MoveOn

MoveOn.org is a left-wing political group based in the United States that organizes and informs an online community estimated at more than three million people. The group aims to promote grassroots advocacy by its members through various political activities including running a PAC, voter registration drives, and political advertising (especially in swing states).

Candidates supported

The MoveOn PAC endorsed 30 Democratic political candidates in the 2000 election cycle, including:

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• Scotty Baesler, who ran unsuccessfully for US Senator.
• Jean Elliott Brown, a MoveOn volunteer and public relations executive who ran unsuccessfully for Congress against Rep. Mark Foley in Florida. MoveOn channeled more than $100,000 to her campaign.
• Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan, who ran against Senator John Ashcroft. Due to Carnahan's unexpected death during the campaign, his wife took his place and defeated Ashcroft.
• Delaware Governor Thomas Carper, who successfully defeated incumbent GOP Senator William Roth.
• Linda Chapin, who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in Florida's 8th district.
• Regina Montoya Coggins, who ran unsuccessfully in Texas's 5th District against Pete Sessions
• Susan Davis, who ran successfully in California's 49th District (now the 53rd District, following redistricting).
• Rep. Rush D. Holt, Jr., D-N.J., who in 1998 defeated Rep. Mike Pappas, a vociferous supporter of Clinton's impeachment.
• Nancy Keenan, a Montanan seeking the seat of conservative Rep. Rick Hill.
• Rick Larsen, who ran successfully in Washington's open 2nd District race.
• Susan Bass Levin, who ran unsuccessfully in New Jersey's 3rd District against H. James Saxton
• California state Senator Adam Schiff, who defeated Rep. James Rogan, one of the House Managers in charge of Clinton's impeachment trial. MoveOn directed nearly $200,000 to Schiff and was his top contributor.

Candidates supported in the 2002 election cycle included:

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• Democratic Senate candidate Bill Bradbury of Oregon
• Missouri Senator Jean Carnahan
• Martha Fuller Clark, a candidate for the House of Representatives in New Hampshire
• Jack Conway, a candidate for the House of Representatives in Kentucky's 3rd District
• Representative Rush D. Holt, Jr. of New Jersey
• Representative Jay Inslee of Washington
• South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson
• former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk in his Texas senatorial bid
• Representative Rick Larsen of Washington
• Arkansas Attorney General Mark Pryor in his campaign for the U.S. Senate
• Former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen, who ran unsuccessfully for Senate against John E. Sununu
• Senator Paul D. Wellstone of Minnesota