As voters’ anger with Washington’s pay-to-play politics and culture of corruption grows, and Republicans in Congress caught flat-footed having to defend their tax breaks for corporations and mega-donors, a wave of Democratic challengers this cycle seized on the opportunity to redefine their party and take on the rigged system. These candidates are running on a message focused on reform and ending the influence of big money in politics.
Over the past two years, End Citizens United and its four million grassroots members have helped these candidates push the narrative on reform and reimagine the way the Democratic candidates fundraise, leading a movement to reject corporate PAC money and run a grassroots powered campaign.
The headlines themselves speak to the success of the movement and the growing change within the party to make reforming our broken political system a top priority:
The Hill: Small-dollar donations explode in the Trump era [October 2018]
KPBS Public Media: Democrats Fighting For Congress Refuse Corporate Donors[October 2018]
New York Times: Small Donors Fuel a Big Democratic Lead in 2018 Fund-Raising[October 2018]
Huffington Post: Democrats In Key House Races Boast Massive Fundraising Advantage[October 2018]
The Hill: Bill to reform government, elections should be the top item on the agenda in 2019[October 2018]
The Wall Street Journal: 107 House Democratic Candidates to Congress: We Want Campaign-Finance Reform [October 2018]
Huff Post: Over 100 Democrats Want The Next Congress To Prioritize Anti-Corruption Reforms [October 2018]
Washington Post: The GOP is buying the House. Literally. [September 2018]
PBS: Tiffany Muller on The Open Mind: United Against the Citizens [September 2018]
Newsday: Democrats focusing on small donations as campaign tactic [September 2018]
The Atlantic: Why So Many Democratic Candidates Are Dissing Corporate PACs [August 2018]
NPR: Should Politicians Allow Big Money to Finance American Politics? [August 2018]
Roll Call: Corporate PACs in Spotlight as Candidates Reject Their Money [August 2018]
New York Times: For Voters Sick of Money in Politics, a New Pitch: No PAC Money Accepted [August 2018]
Axios: Nearly 200 Democrats are refusing corporate PAC money [August 2018]
Associated Press: Corporate donations are new test for Democratic candidates [August 2018]
Election Law Blog: “Corporate donations are new test for Democratic candidates” [August 2018]
Now This News: Cory Booker Says No To Corporate PAC Money [August 2018]
The Providence Journal: Cicilline, Whitehouse declare they won’t accept PAC money[July 2018]
USA Today: As more Dems reject corporate PAC money, a Texas Senate candidate’s PAC-free campaign pays off [June 2018]
Buzzfeed: The Bernie-Trump Campaign Finance Legacy: Rejecting Corporate PAC Money[May 2018]
The American Prospect: “No Corporate PAC” Pledges Go Beyond Cheap Promises [May 2018]
The Cook Political Report: Conor Lamb Ran as a Change Agent in PA-18. So Are Lots of Other Democrats [March 2018]
Business Insider: A Democrat no one’s heard of just raised triple the amount Ted Cruz did, despite rejecting special interest money [March 2018]
Center for Responsive Politics: Two more senators ditch corporate PACs [February 2018]
CNBC: Cory Booker joins Kirsten Gillibrand and other Senate Democrats in rejecting corporate PAC donations [February 2018]
The Young Turks: Another Democrat Rejects Corporate PAC Money [February 2018]
Fortune: Kirsten Gillibrand Will No Longer Accept Money From Corporate PACs [February 2018]
BuzzFeed: Kirsten Gillibrand Pledges To Stop Accepting Donations From Corporate PACs[February 2018]
New York Observer: Kirsten Gillibrand Will No Longer Accept Corporate PAC Money[February 2018]
The Hill: Booker to stop accepting donations from corporate PACs [February 2018]
Politico: End Citizens United touts fundraising network [January 2018]
USA Today: Democratic PAC End Citizens United names ‘Big Money 20’ targets for 2018[December 2017]
Roll Call: Democrats Passing on Corporate PAC Money Snag New Endorsement[September 2017]
Politico: End Citizens United Builds a Case – and Trove of Data – for Reform Campaign[September 2017]
McClatchy: Dem group urges candidates to campaign against money in politics [August 2017]
USA Today: End Citizens United raises $4 million, projects $35 million haul for midterms[April 2017]
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