Last week, the members of Peanut Butter PAC made our first award (representing our April donations) to the Bill Halter campaign - in order to include some great races with June primaries, we're voting on another award right now.
Peanut Butter PAC has been formed as a mechanism for progressives to join together and make a big difference for short money. In light of the Citizens United decision, it's more important than ever that we stand together for what we believe in. PBPAC will harness the power of the small donation combined with a large community to make sure that politicians listen to us - if money equals speech, then we need to get loud! You can join as a voting member for as little as $2.00 per week - please click here to join.
Read on for our current candidate list...
In the Senate:
Barbara Boxer(California Senate) primary date: 6/8
Paul Hodes (New Hampshire Senate) primary date: 9/14
Rodney Glassman (Arizona Senate) primary date: 8/24
Roxanne Conlin (Iowa Senate) primary date: 6/8
Kirsten Gillibrand (New York Senate) primary date: 9/14
Elaine Marshall (North Carolina Senate) primary date: 6/22
Kendrick Meek (Florida Senate) primary date: 8/24
And in the House:
Alan Grayson (Florida 8th) primary date: 8/24
Billy Kennedy(North Carolina 5th) primary date: 6/22
Carol Shea-Porter(New Hampshire 1st) primary date: 9/14
Craig Pridemore (Washington 3rd) primary date: 8/17
Jim McGovern (Massachusetts 3rd) primary date: 9/14
John Hall(New York 19th) primary date: 9/14
Keith Ellison (Minnesota 5th) primary date: 8/10
Marcy Winograd (California 36th) primary date: 6/8
Mac D'Allesandro (Massachusetts 9th) primary date: 9/14
Regina Thomas Georgia 12th) primary date: 7/20
Sheila Smoot (Alabama 7th) primary date: 6/1
Tarryl Clark (Minnesota 6th) primary date: 8/10
Tom Perriello (Virginia 5th) primary date: 6/8
Tommy Sowers (Missouri 8th) primary date: 8/3
And these primary winners:
Justin Coussoule(Ohio 8th) (running against BOEHNER!!)
Andre Carson(Indiana 7th)
Emails have gone out asking our paying members to whittle the list down to four deserving candidates, then another email blast will pick the winner from that subset. If you haven't joined up, please do, or make a working capital donation on our home page. We don't ask for a lot of money, it's as little as $10 per month, so the more members we have, the more clout we'll wield. By design, over 80% of the money collected goes to candidates - please help support us today!