INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS The 2018 cycle was a major step forward for the environment and our democracy, with impressive wins up and down the ballot. Your investment made an impact and allowed us 1 INTRODUCTION to gain a majority in the House of Representatives, maintain 2 OVERVIEW our green firewall in the Senate, elect 11 new governors, and help flip legislative chambers in 3 key states.

4 U.S. SENATE RESULTS The collective efforts of energized grassroots issues and are poised to make progress in activists, an amazing field of candidates, their states. And in Colorado, we helped flip 6 U.S. HOUSE RESULTS and the unbelievably committed GiveGreen the State Senate, giving Colorado a pro- donor community made these gains possible. environment trifecta that will promote clean The results speak for themselves. air, clean water, and a healthy future. 10 GOVERNORS RESULTS This year, with a new and improved website This cycle, more than 10,000 donors gave we were able to prioritize a slate of 242 House an astounding $23 million through GiveGreen, 12 STATE EXECUTIVES RESULTS and Senate candidates and 110 nonfederal our largest fundraising cycle to date. As we candidates across 41 states, in races where we look at the road ahead, we know that this assessed that contributions to these campaigns community will be more important than ever 14 STAGE LEGISLATORS RESULTS could help shift the balance of power. We to accelerate action on climate change. This helped win an incredible 74% of these races. report illustrates the impact of your giving. 16 WHY GIVEGREEN.COM By strategically contributing to candidates to- gether, we were able to harness the collective On behalf of NextGen America, LCV Victory power of environmental donors around the Fund, and NRDC Action Fund PAC, please know 17 CONTACT INFORMATION country — and maximize our impact. how much we appreciate all that you do. We look forward to working with you in the future In the House, 162 GiveGreen candidates won and strengthening this growing movement. election with your support — 55 of whom will serve as new members. These pro-environment THANK YOU for being a part of the representatives will be on the frontlines in GiveGreen community and helping to elect the fight against the Trump administration’s environmental champions. attacks on public health, climate, and public Sincerely, lands protections.

State level races were more important than Tom Steyer ever, and newly elected leaders will act as President, NextGen America the counterforce to the Trump administration’s Gene Karpinski destructive climate policies. GiveGreen President, LCV Victory Fund candidates like Governors Michelle Lujan Grisham (New Mexico) and Janet Mills (Maine) Rhea Suh ran on clean energy and pro-environment President, NRDC Action Fund PAC

2017–2018 Results 1 OVERVIEW % 74 * WIN RATE $23,096,846 TOTAL RAISED TOTAL CANDIDATE CONTRIBUTIONS BY STATE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST DOLLAR $4,317,556 352CANDIDATES FEDERAL INVESTMENT WINS DIRECTED FEDERAL & STATE INVESTMENT WINS TO PACS LOSSES

ALABAMA $51,712 ARIZONA $498,724 $164,062 ARKANSAS $13,596 CALIFORNIA $1,161,414 $294,755 $18,779,290 COLORADO $180,317 $5,960 CONNECTICUT $35,556 DIRECTLY TO CANDIDATES DELAWARE $78,456 For the purposes of this report, FLORIDA $165,445 $865,355 GEORGIA $71,501 $360,546 all total contributions and averages HAWAII $23,198 28,994 are calculated from $18,779,290 ILLINOIS $201,103 $112,866 DONORS SINCE LAUNCH because that is the total of contributions INDIANA $19,153 that went directly to candidates IOWA $160,355 $140,638 as compared to PACs. KANSAS $56,785 $16,109 KENTUCKY $3,861 $625 MAINE $172,085 $114,325 MARYLAND $15,525 $23,741 AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION MASSACHUSETTS $92,480 DURING 2017-2018 CYCLE MICHIGAN $643,082 $73,260 CANDIDATE DEMOGRAPHICS MINNESOTA $462,472 $65,533 MISSOURI $526 $5,243 PEOPLE OF COLOR MONTANA $510,394 $53,981 30% NEBRASKA $28,392 WOMEN NEVADA $839,749 $55,330 48% NEW HAMPSHIRE $52,824 $4,205 LGBTQ+ NEW JERSEY $284,995 5% NEW MEXICO $604,304 PERCENT RAISED STATE VS FEDERAL UNDER 40 NEW YORK $196,237 $17,310 18% NORTH CAROLINA $97,273 $87,846 OHIO $325,639 $575,764 OREGON $979,640 % % PENNSYLVANIA $396,796 $112,720 47 53 RHODE ISLAND $277,554 FEDERAL STATE SOUTH CAROLINA $10,800 TENNESSEE $149,939 TEXAS $122,119 $366,521 UTAH $40,840 VERMONT $501 VIRGINIA $4,688,463 $72,199 WASHINGTON $311,523 $157,846

