Hold the Line PAC

Background

The Hold the Line PAC was founded by Marcus Flowers in 2024 to raise funds to support Democratic candidates and causes. Flowers, a Democrat from Georgia, ran in the 2022 election for the U.S. House of Representatives and lost to then-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). ²

According to its website, Hold the Line PAC is focused on helping “the next generation of Democratic leaders” to “defeat MAGA, anti-democracy Republicans at the ballot box.” ¹ It also works to elect Democratic candidates at the federal level and in select “high stakes” statewide races through fundraising, advertising, and advocacy. ^{4  5}

Candidate Endorsements

Hold the Line’s endorsed candidates for the 2025-2026 election cycle include Rep. Donald Davis (D-NC), San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones (D), Rep. Nikema Williams (D-GA), Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA), Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), U.S. House candidate Zach Dembo (D-KY), former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (D), Jersey City Mayor James Solomon (D), and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (D). ⁶

Affiliated Groups

In 2025, Hold the Line PAC established a sister organization, the Fields of Change PAC, to focus on state and local elections. Fields of Change recruited, endorsed, financially supported, and campaigned for Democratic candidates at the state and local levels. ^{5 7}

The Mission Democracy PAC was a sister organization founded by Marcus Flowers and located in Bremen, Georgia. ⁸ Its focus was to oppose “MAGA” Republican members of Congress through targeted advertising and campaigns. The group targeted former Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Scott Perry (R-PA), and Paul Gosar (R-AZ). ⁹ According to FEC filings, Mission Democracy is no longer active. ¹⁰

Hold the Line was a listed partner and active participant of the No Kings protest movements created to oppose policies passed by the Second Trump administration. The coalition of approximately 200 partner organizations was founded by American Opposition, the 50501 Movement, and Indivisible. Other partner organizations include the ACLU, Common Cause, Democracy Forward, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the Human Rights Campaign, People for the American Way, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the Sierra Club, United for Democracy, and Working Families Power. ^{11  12 3}

Financials

Between 2025 and June 2026, Hold the Line reported receipts of over $2.6 million and disbursements of almost $2.9 million. ¹³ According to its FEC filings, Hold the Line PAC is a high‑volume, small‑donor‑driven fundraising PAC. Eighty-two percent of contributions received were un-itemized small donations. The PAC spent most of its money on operating and fundraising costs. It raised over $2.6 million almost entirely from small donors, spent more than it raised, and made a low volume of contributions to other committees or affiliates. ¹⁴

Leadership

As of 2026, founder Marcus Flowers was serving as the president of the Hold the Line PAC. Flowers was a U.S. Army veteran and a contractor for the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Defense. ¹⁵ He first ran for office in 2022 with an unsuccessful campaign to unseat then-U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). ^{16  17} He is a board member of several political action committees, including Focused Objectives, the Focused Actions PAC, and Veterans for Responsible Leadership. ¹⁸

As of May 2026, Owen Berger was executive director and treasurer of Hold the Line. Berger is a campaign strategist and has previously worked for the campaigns of several Democratic candidates running for office through fundraising and voter mobilization efforts. ¹⁵

Chinita Allen is the political director of Hold the Line, as well as president of the Cobb County Democratic Women. She was also a director of the Columbia University Barnard College alumni association, a founding member of the Women’s Solidarity Society of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, a member of the National Education Committee of the United Nations Association of the USA. She was a senior leadership fellow of Higher Heights for America. ^{19  20 21}