Progressive Majority

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Progressive Majority

Basic facts
Location:| Washington, D.C.
Type:| 527 group
Top official:| Gloria Totten
Website:| Official website
Budget
2015:| $2,380,000[1]

## Contents

* 1 Mission
* 2 Background
* 3 Leadership
* 4 Finances
* 5 Recent news
* 6 See also
* 7 External links
* 8 Footnotes

Progressive Majority is a 527 group and former political action committee that supports progressive candidates for state and local office. The organization connects candidates with people, information, training and other resources to support their campaigns.[2]

## Mission[edit]

The organization has the following mission:[2]

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Progressive Majority's mission is to elect progressive champions. We accomplish this by identifying and recruiting the best progressive leaders to run for office; coaching and supporting their candidacies by providing strategic message, campaign, and technical support; prioritizing the recruitment and election of candidates of color; and bringing new people into the political process at all levels.[3]

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## Background[edit]

Founded in 1999 as a federal political action committee, Progressive Majority became a "multi-issue political organization dedicated to raising money for progressives running for the U.S. Congress and statewide offices" in 2001.[4] In a 2010 version of the organization's website, the group outlined that it attempts to get progressive candidates elected to office by first working locally. The organization claimed, "We are the nation's only political organization dedicated exclusively to electing progressive champions at the state and local level."[5]

Progressive Majority was one of the "focus issue groups" in the leaked investment portfolio of the Democracy Alliance, an invite-only network of wealthy supporters of progressive political causes. The portfolio described Progressive Majority's work:[1]

“  | PM recruits and provides training programs for state and local candidates across the country and offers strategy, messaging, and technical assistance and support to progressive organizations and candidates. PM's activities support avowedly progressive candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities, which has mobilizing potential for key constituencies. Once elected, these officials play a central role in crafting and enacting progressive legislation at the local, state, and national levels.[3] | ”

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The organization's PAC was officially terminated in March 2007, according to documents on file with the Federal Election Commission.[6]

## Leadership[edit]

The most recent available version of the board of directors portion of Progressive Majority's website, from 2010, lists the following individuals as members of the group's board:[7]

* Robert Borosage
* Karen Ackerman
* Beth Broderick
* Edmund Cooke
* Lawrence Hess
* Julie Martínez Ortega
* Tom Matzzie
* Steve Phillips
* Jack Polidori
* Fran Rodgers
* Jon Youngdahl

## Finances[edit]

The following is a breakdown of the total amount raised and spent by Progressive Majority's 527 group in the 2004 to 2014 election cycles, according to the Center for Responsive Politics:[8]

Money raised and spent by Progressive Majority's 527 group, 2004–2014

Election Year  | Total Raised  | Total Spent
2014 | $785,892 | $993,763
2012 | $1,832,151 | $2,033,331
2010 | $3,176,780 | $3,403,298
2008 | $5,743,779 | $7,444,825
2006 | $6,389,599 | $5,086,372
2004 | $1,322,051 | $971,477

The following is a breakdown of the total amount raised and spent by Progressive Majority's PAC in the 2000 to 2006 election cycles, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The PAC was officially terminated in March 2007.[9]

Money raised and spent by Progressive Majority's PAC, 2000–2006

Election Year  | Total Raised  | Total Spent
2006 | $565,000 | $586,000
2004 | $1,000,000 | $987,900
2002 | $523,000 | $526,800
2000 | $36,800 | $30,000

## Recent news[edit]

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms 'Progressive Majority'. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

Progressive Majority - Google News

## See also[edit]

* 527 group
* Political action committee
* Democracy Alliance

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* Progressive Majority (527) on OpenSecrets.org
* Progressive Majority (PAC) on OpenSecrets.org

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Democracy Alliance, "2020 Vision Investment Portfolio," Spring 2015
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Progressive Majority, "Website," accessed July 24, 2015
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
4. ↑ Progressive Majority, "History," archived October 12, 2010
5. ↑ Progressive Majority, "Who We Are," archived November 24, 2010
6. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Termination Report Letter, March 16, 2007," accessed July 7, 2016
7. ↑ Progressive Majority, "Board," accessed August 12, 2015
8. ↑ Open Secrets, "Progressive Majority," accessed August 12, 2015
9. ↑ Open Secrets, "Progressive Majority," accessed August 12, 2015

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