Political extremists are trying to take away our voting rights and overturn fair election outcomes when they don’t win. This assault on the foundations of our democracy cannot go unanswered. Americans must agree to overcome ideological differences and unite in common cause to save the future of our republic, democracy, and country.
democracyFIRST is dedicated to protecting free, fair, and inclusive elections and the American exceptionalism they make possible by uniting the cross-partisan pro-democracy majority in a common cause to protect our economy, national security, and way of life.
Through an ideologically diverse coalition of pro-democracy leaders, democracyFIRST is committed to safeguarding every eligible American citizen’s freedom to vote in safe and secure elections they trust.
democracyFIRST PAC works to defeat the dangerous election deniers, insurrectionists, and anti-democracy candidates running for critical public offices that oversee the administration, funding, counting, and certification of our elections. In targeted races at the county, state, and national level, democracyFIRST PAC helps elect pro-democracy candidates who will safeguard the fundamental principles of free and fair elections and help achieve the promise of our democracy.
In the 2023 state, county, and municipal elections, democracyFIRST PAC is implementing a unique cross-partisan political strategy that aims to isolate and defeat extreme anti-democracy candidates running for the public offices, which oversee the rules, funding, administration, counting, and certification of our elections. democracyFIRST’s 2023 political effort will target three states: Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
“Democracy Was on the Ballot—And Won: The American crisis isn’t over, but the midterms were a good sign” The results were clear in the 2022 Election: democracy itself was on the ballot, and it won. Immediately after the election, democracyFIRST released a report which helped set the pro-democracy narrative early in the post-election coverage.
democracyFIRST PAC made critical investments in the Secretary of State & Gubernatorial races in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. We raised over $850,000 directly for pro-democracy Secretary of State and Gubernatorial candidates and invested over $2 million in independent outside efforts to help win these races.
In these targeted swing-states, democracyFIRST PAC directly raised and invested over $2.2 million in competitive down-ballot contests, including races for the State Supreme Court, Attorney General, state legislature, and county commission.
“The results were clear in the 2022 Election: democracy itself was on the ballot, and it won. Immediately after the election, democracyFIRST released a report which helped set the pro-democracy narrative early in the post-election coverage.”
The future of free and fair elections depends on us, the pro-democracy majority. We must unite in common cause to isolate and defeat the dangerous, extreme, anti-democracy movement in America and call on all candidates running for office to make the democracyFIRST Promise. To rebuild trust and faith in our democratic institutions, we must restore the American consensus in support of the promise of democracy.
The democracyFIRST Promise calls on candidates to agree to put democracy first. To respect the checks and balances defined in our Constitution, the preservation of our electoral processes, democratic institutions, and norms, which protect the rights, freedoms, liberties, and opportunities guaranteed to all Americans.
As a candidate and elected official, I commit to:
If elected to serve in public office, I promise to support and defend these foundational principles of our democratic republic.
