We’re on a mission to elect more scientists to Congress, state legislatures, and local offices. As trained problem-solvers, STEM professionals are ready, willing, and able to find solutions for the significant challenges facing America in the 21st century.
With an engaged grassroots network of over two million supporters in every part of the country, at 314 we’re working to promote the scientific and pro-evidence based policy communities. Over the past four years, we have become one of the most impactful organizations in the progressive political community across the country, playing a pivotal role in flipping the United States House of Representatives in 2018 by electing 9 scientists to the House and Senate while raising over $5.2 million in the 2018 election cycle.
With staff ranging from an entrepreneurial scientist who stepped into the electoral arena, seasoned political operatives, and skilled fundraisers, 314 provides critical resources and expertise to STEM candidates new to politics.
We reach out to scientific communities, identifying women and men with a professional STEM background to run for local, state, and federal offices. Our work includes training and supporting our endorsed candidates, ensuring they have the cutting-edge tools to run successful campaigns.
We work to ensure every American is informed about the scientific and fact-based solutions which can build a better and safer future for our nation.
We promote pro-evidence policies that will generate solutions to our greatest national challenges, and mobilize voters, advocates, and legislators to implement these solutions.
We speak out against political solutions that are not evidence-based and can lead to greater harm for the American people. We help bridge the political and scientific communities.
314 has two core entities, each with a distinct function, both leading the charge for the scientific and pro-evidence based policy communities.
Formed in June 2016, 314 Action is registered as a 501c4 non-profit. 314 Action serves the mission of the organization by working on awareness campaigns, candidate training, development, and advocacy.
314 Action organizes the science community to support STEM candidates with the resources they need to be competitive in political campaigns. More than 80 cents of every dollar donated to 314 Action directly funds our mission-based activities.
Our 314 Action Fund is a federal political action committee (PAC) which furthers our mission and work by directly contributing to candidates and providing them with the resources they need to lead a successful campaign.
Recognizing successful electoral politics is part qualitative and part quantitative, we base financial support and endorsement of our candidates on the strength of the candidate, campaign team, message and solid fundraising, as well as the incumbent’s profile, and the demographics and projected trends in the district.
In the 2018 election cycle, 314 Action Fund helped elect eight scientists to the House, one to the US Senate, and more than 30 others to state legislatures across the country.
October 2019 GSG Survey of 1321 voters in battleground states
