The Politivist Action PAC is a political action committee (PAC) founded in 2025 by former U.S Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) to support the campaigns of Democratic Party candidates who claim to refuse funding from “corporate PACs.” ¹

As of February 2025, Politivist Action PAC’s website was under construction. ²

Background

On January 27, 2025, former U.S. Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) announced that she was launching the Politivist Action PAC. ¹ Bush lost her campaign for re-nomination in August 2024 in the Democratic primary in her state district. During the announcement, Bush claimed her loss was due to “AIPAC megadonors [succeeding] in buying our seat in Congress,” referencing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the largest pro-Israel advocacy group in the United States. Additionally, Bush accused President Donald Trump “and his allies” of fighting against civil rights and environmentalism. Bush claimed the new PAC was meant to support Democratic Party candidates that allegedly refuse corporate donations and will “[confront] the rise of right-wing extremism, and driving toward the fight for racial, economic, and social justice.” ¹

The Politivist Action PAC is not to be confused with Politivist LPAC, a leadership PAC formed by Bush. Politivist LPAC launched with $12,803, raised $48,533, and spent $54,589 by the end of her 2024 campaign. ³

Leadership

Politivist Action PAC was founded by former U.S. Representative Cori Bush (D-MO). Bush previously worked in several educational roles including a preschool teacher and school administration within St. Louis before she became involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement following the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. ⁴

In 2016, Bush ran for the Missouri State Senate as a Democrat and lost. In 2018, Bush ran for her U.S. Congressional seat and was defeated by the Democratic Party incumbent, then-U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-MO), in the primary. In 2020, Bush ran against then-Rep. Clay again and won the Democratic primary and the general election in November that year. ⁴ Rep. Bush was often considered a member of the “Squad,” a group of young left-wing Democratic U.S. members of Congress which also included Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). ⁵ Then-Rep. Bush would go on to be reelected in 2022 .⁴

In 2024, she faced a primary challenge from future Rep. Welsey Bell (D-MO) who received $8.5 million from the United Democracy Project, a Super PAC affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). The PAC had previously spent $15 million opposing the campaign of Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) during the June 2024 Democratic primary in New York, which Bowman lost. AIPAC had previously released statements criticizing then-Rep. Bush over her anti-Israel views. After the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack by Hamas against the state of Israel, U.S. Rep. Bush referred to the Israeli counterattack as an “ethnic cleansing campaign,” had voted against a U.S. House resolution supporting Israel, and boycotted a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom she had accused of  being a “war Criminal,” to U.S. Congress. ^{4 6}

In August 2024, then-Rep. Bush would lose the Democratic Party primary against Bell, who went on to win the general election for the district in November. Following her primary loss, Bush claimed AIPAC was responsible for her loss and accused the group of using “dark money” to allegedly target African-American elected officials. ^{4 6}

Andrew Madras is listed as the treasurer of the Politivist Action PAC. Madras is also the head of compliance at finance accounting firm Katz Compliance. He previously worked for American Bridge 21st Century. ^{7 8}

1. Andrew Solender.” Twitter. January 27, 2025. Accessed February 6, 2025. https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/1883949160212381806.
2. “Homepage.” Politicist Action PAC. Accessed February 6, 2025. https://www.politivistaction.com/.
3. “PAC Profile: Politivist LPAC.” Open Secrets. Accessed February 6, 2025. https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/politivist-lpac/C00826917/summary/2024.
4. “Cori Bush.” National Women’s History Museum. Accessed February 6, 2025. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/cori-bush.
5. Greve, John E. “Cori Bush on losing her US House seat: ‘I’m just getting started’.” The Guardian. December 31, 2024. Accessed February 6, 2025. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/31/cori-bush-congress.
6. Salter, Jim; Izaguirre, Anthony. “A pro-Israel super PAC helped defeat one Squad member. Now it’s going after another, Cori Bush.” AP News. August 1, 2024. Accessed February 6, 2025. https://apnews.com/article/cori-bush-aipac-house-race-missouri-568c1a84974b8ba176a8d27a8375de42
7. “Politivist Action PAC.” Federal Election Commission. Accessed February 6, 2025. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00893891/?tab=about-committee.
8. “Andrew Madras.” Katz Compliance. Accessed February 6, 2025. https://www.katzcompliance.com/our-team/andrew-madras.