The State Activation Project!

From The Hotline:

The DLCC and ActBlue announced the formation of the State Activation Project. The new organization will make sophisticated online fundraising tools available to Dem state legislative candidates in certain states.

While state legislative candidates have been hindered by high costs, DLCC exec. dir. Michael Davies says a single umbrella organization provides candidates an economy of scale that will help make fundraising more affordable.

ActBlue Pres. Benjamin Rahn says candidates in state contests in CA, IN, IA, ME, MT, OR, PA, SD, TX, UT, VA, and WI will be able to raise money online by 9/4.

Ben diaries more...

When we first met with Raghu Devaguptapu (political director at the DLCC) about activating ActBlue for state candidates he didn't say "I'm not sure this is the right ask for our donors" (translation: we only want to raise money for ourselves). And he didn't say "I think our lawyers will have some serious concerns" (translation: this is too complicated for me). And he didn't say "We'll need to take this up with the board" (translation: our old strategy won't get me fired).

Instead, looking at the whiteboard behind us detailing the balance of power in 99 legislative chambers, he said "this could make a huge difference in the landscape. Let's make this happen."

This is GREAT news for our state leg races, where strong organizing can trickle up and help every Dem on the ballot.

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With broadband (even slowest DSL) and new web architectures, this campaign cycle is going to be a wild ride. There are interactive phone banking tools out there that didn't even exist last cycle. The web impact is going to be logarithmically more powerful this time around. Now we are definitely in for some fun!

Will the DCCC and DSCC support the federal candidates with the same direct access tools so we don't have to give all our money to the party committees but can instead give it directly to our candidates?

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Fractal on August 31, 2006 at 02:53 PM

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