WISCONSIN $911,392 $96,457 *Total contributions raised though GiveGreen are by individuals or PACs to federal or nonfederal candidates, leadership PACs, including in-kind contributions to candidates and state parties, joint committees, and coordinated expenditures where state law dictates that they count as in-kind contributions to candidates.

2 GiveGreen Impact Report 2017–2018 Results 3 With Senator Jacky Rosen unseating U.S. SENATE anti-environment and pro-Trump incumbent RESULTS Senator Dean Heller, we gained a critical champion in the Senate and helped maintain the green firewall. During the 2018 cycle, GiveGreen ELECTING NEW set out to protect the green firewall . PRO-ENVIRONMENT SENATORS GiveGreen donors helped elect the In a close race that remained undecided only 3 new progressive for days, Arizonans replaced retiring senators. Senator Jeff Flake with newly elected Senator Kyrsten Sinema, the first bisexual senator and first woman senator from Arizona.

Senator Doug Jones, a former US Attorney, was victorious in a 2017 special election. Jones flipped Jeff Sessions’ long-held seat, giving progressives a win and adding to the green firewall.

Every single dollar mattered in my race for the Senate. GiveGreen proved to be an invaluable resource that MAINTAINING helped me over the finish line. THE GREEN SENATE FIREWALL Jacky Rosen In Montana, Senator John Tester We helped re-elect Senator from Nevada won his race by a narrow margin, almost every pro- WINS and ensured the protection of his environment senator, home state’s land and environment. ALABAMA Doug Jones including 5 in states ARIZONA Kyrsten Sinema % that Trump won in 2016. CONNECTICUT Chris Murphy 84 DELAWARE Tom Carper WIN RATE HAWAII Mazie Hirono MAINE Angus King In Ohio, a strong defender of our environment, MARYLAND Ben Cardin MASSACHUSETTS Elizabeth Warren Senator Sherrod Brown, will return to the Senate. MICHIGAN Debbie Stabenow Brown faced Jim Renacci, who consistently MINNESOTA Amy Klobuchar prioritized polluters over people. With Brown’s MINNESOTA Tina Smith impressive environmental record, Ohio voters MONTANA Jon Tester LOSSES could not be tricked into voting against their NEVADA Jacky Rosen FLORIDA Bill Nelson health and their state’s clean energy economy. NEW MEXICO Martin Heinrich NEBRASKA Jane Raybould 25CANDIDATES NEW YORK Kirsten Gillibrand TEXAS Beto O’Rourke OHIO Sherrod Brown TENNESSEE Phil Bredesen PENNSYLVANIA Bob Casey RHODE ISLAND Sheldon Whitehouse VIRGINIA Tim Kaine * WASHINGTON Maria Cantwell $4,792,688 5,562 $760 WISCONSIN Tammy Baldwin TOTAL RAISED DONORS AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION

*This total includes all contributions, direct and in-kind, from individuals and PACs to U.S. Senate candidates who ran in the 2017-2018 cycle.

4 GiveGreen Impact Report 2017–2018 Results 5 U.S. HOUSE In CA-49 and IL-06, two long-time clean energy advocates and RESULTS entrepreneurs, Mike Levin and Sean Casten, were elected to replace climate deniers and will bring deep expertise to Congress.

