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Zack Exley
Zack Exley (independent) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Missouri. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 5, 2024.
Exley is a former senior advisor to Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign. He is a co-founder of Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats, affiliated political action committees that aimed to support congressional candidates in the 2018 midterm elections.
Career
Exley earned a B.A. in social thought and political economy from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and went on to study at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. During his early career, Exley worked as a union organizer from 1993 to 1999 for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the United Automobile Workers (UAW), and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). He went on to develop internet organizing strategies before joining MoveOn.org as its organizing director in 2003.[1][2]
During the 2004 presidential election cycle, Exley worked as an advisor for Democratic candidate Howard Dean's campaign before transitioning to the role of director of online organizing and communications for Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.[1][2]
Following the 2004 presidential election, Exley joined O'Brien-Garrett, a Washington, D.C.-based fundraising firm, as a senior strategist. He co-founded the New Organizing Institute, a group aimed at training online organizers, in 2006 and joined ThoughtWorks, an international IT consulting firm, as a principal consultant in 2008. He began working for the Wikimedia Foundation in 2010 as the group's chief community officer and transitioned to the role of chief revenue officer in 2012. He returned to ThoughtWorks in 2013 as a practice director, where he remained until April 2015.[1][2]
Exley joined former 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' campaign in July 2015 as a senior advisor for the digital team. Following the campaign, he became a partner with Middle Seat, a Washington, D.C.-based digital organizing firm. As of June 2017, Exley resided in Crane, Missouri.[1][3][4]
Elections
2024
See also: United States Senate election in Missouri, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Missouri
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Missouri on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Josh Hawley (R) | 55.6 | 1,651,907 |
 | Lucas Kunce (D) | 41.8 | 1,243,728 | |
| W. C. Young (L) | 1.2 | 35,671 | ||
 | Jared Young (Better Party)  | 0.7 | 21,111 | |
 | Nathan Kline (G) | 0.7 | 20,123 | |
 | Gina Bufe (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 19 | |
| Total votes: 2,972,559 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Zack Exley (Independent)
- Doris Canaday (Socialist Equality Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Missouri
Lucas Kunce defeated Karla May, December Harmon, and Mita Biswas in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Missouri on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lucas Kunce | 67.6 | 255,775 |
 | Karla May | 23.2 | 87,908 | |
 | December Harmon | 7.1 | 26,804 | |
 | Mita Biswas | 2.0 | 7,647 | |
| Total votes: 378,134 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Wesley Bell (D)
- Samuel Rutherford (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Missouri
Incumbent Josh Hawley advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Missouri on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh Hawley | 100.0 | 607,602 |
| Total votes: 607,602 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Missouri
W. C. Young advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Missouri on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | W. C. Young | 100.0 | 2,437 | |
| Total votes: 2,437 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Exley in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Zack Exley did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Political activity
Campaigns
Exley worked as an advisor for Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean's 2004 campaign. He went on to work as the director of online organizing and communications for 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.[1][2]
Exley returned to presidential politics in 2016 as a senior digital advisor for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign.[1]
Organizations
- See also: Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats
Exley co-founded the political action committees (PAC) Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats in April 2016 and January 2017, respectively. The affiliated PACs aimed to support congressional candidates in the 2018 midterm elections.
- Brand New Congress sought to support more than 400 congressional candidates in the 2018 election cycle in order to oust who the group considers to be corporate-sponsored, career congressional members and install a newly-elected majority in Congress united behind a common policy platform, regardless of partisan affiliation.[5]
- Justice Democrats aimed to remake the Democratic Party by supporting 2018 congressional candidates who, according to the group's website, "represent people, not corporations."[6][7]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 LinkedIn, "Zack Exley," accessed June 14, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Nation, "Zack Exley," accessed June 14, 2017
- ↑ Zack Exley, "Home," accessed June 14, 2017
- ↑ Politico, "Bernie Sanders bulks up his digital operation," August 18, 2015
- ↑ Brand New Congress, "The Plan," accessed June 14, 2017
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Justice Democrats—Statement of Organization, amended," March 1, 2017
- ↑ Justice Democrats, "FAQ," accessed June 14, 2017
