Run for Something

Run for Something is a progressive American political organization dedicated to recruiting and supporting young candidates running for down-ballot office. Its mission is to get young progressive candidates from non-traditional backgrounds to run for and win state and local offices, and create a next generation slate of political candidates that will seek higher office in the future.[1]

It was founded on January 20, 2017 — the day of the inauguration of Donald Trump as President — by Amanda Litman, the email director of Hillary Clinton's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, and Ross Morales Rocketto, a veteran of political campaigns.[2][3]

In May 2017, political action organization Onward Together, founded by Clinton, selected Run for Something as one of its three primary partner organizations.[4] In the 2017 Virginia elections, Run for Something endorsed candidates won more than 40 percent of their races, almost four times the average for first-time candidates.[5]

National Run for Office Day, to occur annually one week after Election Day, was created by Run for Something in 2017 to encourage more young progressives to run for office.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Bendery, Jennifer (2017-01-30). "More Than 1,000 Progressives Signed Up To Run For Office Over The Weekend". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  2. ↑ Barabak, Mark. "Trump succeeds where Obama failed – spawning a new wave of liberal activism". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  3. ↑ Clinton, Hillary (2017-11-08). "Tweet". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  4. ↑ Palmer, Anna (2017-05-15). "Clinton launches new political group: 'Onward Together'". POLITICO.
  5. ↑ "Meet the group that just put more than 30 local progressives into office". Vox. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  6. ↑ Hamedy, Saba. "Today is Run For Office Day. Here's what that means". CNN. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
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