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Ad campaign targets DeSantis donors for ‘funding an agenda that has killed thousands of Floridians’

August 26, 2021 A national political action committee is beginning an advertising campaign Thursday calling out high-dollar political donors to Gov. Ron DeSantis. The political group 314 Action said people will start seeing ads on Google, Facebook and via text messages that highlight four political donors. The PAC said their donations, which collectively total $4 […]

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PAC targets top Ron DeSantis donors to combat ‘destructive, anti-science agenda’

‘Ron DeSantis’ donors need to understand just what they’re funding with their big checks…’ August 26, 2021 A science-minded nonprofit is singling out four of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ top donors from Florida to call attention to what it calls his “destructive, anti-science agenda.” On Thursday, political action committee 314 Action launched the first installment of its new five-figure […]

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National pro-science PAC endorses Democrat Joe Cunningham’s 2022 SC governor bid

June 14, 2021 A science-focused outside advocacy group that heavily invested in Joe Cunningham’s two bids for U.S. Congress will follow the Lowcountry Democrat into South Carolina’s governor’s race. 314 Action, a national political action committee, endorsed Cunningham’s bid for governor Monday. It is the group’s first endorsement of a gubernatorial challenger in the 2022 cycle, the group said […]

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Big effort aims to elect candidates with science backgrounds

April 2, 2021 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An advocacy group plans to spend millions next year to elect more doctors, scientists and other professionals to office, arguing the pandemic and Donald Trump’s handling of it have powerfully underscored a need to bring people with scientific backgrounds into policymaking. 314 Action, a nonprofit organization with offices […]

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The Giant Field for Ohio’s 2022 U.S. Senate Race

March 31, 2021 […] Dr. Amy Acton Acton, the former Ohio Department of Health director who became a household name when the coronavirus began, made waves when she announced in early February that she was seriously considering joining the Senate race. “I am stepping down from my role at The Columbus Foundation in order to […]

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PAC recruiting STEM candidates launches campaign to draft Amy Acton to run for Senate

March 11, 2021 CLEVELAND, Ohio – An organization aimed at recruiting candidates from STEM backgrounds to run for office is kicking off a campaign in Ohio to draft former Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton to run for U.S. Senate. The 314 Action Fund is launching a petition site at RunAmy.run to encourage […]

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Former NASA astronaut eyes US Senate, advocacy group says

March 10, 2021 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A nonprofit group encouraging STEM professionals to run for public office is pushing a former NASA astronaut to enter North Carolina’s Democratic primary for an open U.S. Senate seat. Joan Higginbotham, the third Black woman to go into space, is “seriously, seriously” considering entering the race and is […]

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Democratic group eyes $50 million effort to elect STEM candidates to House, Senate

314 Action says grassroots network has grown to nearly 6 million March 4, 2021 A group backing Democratic candidates with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and math is looking to raise and spend $50 million in the 2022 midterms, listing two open Senate seats as top priorities. The group, 314 Action, is aiming to recruit […]

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Democrats With Science Resume Recruited to Run in Covid-19 Era

– Lawmakers sought to counter Trump-years attitudes on science – Group aims to increase fundraising to draw 2022 candidates March 4, 2021 An organization advocating for more lawmakers with science backgrounds is ramping up fundraising and training to draw candidates to address the pandemic and counter what it says were the anti-science attitudes of the […]

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Democratic candidates — some with medical backgrounds — lean into science as a campaign message

"I'm wearing a mask, and you may ask why," the Democratic congressional candidate said in a video he posted to Twitter late last month. Gandhi, who's hoping to unseat a longtime Republican in Texas' 10th District, filmed himself outside the Austin community health clinic where he's a physician and where, he explained, masks are required.

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