Thanks to the GiveGreen community, there is a In MN-02, Angie Craig, a member of of the Democratic- Farmer-Labor Party Environmental Caucus, and champion pro-environment progressive majority in the House for the LGBTQ+ community, won with a commitment to of Representatives that will restore much-needed protect clean water and invest in renewable energy. congressional checks and balances on the White House. In NM-02, Xochitl Torres Small, a water rights attorney from Las Cruces, pledged to prioritize conservation, fight Your investment in these candidates helped send climate change, and preserve New Mexico’s unique way of life. 55 new leaders to the U.S. House, a green wave of In VA-02, 07 and 10, three first-time representatives from the most diverse exciting women leaders, backgrounds in history, whose strong credentials Elaine Luria, Abigail Spanberger, and Jennifer Wexton — and personal connections to environmental and a Navy Commander, a former democracy issues drove their winning campaigns. % CIA operative, and a prosecutor 75 turned state legislator, WIN RATE respectively — were elected on the promise of protecting Virginia’s coast from offshore drilling and sea level rise.

In IL-14 and WA-08, voters elected public health experts Lauren Underwood, a registered nurse, and Kim Schrier, a pediatrician, who understand 217CANDIDATES first-hand the importance of protecting healthy air to breathe and water for all.

NEW MEMBER STATS The GiveGreen community rallied In TX-32, Colin Allred, a civil rights attorney, PEOPLE OF COLOR: around me, and I won’t forget it. voting rights champion, and former NFL player, 34% In KS-03 and NM-01, won over Dallas-area voters with a commitment I’m eager to work with them Sharice Davids and WOMEN: to help Texas realize its clean energy potential. 52% to protect our public lands and Deb Haaland are the first Native American women LGBTQ+: waterways, and fight climate 3% elected to Congress in change, which is already history. Both have vowed In GA-06, Lucy McBath turned her activism on gun safety AVERAGE AGE: 47 impacting New Mexico. to make building a clean after her son’s tragic murder into a successful campaign energy future for all and a continued fight for a healthy and safe environment Xochitl Torres Small communities a top priority. for all our children. NM-02 $5,506,798* 4,896 $668 TOTAL RAISED DONORS AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION

*This total includes all contributions, direct and in-kind, from individuals and PACs to U.S. House candidates who ran in the 2017-2018 cycle.

