The Headlines: End Citizens United / Let America Vote Steps Up to Protect Attorney General and Secretary of State Races

As the Republican party unified behind the Big Lie in the aftermath of the 2020 elections and led a concerted campaign to pass restrictive voting laws backed by dark money, End Citizens United and Let America Vote launched its first ever “Democracy Defenders” program for preeminent attorney general and secretary of state races in the 2022 cycle.

Recognizing the importance of these races and the threats MAGA Republicans pose to our democracy, ECU / LAV sounded the alarm bell and supported Democratic candidates to put them in a position to win. Through TV, digital, and mail advertising, earned media support, fundraising, messaging, research, political support, and organizing, ECU / LAV helped elevate these races into the national conversation and ensured they got the attention they deserved.

The headlines below speak to the success ECU / LAV had and the support it provided to these must-win races:

• CNN: Progressive group launches $7 million effort to elect Democratic secretaries of state and attorneys general

• Politico: Dems light up airwaves in key secretary of state races

• Huff Post: Local Democrats Are Teaming Up To Battle Election Subversion

• CNN: Democratic secretaries of state group posts record fundraising

• Politico: Who will run the 2024 election? They’re on your ballot in 2022.

• Huff Post: Democrats Go On Offense Against GOP Election Deniers Looking To Run Elections

• National Journal: VOTING: Democrats Pour Money Into Secretary of State Races

• MSNBC: President of End Citizens United: ‘Over half of Americans have an election-denier on the ballot’

• USA Today: Hundreds of elections deniers running for office nationwide in 2022 pose ‘major threat’ to U.S. democracy

• Colorado Politics: National election reform group endorses Jena Griswold’s re-election bid

• Colorado Politics: Attorney General Phil Weiser lands endorsement from Democratic-aligned election reform group

• The Atlanta-Journal Constitution: End Citizens United backs Jordan, Nguyen for Georgia offices

• Politico: End Citizens United // Let America Vote Endorses Cisco Aguilar for Nevada Secretary of State

• Channel 3000: Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul Announces Re-Election Bid

• NBC News: As hope for federal voting rights rescue dims, state Democrats, advocates turn up the heat

• USA Today: He defied Trump in 2020, but voting rights groups slam policies of Georgia’s Raffensperger

• Fox 2 Detroit: Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson pushes ‘For the People’ act

• KTOE: Sec of State Simon supports “For the People” voting act

• Colorado Politics: Griswold, Bennet join Democrats’ bid for new national election law

• Cheddar: Interview with Tiffany Muller: Florida, Texas Introduce New Voting Laws

• Newsweek: We Must Pass Legislation to Protect Our Democracy Following Capitol Insurrection

• WWAY3: State Leaders Speak Out on Voting Rights Bill

• Central Michigan Public Radio: Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson warns of continued risks to election security in Michigan

• Fox 2 Detroit: Progressive voter’s rights group on high alert for Trump Michigan visit, midterms

• MLive: Expect election conspiracies to continue without ‘real political or legal accountability,’ Michigan SOS Benson says

• Michigan Advance: Ahead of Trump rally, Benson says Michigan is ‘ground zero’ for threats against democracy

• NPR Detroit: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is expressing concerns over some Republican candidates

• NBC News: Michigan GOP endorses Trump-backed election denier in secretary of state race

• MLive: Whitmer vetoes Republican election bills aimed at voiding registration for certain voters

• The Guardian: The latest threat to democracy? A Trump-backed candidate willing to ‘find extra votes’

• Fox News: Trump helps thrust once-ignored secretary of state campaigns into big donor spotlight

• Kansas Reflector: Chris Mann promises to fight dark money if elected Kansas attorney general

• Kansas Reflector Podcast: Tiffany Muller on big money politics, threats to democracy, and returning to Kansas

• WIBW: Democratic candidate discusses plan of action against corruption

• Atlanta Daily World: Georgia Attorney General Candidate Sen. Jen Jordan, Releases Voting Rights Platform

• Las Vegas Review Journal: Democrats, SEIU members canvass for candidates, voting rights

• The Nevada Independent: Jim Marchant accused of campaign finance violations for second time

• The Detroit News: Meet the Trump-backed podcaster and trivia jockey who hopes to oversee Michigan elections

• Mother Jones: Matt DePerno Sought to Foreclose on His Clients’ Property. Now He Wants to Be Michigan’s Top Lawyer.

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