October 20, 2025
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — Today, 314 Action Fund, the nation’s only organization working to recruit, train and elect doctors and scientists announced that Democratic doctors and scientists raised over $10 million last quarter. 314 Action Fund is currently working with 49 STEM candidates running in federal or statewide races in 2026 across 22 states. Together, they have collectively raised over $10 million in Q3.
Dr. Annie Andrews is a pediatrician and mom running for U.S. Senate in South Carolina and outraised 22-year incumbent U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham—recording her most successful fundraising quarter since launch with over $1.5 million raised. In Iowa, 314-endorsed engineer Christina Bohannan reported over $1 million raised, edging out Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in the most competitive House race in the country in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District.
As the Trump administration ramps up their attacks on science and keeps the government shutdown over health care, STEM candidates are picking up steam with a surge in contributions from grassroots donors.
“It’s clear that momentum is on our side heading into the 2026 cycle,” said Shaughnessy Naughton, 314 Action President. “At a time when Trump and Republicans are destroying health care in this country, from gutting Medicaid and refusing to make it cheaper for Americans to get health insurance, to dismantling the CDC, eroding trust in vaccines and mass firings of public health workers, voters are turning to Democratic doctors and scientists to get us out of this mess.”
A 2024 Pew Research study confirms that scientific and medical professionals have some of the highest approval ratings and levels of trust among voters. On the issue of health care—this trend is even more apparent. Recent polling shows 314 Action Fund endorsed candidates in the lead, even from traditionally red states like Ohio to Iowa. 314 Action candidates are the most trusted, especially when it comes to health care, and already frontrunners in key races across the country.
314 Action is the only national organization working to elect scientists across all levels of government—from the Senate down to local school boards. The organization is powered by a grassroots community of over six million people supporting scientists, doctors, and STEM professionals who will use science and facts to address our most pressing issues like climate change and health care.
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