6 GiveGreen Impact Report 2017–2018 Results 7 U.S. HOUSE RESULTS BY INDIVIDUAL RACE

CONNECTICUT MAINE 217 CANDIDATES* ○ CT-03 Rosa Delauro ○ ME-01 Chellie Pingree ○ CT-04 Jim Himes ● ME-02 Jared Golden WINS ○ CT-05 Jahana Hayes 162 MARYLAND DELAWARE ○ MD-01 Jesse Colvin 54 LOSSES* ○ DE-AL Lisa Blunt Rochester ○ MD-04 Anthony Brown ARIZONA FLORIDA MASSACHUSETTS ○ AZ-01 Tom O’Halleran ○ FL-06 Nancy Soderberg ○ MA-01 Richard Neal ○ AZ-03 Raul Grijalva ○ FL-07 Stephanie Murphy ○ MA-04 Joe Kennedy ○ AZ-07 Ruben Gallego ○ FL-09 Darren Soto ○ MA-05 Katherine Clark ○ AZ-08 Hiral Tipirneni ○ FL-12 Chris Hunter ○ MA-06 Seth Moulton ○ AZ-09 Greg Stanton ○ FL-13 Charlie Crist ○ MA-09 Bill Keating ○ FL-14 Kathy Castor ARKANSAS ○ FL-15 Kristen Carlson MICHIGAN ○ AR-02 Clarke Tucker ○ FL-16 David Shapiro ○ MI-01 Matt Morgan ○ FL-18 Lauren Baer ○ MI-06 Matt Longjohn CALIFORNIA ○ FL-20 Alcee Hastings ○ MI-07 Gretchen Driskell ○ CA-01 Audrey Denney ○ FL-21 Lois Frankel ● MI-08 Elissa Slotkin ○ CA-02 Jared Huffman ○ FL-22 Ted Deutch ○ MI-09 Andy Levin ○ CA-04 Jessica Morse ○ FL-23 D. Wasserman Schultz ● MI-11 Haley Stevens ○ CA-05 Mike Thompson ○ FL-25 Mary Barzee Flores ○ MI-13 Rashida Tlaib ○ CA-06 Doris Matsui ● FL-26 Debbie Mucarsel-Powell ○ MI-14 Brenda Lawrence ○ CA-07 Amerish Bera ● FL-27 Donna Shalala ○ CA-09 Jerry McNerney MINNESOTA ● CA-10 Josh Harder GEORGIA ● MN-01 Dan Feehan ○ CA-11 Mark Desaulnier ○ GA-05 John Lewis ● MN-02 Angie Craig ○ CA-13 Barbara Lee ● GA-06 Lucy McBath ● MN-03 Dean Phillips ○ CA-15 Eric Swalwell ○ GA-07 Carolyn Bourdeaux ○ MN-04 Betty McCollum ○ CA-20 Jimmy Panetta ○ MN-05 Ilhan Omar ● CA-21 TJ Cox HAWAII ○ CA-22 Andrew Janz ○ HI-02 Tulsi Gabbard MISSOURI ○ CA-24 Salud Carbajal ○ MO-01 Lacy Clay Jr. ● CA-25 Katie Hill ILLINOIS ○ MO-02 Cort VanOstran ○ CA-26 Julia Brownley ○ IL-04 Chuy Garcia Democratic Pickup ○ CA-27 Judy Chu ○ IL-05 Mike Quigley MONTANA Democratic Hold ○ CA-28 Adam Schiff ● IL-06 Sean Casten ○ MT-AL Kathleen Williams VIRGINIA ○ CA-30 Brad Sherman ○ IL-07 Danny Davis Republican Pickup ● VA-02 Elaine Luria ○ CA-31 Pete Aguilar ○ IL-08 Raja Krishnamoorthi NEBRASKA Republican Hold ○ VA-04 Don McEachin ○ CA-32 Grace Napolitano ○ IL-09 Jan Schakowsky ○ NE-02 Kara Eastman ○ VA-05 Leslie Cockburn ○ CA-33 Ted Lieu ○ IL-10 Brad Schneider NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA PENNSYLVANIA ● VA-07 Abigail Spanberger ○ CA-34 Jimmy Gomez ○ IL-11 Bill Foster NEVADA ○ NY-01 Perry Gershon ○ NC-01 G.K. Butterfield ○ PA-01 Scott Wallace ○ VA-08 Don Beyer CA-35 Norma Torres IL-12 Brendan Kelly NV-01 Dina Titus ○ ○ ○ ○ NY-03 Thomas Suozzi ○ NC-02 Linda Coleman Funds raised for Scott Wallace were ● VA-10 Jennifer Wexton ○ CA-36 Raul Ruiz ○ IL-13 Betsy Dirksen Londrigan ○ NV-03 Susie Lee ○ NY-04 Kathleen Rice ○ NC-04 David Price encouraged by NextGen America only. TEXAS ○ VA-11 Gerry Connolly ○ CA-38 Linda Sanchez ● IL-14 Lauren Underwood ○ NV-04 Steven Horsford ○ NY-06 Grace Meng NC-09 Dan McCready ○ PA-02 Brendan Boyle ○ TX-02 Todd Litton ● CA-39 Gil Cisneros ○ NY-07 Nydia Velazquez ○* NC-12 Alma Adams ○ PA-03 Dwight Evans ● TX-07 Lizzie Pannill Fletcher WASHINGTON ○ CA-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard INDIANA NEW HAMPSHIRE ○ NY-08 Hakeem Jeffries ○ NC-13 Kathy Manning ○ PA-04 Madeleine Dean ○ TX-16 Veronica Escobar ○ WA-01 Suzan DelBene ○ CA-41 Mark Takano ○ IN-02 Mel Hall ○ NH-01 Chris Pappas ○ NY-09 Yvette Clarke ● PA-05 Mary Gay Scanlon ○ TX-20 Joaquin Castro ○ WA-02 Rick Larsen ○ CA-44 Nanette Barragan ○ IN-09 Liz Watson ○ NH-02 Ann Kuster ○ NY-10 Jerrold Nadler OHIO ● PA-06 Chrissy Houlahan ○ TX-21 Joseph Kopser ○ WA-03 Carolyn Long ● CA-45 Katie Porter ● NY-11 Max Rose ○ OH-01 Aftab Pureval ● PA-07 Susan Wild ○ TX-23 Gina Ortiz Jones ○ WA-05 Lisa Brown ○ CA-47 Alan Lowenthal IOWA NEW JERSEY ○ NY-12 Carolyn Maloney ○ OH-07 Ken Harbaugh ○ PA-08 Matt Cartwright ○ TX-29 Sylvia Garcia ○ WA-06 Derek Kilmer ● CA-48 Harley Rouda ● IA-01 Abby Finkenauer ● NJ-03 Andy Kim ○ NY-14 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ○ OH-09 Marcy Kaptur ○ PA-10 George Scott ○ TX-31 MJ Hegar ○ WA-07 Pramila Jayapal ● CA-49 Mike Levin ○ IA-02 Dave Loebsack ○ NJ-05 Josh Gottheimer ○ NY-15 José Serrano ○ OH-12 Danny O’Connor ○ PA-16 Ron DiNicola ● TX-32 Colin Allred ● WA-08 Kim Schrier ○ CA-50 Ammar Campa-Najjar ● IA-03 Cindy Axne ○ NJ-06 Frank Pallone ○ NY-16 Eliot Engel ○ OH-14 Betsy Rader ○ TX-33 Marc Veasey ○ WA-10 Denny Heck ○ CA-52 Scott Peters ○ IA-04 J.D. Scholten ● NJ-07 Tom Malinowski ○ NY-17 Nita Lowey ○ OH-17 Tim Ryan RHODE ISLAND ○ CA-53 Susan Davis ● NJ-11 Mikie Sherrill ● NY-19 Antonio Delgado ○ RI-01 David Cicilline UTAH WISCONSIN KANSAS ○ NJ-12 Bonnie Watson Coleman ○ NY-20 Paul Tonko OREGON ○ RI-02 James Langevin ● UT-04 Ben McAdams ○ WI-01 Randy Bryce COLORADO ○ KS-02 Paul Davis ● NY-22 Anthony Brindisi ○ OR-01 Suzanne Bonamici ○ WI-02 Mark Pocan ○ CO-01 Diana DeGette ● KS-03 Sharice Davids NEW MEXICO ○ NY-24 Dana Balter ○ OR-03 Earl Blumenauer SOUTH CAROLINA VERMONT ○ WI-04 Gwen Moore ○ CO-02 Joe Neguse ○ NM-01 Deb Haaland ○ NY-26 Brian Higgins ○ OR-04 Peter DeFazio ● SC-01 Joe Cunningham ○ VT-AL Peter Welch ○ WI-06 Dan Kohl ○ CO-03 Diane Mitsch Bush KENTUCKY ● NM-02 Xochitl Torres Small ○ NY-27 Nate McMurray ● CO-06 Jason Crow ○ KY-03 John Yarmuth ○ NM-03 Ben Lujan *In NC-09, amid evidence of election fraud the NC Board of Elections refused to certify the results and the House refused to seat Republican Mark Harris. A new election is likely.

