WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, grassroots organizers with Our Revolution delivered 13,000 petition signatures to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters, urging committee members to adopt DNC Chair Ken Martin’s newly introduced resolution to curb the corrosive influence of unlimited corporate and dark money in the Democratic presidential primary process.
The resolution, set for a key vote at the DNC summer meeting on August 27th in Minneapolis, directs the DNC Committee on Reforms to identify “real, enforceable steps the DNC can take to eliminate unlimited corporate and dark money in its 2028 presidential primary process.”
“For too long, billionaires and corporate Super PACs have drowned out the voices of working people,” said Joseph Geevarghese, executive director of Our Revolution. “Democrats can’t claim to be the party of working people while letting dark money groups and corporate elites choose their presidential nominees. This resolution is about putting power back where it belongs—in the hands of voters, not billionaire donors.”
Our Revolution—the nation’s largest independent political organizing group founded by Senator Bernie Sanders—has been a leading force in the fight against big money in politics, working to get progressives into leadership roles inside the party, and mobilizing millions of working people to demand a more democratic, transparent, and people-powered party.
With thousands of grassroots voices now formally on record, Our Revolution is calling on the DNC to take this historic step to end the stranglehold of corporate and dark money and safeguard the integrity of the Democratic presidential primary process.
Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese is available for interviews to discuss the significance of the resolution and the broader grassroots movement to reform America’s broken campaign finance system. For interview requests, please contact: media@ourrevolution.com.
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Our Revolution is America’s largest grassroots independent political organizing group, born out of Senator Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign. It focuses on mobilizing communities, electing progressive champions, advocating for progressive policies, and transforming the Democratic Party to serve people, not corporate interests.