In the first quarter of 2019, sixteen freshman Democratic House candidates who are rejecting corporate PAC money and endorsed by End Citizens United (ECU) announced that they raised over $400,000. These candidates were included in the first group of ECU-endorsed priority candidates. Last month, ECU announced a commitment to raising and spending a combined $10 million in small-dollar, grassroots donations to re-elect 26 House incumbents in competitive races.
ECU-endorsed freshman House incumbents who reject corporate PAC money and raised over $400,000:
During the 2018 election cycle, ECU led the movement among candidates to reject corporate PAC money in their campaigns. Fifty-five members of the 116th Congress are refusing to take corporate PAC money, including 36 freshmen members. The No Corporate PAC Pledge elevated the issue of money-in-politics as a top priority in the 2018 election and helped create the momentum to make a comprehensive reform bill the very first bill the new Democratic House took up as H.R. 1.