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Ready for Warren
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| Ready for Warren Presidential Draft Campaign | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Type: | Super PAC |
| Founder(s): | Erica Sagrans |
| Year founded: | 2014 |
| Website: | Official website |
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The Ready for Warren super PAC was established with the intent to urge Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to run for president in 2016. The group worked to lay a groundwork of support for her potential candidacy prior to Hillary Clinton's official nomination as the Democratic presidential candidate in July 2016.[1]
Background
Ready for Warren was founded in 2014 with the name Ready for Warren PAC. In May 2015, the group's name changed to Ready for Warren Presidential Draft Campaign in its amended statement of organization.[2]
There was no official connection between Warren and the Ready for Warren Super PAC. Warren sent an official letter to the Federal Election Commission on August 22, 2014, disavowing the group, stating at the time that she "has not, and does not, explicitly or implicitly, authorize, endorse, or otherwise approve of the organization's activities." The Ready for Warren campaign manager, Erica Sagrans, responded in kind by saying there was no association.[3]
In June 2015, the group threw its support behind Bernie Sanders in his 2016 presidential campaign. Ready for Warren shifted its focus because the majority of its supporters favored Sanders as a second choice to Warren when it became clear she would not run for president in 2016.[4]
Work
2016 presidential election
- See also: Presidential election, 2016
- See also: Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, 2016
When it became clear that Warren would not run for president in 2016, Ready for Warren shifted its support to Sanders, whom most of its supporters favored as a second choice. The group launched a website campaign called Ready to Fight in support of Sanders at ReadytoFight.org.[4][5]
2014 elections
The super PAC planned to mobilize supporters to help Democrats in Senate, gubernatorial and House races, with a focus on 2014. In late August 2014, the group held a national day of Ready for Warren house parties where they discussed what could be done to help maintain a Democratic majority Senate.[3]
Finances
The following table identifies total receipts and disbursements for Ready for Warren according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission:
| Annual federal receipts and disbursements for Ready for Warren, 2014-2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tax year | Total receipts | Total disbursements |
| 2016[6] | $441 | $1058 |
| 2015[7] | $60,968 | $75,623 |
| 2014[8] | $98,768 | $77,884 |
Legal status
Ready for Warren is a super PAC. A super PAC is a political committee that can solicit and spend unlimited sums of money. A super PAC cannot contribute directly to a politician or political party, but it can spend independently to campaign for or against political figures. These committees are also called independent expenditure-only committees. A super PAC is not legally considered a political action committee (PAC) and as such is regulated under separate rules.[9][10]
Media
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ CNN, "Clinton nomination puts 'biggest crack' in glass ceiling," July 27, 2016
- ↑ FEC, "Ready for Warren Presidential Draft Campaign Statement of Organization - amended," May 11, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Talking Points Memo, "Elizabeth Warren Officially Disavows 'Ready For Warren' PAC (READ)," August 22, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 MSNBC, "The draft Elizabeth Warren movement winds down," June 18, 2015
- ↑ Ready to Fight, "Main page," accessed July 27, 2016
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Ready for Warren Year-End Report, 2016," January 27, 2017
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Ready for Warren Year-End Report, 2015," January 27, 2016
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Ready for Warren Year-End Report, 2014," August 12, 2015
- ↑ The Atlantic, "The New York Times' Disingenuous Campaign Against Citizens United," February 24, 2012
- ↑ The New York Times, "Who's Financing the 'Super PACs?" May 7, 2012
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