8 GiveGreen Impact Report 2017–2018 Results 9 GOVERNORS In Michigan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer ran on RESULTS a platform that included the need to tackle the state’s drinking water challenges, which impact communities across the state in rural, suburban, and urban areas alike. This cycle, we increased our focus on state-level Voters in the Midwest races as they are more In Wisconsin, Governor Tony Evers, who ran prioritized voters’ on a progressive platform, defeated Trump important than ever. rights and necessary darling and longtime enemy of teachers, climate protections unions and the environment Scott Walker. With the election when they flipped two of 11 pro-environment anti-environment and special interest-focused governors, we expect governor’s mansions. to see immediate action on climate and clean energy in the states. We witnessed groundbreaking wins — Maine elected its GIVEGREEN first woman governor, DONORS Governor Janet Mills, HELPED and Colorado elected BREAK DOWN Governor Jared Polis, WINS BARRIERS our nation’s first openly COLORADO Jared Polis gay man elected to MAINE Janet Mills % this office. MICHIGAN Gretchen Whitmer 61 MINNESOTA Tim Walz WIN RATE NEVADA Steve Sisolak NEW JERSEY Phil Murphy NEW MEXICO Michelle Lujan Grisham NEW YORK Andrew Cuomo OREGON Kate Brown In the West, new VIRGINIA Ralph Northam progressive state Nevadans and New Mexicans WISCONSIN Tony Evers legislatures can move pro-environmental voted in favor of progressive pro-environment Governors, legislation to governors’ LOSSES desks with confidence, Steve Sisolak and Michelle Lujan GiveGreen made a difference in our ARIZONA David Garcia knowing that it Grisham, rejecting their climate FLORIDA Andrew Gillum race. Conservationists around the will not be vetoed. denying opponents. They are GEORGIA Stacey Abrams country stepped up in a big way, both well-positioned to work IOWA Fred Hubbell and thanks to them and the hard with pro-environment state MARYLAND Ben Jealous legislatures on exciting clean NEW HAMPSHIRE Molly Kelly work and dedication of people here energy initiatives. OHIO Rich Cordray 18CANDIDATES in Wisconsin, we now have a real opportunity to protect the air, land, and water that make Wisconsin great.

