Candidate Recruitment & Development
Recruiting, Training, and Electing the Next Generation
of Progressive Leadership
Progressive Majority is focused not just on the next election, but on building a progressive political movement that will elect an enduring majority for years to come. We know that the way to accomplish this goal is to begin locally, where politics matter most. To support this work, in 2004 we launched the Candidate Recruitment and Development Program,
Progressive Majority's main vehicle to recruit, train, and elect the next generation of progressive political leaders
Through this program — the only one of its kind in the nation — we are building a formidable farm team of progressive candidates at the local and state legislative levels who will provide progressive leadership in their local communities once elected, and fill the political pipeline for higher office for decades to come.
Progressive Majority offices in California, Colorado, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin operate with the exclusive purpose of recruiting progressive leaders to run for office, helping them win, and putting progressive ideas into law. We will continue to expand the Program until it is a permanent part of the political infrastructure in all the nation's top battleground states.
The Candidate Recruitment and Development Program is an effective vehicle to recruit progressive leaders to public service
because it goes beyond traditional programs to provide the political campaign support and pragmatic skills candidates need to
win in today's political environment. Candidates identified, recruited, and supported by Progressive Majority receive
comprehensive and substantive support during their campaigns, including:
- Regular small-group training sessions in the areas of campaign planning, fundraising and budgeting, targeting, voter contact, message development and delivery, and media;
- Help meeting key political benchmarks requiring that candidates are developing viable campaigns;
- Intensive one-on-one support with developing and implementing campaign plans and budgets, developing a winning message and stump speech, fundraising, developing effective websites, and building strong field and GOTV plans;
- Assistance with hiring campaign staff and recruiting volunteers;
- Individual mentor relationships with local and national political professionals;
- Comprehensive campaign manuals providing guidance at all stages of campaigning, including helping secure re-election once elected;
- Assistance raising money for their campaigns;
- Access to, and assistance receiving endorsements from, allied organizations and progressive leaders; and
- Direct financial support.
Through the Candidate Recruitment and Development Program, Progressive Majority is working today to elect principled progressives to office at the state and local levels, to fill the political pipeline with candidates who will continue to seek higher office, and to ensure the vitality and continued political growth of the progressive movement for decades to come.
Persons interested in running for political office or applying to become a part of the Candidate Recruitment and Development Program are invited to contact us today at 202-408-8603. Only by working together can we build a Progressive Majority.