Search results for ‘the 2020 election’


  • Person

    Rajiv Chandrasekaran

    Rajiv Chandrasekaran is the director of policy and strategy at The Emes Project LLC, a project of Starbucks founder and CEO Howard Schultz, that works with the left-of-center Schultz Family Foundation. 1 Prior to
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    The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy

    The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy is a conservative-leaning think tank founded in 1979 by students of Harry Jaffa, a professor at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate University, based on Jaffa’s political philosophy.
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    Jennifer Pritzker

    Jennifer Pritzker is a member of the Pritzker family of billionaires and Democratic politicians. Pritzker was born in 1950 as James Pritzker, a nephew of the founders of the Hyatt Hotel chain. In 2013, Pritzker changed his name from James to Jennifer,
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    NGP VAN

    NGP VAN is a Democratic Party-aligned get-out-the-vote (GOTV) software company that has been described as “nearly every Democratic campaign’s primary tool for voter engagement.”
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    Women’s March Action (WMA)

    Women’s March Action (WMA) is a lobbying and advocacy group for left-of-center political and cultural movements. It is largely concerned with national issues and policies related to feminism and engages in education and engagement to bring more attention to these issues.
  • Political Party/527

    Field Team 6

     Field Team 6 is a pro-Democratic Party get-out-the-vote group that seeks to register Democratic voters in 10 states to maintain Democratic control of the U.S. Congress. In the 2022 elections, the group is targeting California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The group is led
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    Ballot Scout

    Ballot Scout is a service that allows absentee or mail-in voters to track their ballot’s progress through the postal service and see whether it reached an election office. According to its website, Ballot Scout was developed with input from election officers and in partnership with the United States Postal Service
  • Other Group

    The Chestnut Street Council

    The Chestnut Street Council is a fundraising organization founded by right-of-center activist Matt Schlapp in 2022.
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    Real Voices Media

    Real Voices Media is a left-of-center news aggregator that operates a network of social media, community, and news websites that support Democratic candidates and policy positions. The group is directed by Heather Holdridge, a former digital content manager for Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
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    The Walt Disney Company

    The Walt Disney Company is a media and entertainment conglomerate based in Burbank, California. As of March 2022, the company has more than 200,000 employees and a market capitalization of more than $250 billion. 113 Leadership
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    Virginia Kase

    Virginia Kase (also known as Virginia Kase Soloman) is the CEO of the League of Women Voters (LWV), a left-of-center policy and voting rights advocacy group. She was previously the COO of  CASA, a left-of-center immigrant advocacy group. Early Life Virginia Kase grew up in Hartford, Connecticut. She
  • Political Party/527

    Independence USA PAC

    The Independence USA PAC is a super PAC funded by former New York City Mayor, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and left-of-center donor Michael Bloomberg. The PAC is fully funded by Bloomberg’s personal fortune and was founded in 2012 with the intention of supporting moderate Democrats and Republicans in congressional
  • Political Party/527

    Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund

     Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund is the political action committee of Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, a New York-based lobbying group that advocates for gun control measures while opposing laws expanding firearms carry privileges. The victory fund has financed a variety of mailer and advertisement campaigns throughout
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    Law Works

    Law Works is the organization behind the 65 Project, a campaign to disbar lawyers that supported President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and prevent future Republican-led electoral legal challenges. Little is known about Law Works. The group came to light in
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    65 Project

    The 65 Project is a campaign targeting lawyers who aided attempts by then-President Donald Trump and his supporters to overturn the 2020 election results using advertisements, threats of disbarment, and changing rules within the American Bar Association, ostensibly to deter future similar efforts.
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    Women of Michigan Action Network (WOMAN)

    Women of Michigan Action Network (WOMAN) is a left-of-center activist organization based in Midland, Michigan. It was formed after the 2016 presidential election to oppose the policies of President Donald Trump and promote Democratic Party priorities and left-wing social causes.
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    Stacy H. Shusterman

    Stacy H. Schusterman is a left-of-center philanthropist and energy and real estate executive who is the chair of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, which is among the largest grantmakers in the United States. Schusterman is the daughter of Charles Schusterman, an oilman who died in 2000, and
  • Other Group

    Coronavirus War Room

    Coronavirus War Room is a left-of-center advocacy organization founded in March 2020 that has supported vaccine mandates, mask mandates, and lockdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization is a project of Protect Our Care, a dark-money group operating under the Sixteen Thirty Fund, which funds a variety
  • Other Group

    The Freedom to Vote Alliance

    The Freedom to Vote Alliance is a left-leaning voting issue advocacy group that supports legislation that would, among other things, redraw congressional districts, expand mail-in voting, increase campaign spending disclosure requirements, and penalize speech critical of reported election results. Background The website of the Freedom to Vote Alliance was created
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    Sarah Bloom Raskin

    Sarah Bloom Raskin is a lawyer and fiscal policy administrator in Democratic administrations. She was the deputy secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury in the Obama administration, and has also held a seat on the board of governors of the Federal Reserve. In addition to