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Person
John Kerry is a former U.S. Senator, presidential candidate, and U.S. Secretary of State. Kerry is currently the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate under President Joe Biden. Special Envoy Kerry’s politics have been assessed in the past as on the left wing of the Democratic Party.
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Non-profit
Informing Democracy is a left-of-center research organization and advocacy group formed in 2022 that publishes information on election laws and certification processes, while also publishing information about Republican state and local officials and election administrators whom the organization deems a “threat” to democracy. The organization focuses its research on politically
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Political Party/527
Citizens for Strength and Security Fund is a political action committee run by a Democratic consultant. Much of the fund’s money has come from labor unions and left-of-center groups. The fund has been involved in political races from U.S. Senate to local mayoral contests. The leader of Citizens for Strength
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For-profit
Baron & Budd is a law firm specializing in class-action lawsuits, particularly those dealing with mesothelioma. It is also notable for its work with left-of-center nonprofits and ties to Democratic Party politicians. Background Founded in 1977, Baron & Budd (Formally Baron & Budd, P.C.) is a Texas-based law firm that
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Non-profit
The United States Climate Alliance (U.S. Climate Alliance) is a coalition of governors formed in 2017 who support greenhouse gas reduction policies in line with the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, both in their states and at the federal level. The group is a project of the United Nations Foundation, a private
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Non-profit
ActBlue Technical Services (ABTS) is a left-of-center nonprofit political organization formed by ActBlue as the organization’s credit card processing arm. It helps pay for ActBlue PAC’s operational expenses. The organization was originally created in 2007 as a for-profit company called Auburn Quad, but was reorganized as ABTS in 2009.
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Government Agency
This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the Executive Office of the President. Nominations and Appointments Jen O’Malley Dillon is White House Deputy Chief of Staff. She was Campaign Manger for Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign, and prior to that for Beto O’Rourke’s 2020 campaign. She was a
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Person
Michael E. Reed is the CEO of Gatehouse Media, the largest publisher of daily newspapers in the United States as measured by distinct publications. 1 In 2019, Gatehouse Media merged with the mass media holding company
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Political Party/527
The Lincoln Project is a Super PAC opposed to the reelection of President Donald Trump and Republican Party candidates that the group claims are his allies. From January through July 2020, the Lincoln project released 66 video advertisements, with 17 released in July alone.
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Person
Chris Melody Fields Figueredo is the executive director of The Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. Prior to this, she served as the associate director for media nonprofit ReThink Media and was the outreach director for the advocacy group Common Cause.
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Person
David Plouffe is a Democratic political strategist who currently is a board member and strategist for ACRONYM, a left-of-center advocacy nonprofit specializing in voter mobilization through digital outreach. He also works as the president of policy and advocacy at the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, an LLC which provides seed funding
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Person
Morris Dees is the co-founder and former chief trial counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Dees was involved with the SPLC for 48 years and grew the organization into one of the largest civil rights organizations in the United States. The SPLC bankrupted numerous prominent extremist organizations
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Person
Julianna Smoot is a Democratic Party fundraiser and consultant. She was the national finance director for President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign and the deputy campaign manager for the Obama 2012 campaign. She also held several positions in the Obama administration, including chief of staff to the United
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For-profit
STG Results (also called Smoot Tewes Consulting) is a Democratic Party-aligned public affairs and political strategy firm. It was founded in 2013 as Smoot Tewes Group by two former Obama for America senior staffers, Julianna Smoot and Paul Tewes.
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Person
Anne Earhart is a California-based heiress and supporter of various left-leaning causes. She is one of the inheritors of the fortune of Getty Oil tycoon J. Paul Getty. Earhart is a supporter of Democratic Party and left-of-center political causes with her political and advocacy giving. She is also the principal
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Non-profit
American Rights at Work Education Campaign (ARAWEC) was the 501(c)(3) arm of the left-of-center labor-union advocacy organization, American Rights at Work. History ARAWEC was founded in 2003 and worked in conjunction with its sister organization American Rights at Work (ARAW) to promote left-of-center labor policies. However, while ARAW
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Non-profit
American Rights at Work (ARAW) was the advocacy arm of the now defunct left-of-center labor activism group American Rights at Work Education Campaign (ARAWEC). In 2012 it merged with another left-of-center labor organization, Jobs With Justice.
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Non-profit
Also see Working America (labor union) The Working America Education Fund is the charitable arm of Working America, the left-of-center “community affiliate” of the AFL-CIO labor union federation. 1 Founded in
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Labor Union
The Virginia AFL-CIO is the state-level body for the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organization (AFL-CIO) labor union federation in Virginia. The AFL-CIO is the largest federation of labor unions in the United States, and the Virginia AFL-CIO is the state’s largest federation of labor unions.
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Non-profit
Also see successor groups: State Innovation Exchange, SIX Action (Non-profits) The Progressive States Network (PSN) was a left-of-center organization, which included electoral groups, business associations, educational institutions, and advocacy organizations.
