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See Our Full 2017-18 Impact Report 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 our green firewall in the Senate, elect 11 new governors, 2 OVERVIEW 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 and the unbelievably committed GiveGreen the State Senate, giving Colorado a pro- 6 U.S. HOUSE RESULTS 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, voting rights champion, and former NFL player, PEOPLE OF COLOR: around me, and I won’t forget it. 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.
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