Excerpt: Max Rose campaign interview. Max won his campaign and is now in Congress
Pledging on money in politics -- and challenging opponent to do the same
- NYC: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Salon) (“The first pledge Alexandria made to voters in this election was to commit herself to clean campaign finance,” her campaign website states. “As a candidate, Alexandria recognizes the corrupting influence of corporate fundraising on legislative policy. Where she stands farthest apart from her primary opponent Joe Crowley is in her steadfast refusal to allow her campaign to be underwritten by lobbyist contributions.”)
- Colorado: Jason Crow challenges opponent to reject “dark money”
- Colorado: Jason Crow’s pledge — and challenge to his opponent
- “No Corporate PAC” Pledges Go Beyond Cheap Promises (The Prospect)
- The Rise of the Anti-PAC Democrat (PBS)
- Texas: O’Rourke’s no-Pac campaign paying off against Cruz (OpenSecrets.org)
- North Carolina: Steve Schewel’s campaign finance pledge
- Maryland: Novice’s candidate lawn signs promoted the fact that she refused to accept donations from developers (Baltimore Sun) (Novice candidate beat the incumbent despite the fact that the incumbent had a much bigger campaign war chest)
- How to articulate pledging not to accept special interest money — and how to challenge your opponent
- New Hampshire: Gubernatorial candidate returns corporate money … challenges opponent to take the “People’s Pledge”
- Max Rose (Staten Island/Brooklyn) donates to charity campaign contributions from lobbyists — challenges opponent to do likewise
- Nate McMurray (NY-27th) donations page: “my campaign will be funded by gifts from ordinary people, not giant SuperPACs or special interest groups”
- Elizabeth Warren’s “People’s Pledge” (Common Cause)
- Democrat Elizabeth Warren and Republican Scott Brown sign “People’s Pledge” (NPR)
- Activate Virginia’s pledge to reject campaign contributions from certain publicly-regulated power companies
