Human Rights Campaign launches $26 million 2018 effort
Source: Politico
By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE 07/11/2017 12:03 AM EDT
The Human Rights Campaign is going on a hiring spree ahead of the 2018 elections, announcing plans to bring in 20 new full-time campaign staff — nearly doubling its existing political structure — and focusing efforts in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Nevada.
The new effort by the LGBTQ advocacy group will be called HRC Rising and will be backed by $26 million in allocated funds for political, field, grassroots organizing, volunteer engagement, communications and digital staffers.
“It’s not enough to resist the hateful policies and attacks coming from the Trump-Pence regime — we’ve got to accelerate the pace of progress toward full equality and secure protections for LGBTQ people in states and communities across the country,” HRC president Chad Griffin said. The focus states were selected because of the concentration of HRC members and supporters, but they’re also home to what are likely to be some of the most competitive races for governor, Senate and House next year.
The advocacy group said LGBTQ voters were the only demographic group to vote in higher numbers for Hillary Clinton in 2016 than for Barack Obama in 2012, and it will be expanding and deploying its “Equality Voter Model” to target and organize both LGBTQ voters and those “likely to oppose candidates who attack the civil rights of LGBTQ people.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/11/human-rights-campaign-lgbtq-240374
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