Tony Evers * Governor of Wisconsin $6,138,132 1,049 $361 TOTAL RAISED DONORS AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION

*This total includes all contributions, direct and in-kind, from individuals and PACs to gubernatorial candidates who ran in the 2017-2018 cycle.

10 GiveGreen Impact Report 2017–2018 Results 11 STATE EXECUTIVES RESULTS 2 Not only do lieutenant governors, attorneys general, NEW LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS VA Justin Fairfax in Virginia and Mandela Barnes in 25CANDIDATES Wisconsin will fight for strong environment protections, secretaries of state, and other statewide elected officials, especially for vulnerable communities of color. serve strong roles in steering legislation, but they also comprise a large portion of the progressive pipeline to power. WI

ARIZONA ● January Contreras, Attorney General ● Katie Hobbs, Secretary of State ● Sandra Kennedy, 4 SECRETARIES OF STATE Utilities Commission are now empowered ● Bill Mundell, Utilities Commission % to protect and expand 64 voter access to the COLORADO WIN RATE ballot box. The GiveGreen ● Phil Weiser, community is proud to stand Attorney General ● Jena Griswold, with Arizona’s Katie Hobbs, Secretary of State Jena Griswold in Colorado, Michigan’s Jocelyn Benson, FLORIDA and incumbent ● Sean Shaw, Attorney General Maggie Toulouse Oliver in New Mexico. GEORGIA WINS NC ● Dawn Randolph, Utilities Commission LOSSES ● Lindy Miller, Utilities Commission MIXED RESULTS WI ILLINOIS NORTH CAROLINA 2 NEW STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ● Kwame Raoul, ● Anita Earls, Attorney General Supreme Court will work to uphold progressive pro-environment values in North Carolina and Wisconsin. IOWA OHIO ● Deidre DeJear, ● Kathleen Clyde, Secretary of State Secretary of State ● Zack Space, MICHIGAN State Auditor I’ve been a GiveGreen candidate ● Dana Nessel, Attorney General VIRGINIA twice over and the help of the 6 NEW PRO-ENVIRONMENT ● Jocelyn Benson, ● Justin Fairfax, program has been immeasurable. 2 Secretary of State Lieutenant Governor ATTORNEYS GENERAL NEW COMMISSIONERS ● Mark Herring, With the support of GiveGreen were elected with support from Sandra Kennedy in Arizona and New Mexico’s NEVADA Attorney General donors, I am able to connect GiveGreen donors. These victors Stephanie Garcia Richard were able to connect ● Aaron Ford, will stand firm in the fight against with voters and win a critical down ballot position Attorney General WISCONSIN with voters—both digitally and special interests and will prosecute that oversees many environmental issues. ● Nelson Araujo, ● Mandela Barnes, Secretary of State Lieutenant Governor on the doors. against attacks on the environment. ● Rebecca Dallet, NEW MEXICO Supreme Court Stephanie Garcia Richard ● Maggie Toulouse Oliver, ● Joshua Kaul, Secretary of State Attorney General Land Commissioner of New Mexico ● Stephanie Garcia Richard, * Land Commissioner $1,425,232 710 $373 TOTAL RAISED DONORS AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION

*This total includes all contributions, direct and in-kind, from individuals and PACs to state executive candidates who ran in the 2017-2018 cycle.

