidates who want to make real, progressive, long term change for their District.