ICYMI: 314 ACTION TAKING ON 28 ANTI-SCIENCE HOUSE REPUBLICANS

March 21, 2025

(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — Last week, on Pi Day, 314 Action announced their federal targets for the 2026 cycle, focusing on 28 of the most vulnerable Republicans across the nation. These representatives have used their time in office to advance Trump’s anti-science agenda, blatantly disregarding the facts and data.

This is the latest in 314 Action’s electoral work combatting the GOP’s relentless attacks on science. Earlier this month, the organization launched Guardians of Public Health—a campaign dedicated to electing 100 new doctors by 2030, from the State House to the White House.

Politico Morning Score: A Pi Day campaign against the House GOP

Ally Mutnick

03/14/25

Key sections:

• The Democratic science-advocacy group 314 Action is launching a $30 million effort targeting 28 House Republicans — an escalation in the war in Washington over science.
• “Normally, Pi Day is a celebration of our STEM elected officials and the work they’re doing to promote science in our legislation. But this year, due to the unrelenting attacks on science, we’re going on the offensive,” the group’s president, Shaughnessy Naughton, said.
• The size of the planned campaign is a significant increase from the roughly $20 million the group spent targeting House Republicans in 2024. 314 Action works to elect Democrats with science and medical backgrounds up and down the ballot.
• The campaign comes at a fraught time for science-related spending in government. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are targeting grants to universities and the National Institutes of Health that fund new medical research. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, is raising doubts about the efficacy of vaccines.
• In response, 314 Action is stepping up its efforts to urge scientists to run for Congress. Earlier this month, the group launched a recruitment effort aimed at electing 100 new doctors to office by the year 2030.
• In the new campaign, 314 Action is zeroing in on many of the usual suspects: Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), the three Republicans in seats Kamala Harris won in 2024, and swing-seat Reps. David Valadao (R-Calif.), Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), Young Kim (R-Calif.), Gabe Evans (R-Colo.), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Zach Nunn (R-Iowa), Tom Barrett (R-Mich.), Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) Ryan Mackenzie (R-Pa.), Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.) and Jen Kiggans (R-Va.).
• Included on the list are Republicans in fairly red seats like Rep. Jeff Hurd in Colorado, Ryan Zinke in Montana and Anna Paulina Luna in Florida.

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