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    Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes speaks during Milwaukee's 48th Annual Juneteenth Day Festival

    Mandela Barnes Launches PAC to Help Candidates Abandoned by Democratic Establishment

    "Too often, fairly or unfairly, the questions of 'Can this person win?' and 'Does this person have what it takes?' come up," Barnes said. "Sometimes those questions aren't always asked in good faith."

    Julia Conley
    Feb 07, 2023

    To challenge establishment Democratic leaders who focus on the so-called "electability" of candidates and, in many cases, withhold funding that could be the deciding factor in whether they win or lose, former U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes on Tuesday announced the launch of a new political action committee aimed at helping supposedly long-shot contenders.

    The Long Run PAC will invest in the campaigns of "women, people of color, LGBTQ, and working-class candidates across the country" and in Barnes' home state of Wisconsin, where he came within 26,000 votes of beating two-term Republican Sen. Ron Johnson last year.

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    DNC Chair Jaime Harrison appears at the committee's winter meeting

    'We Will Keep Fighting,' Says Head of Nevada Democrats as DNC Panel Blocks Dark Money Ban

    "Time and time again, we've watched 'dark money' used to silence the voices our party most needs to hear."

    Jake Johnson
    Feb 04, 2023

    Nevada Democratic Party Chair Judith Whitmer said Friday that progressives won't stop working to stem the flow of untraceable cash into national primary contests after the DNC Resolutions Committee blocked a vote on her proposed dark money ban for the second time.

    Whitmer, a DNC member, told Common Dreams that "time and time again, we've watched 'dark money' used to silence the voices our party most needs to hear."

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    Members of the DNC Resolutions Committee attend a meeting

    Once Again, DNC Panel Blocks Vote on Dark Money Ban in Democratic Primaries

    Nevada Democratic Party Chair Judith Whitmer, the lead sponsor of the resolution, said that dark money is "being used to silence the voices our party most needs to hear."

    Jake Johnson
    Feb 03, 2023

    For the second time in less than five months, the Democratic National Committee's resolutions panel refused Thursday to allow a vote on a proposed ban on dark money in the party's primaries, despite substantial support for the change among DNC members and prominent progressive lawmakers.

    Judith Whitmer, the chair of the Nevada Democratic Party and lead sponsor of the dark money resolution, wrote on Twitter that "these funds are being used to exclude, not empower."

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