12 GiveGreen Impact Report 2017–2018 Results 13 In 2016, the Minnesota House fell into control of STATE LEGISLATORS MN anti-environment Republicans but GiveGreen donors did not give up on the chamber. With support of RESULTS donors, House candidates were able to flip this chamber back into pro-environment progressive control. We know state legislatures are essential to making WA In this 2017 special election, control of the Washington State Senate was at progress on climate. 67CANDIDATES stake. Washingtonians voted overwhelm- ingly in favor of Manka Dhingra and That is why we invested helped flip the chamber and establish in 13 states. a progressive trifecta in the state.

Results below are based on For the last five years, climate progress GiveGreen specific cycle goals. GIVEGREEN in Colorado has been stifled by a Senate DONORS chamber that would consistently block HELPED FLIP legislation. Repeatedly, candidates would ARIZONA run and lose by narrow margins. This cycle ● Failed to flip the Arizona Senate. 3 CHAMBERS TO PRO- CO though, three women — Tammy Story COLORADO ENVIRONMENT (SD-16), Jessie Danielson (SD-20), ● Flipped the Senate with three seats and Faith Winter (SD-24) — can claim picked up, establishing a pro-environment MAJORITY the victory in flipping this chamber. progressive trifecta. Protected the House. MET GOAL (Fun fact: the three were bridesmaids FLORIDA in each others’ weddings!) ● Flipped SD-40 in a 2017 special, though FELL SHORT failed to flip the Senate chamber in 2018.

GEORGIA ● Protected a key climate incumbent in HD-101. % In Michigan and Pennsylvania, the GiveGreen 76 GIVEGREEN community helped make gains in the State Senate MICHIGAN WIN RATE ● Made gains in both the State Senate and House. HAS HELPED MI and House chambers as a part of a multi-year CHIP AWAY strategy to flip these chambers. MINNESOTA ● Picked up 5 seats and protected a leadership AT ANTI- incumbent to help flip the House. ENVIRONMENT PA NEVADA CHAMBERS ● Protected previous GiveGreen investments in both the Senate and the House, advancing climate majorities.

NEW MEXICO After Governor Cooper won ● Protected previous GiveGreen investments With the help of GiveGreen, I was NC North Carolina’s governorship in the House, advancing a pro-climate majority. able to connect with voters, volunteers, in 2016, he was hampered NORTH CAROLINA and donors who care deeply about the from advancing legislation by the ● Broke anti-environment supermajority in the State House. VA anti-environment House. With environment as a core issue, and work continued efforts in the chamber PENNSYLVANIA Big changes in Virginia in 2017 provided hope for this cycle, GiveGreen was able ● Made gains in the State House, picking up 3 seats. together to fight for it at the ballot box with our combined voices. GiveGreen environmentalists, much of which stemmed from to help break the anti-environment VIRGINIA pro-environment progressives falling just short of supermajority, giving Cooper ● Flipped 6 delegate seats during the 2017 general election. helped me pick up this seat in the State control of the chamber in the House of Delegates, the ability to fight for progressive Set state up for 2019 flips across both chambers. Senate and flip the chamber, giving losing it by 1 vote (and a coin toss). climate policies. WASHINGTON Washington State a Democratic trifecta! ● Picked up SD-45 in a 2017 special, flipping the chamber and delivering a pro-environment progressive trifecta. Manka Dhingra * WISCONSIN Washington Senate District 45 $916,440 560 $331 ● Failed to flip the State Senate. TOTAL RAISED DONORS AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION

*This total includes all contributions, direct and in-kind, from individuals and PACs to state legislative candidates who ran in the 2017-2018 cycle.

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