A sign is posted outside a polling place during a primary election on March 15, 2016, in Chesterville, Ohio. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images Run for Something rolls out fundraising effort

Run for Something is getting into fundraising.

The group, which launched last year to encourage young progressives to jump into local races, on Thursday will unveil Fund for Something, to direct interested donors to preferred candidates through an online portal.


The first wave of 29 candidates in the program, running in 14 different states, are all going up against NRA-backed candidates. One is from near Newtown, Conn. One is from near Parkland, Fla.

“The launch of this new program will help build the progressive bench — but more than that, it has the potential to save lives,” said Run for Something co-founder Amanda Litman. “Taking out NRA shills at the state legislative level is a major step in turning around the daily gun violence in this country.”

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Unlike the $200,000 that Run for Something donated to supported candidates in Virginia state legislature races last year, the new program will send people with money directly to the campaigns without taking a cut. This enables Run for Something to boost candidates without navigating different states’ campaign finance laws.

Run for Something aides say that there will announce more waves of candidates for the fundraising program over the course of 2018.

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