The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) is the official party organ supporting Democratic Party candidates for state legislative offices.

2020 Election Cycle

The DLCC anticipates spending $50 million during the 2020 elections to help Democrats win state legislative races within Republican-controlled states and help influence the redistricting of congressional lines based on new census data. To this end, the DLCC has quadrupled its staff while reaching out to democrat-leaning groups including EMILY’s List and the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. ¹ Such states being targeted include Arizona, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Montana, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. ²

Leadership

Jessica Post is the executive director and chief fundraiser for the DLCC since 2016. She previously worked as a field director for DLCC during the 2010 midterm elections. ³

Funding

Jonathan Soros, son of left-wing philanthropist George Soros, contributed $1 million to the DLCC in 2019. ⁴

Left-wing philanthropist Donald Sussman has contributed a total of $1 million to the DLCC since President Donald Trump’s election in 2016. ⁵

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2. Severns, Maggie. “Democrats Plan $50M Campaign to Flip State Legislatures before Redistricting.” POLITICO, January 15, 2020. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/15/redistricting-state-legislatures-campaign-099437.
3. Severns, Maggie. “Democrats Plan $50M Campaign to Flip State Legislatures before Redistricting.” POLITICO, January 15, 2020. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/15/redistricting-state-legislatures-campaign-099437.
4. Severns, Maggie. “Democrats Plan $50M Campaign to Flip State Legislatures before Redistricting.” POLITICO, January 15, 2020. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/15/redistricting-state-legislatures-campaign-099437.
5. Severns, Maggie. “Democrats Plan $50M Campaign to Flip State Legislatures before Redistricting.” POLITICO, January 15, 2020. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/15/redistricting-state-legislatures-campaign-099437.