For five years, ACT NOW has organized, trained, and deployed progressive Democrats from all over New York to bring new leadership and much-needed reform to Albany and Washington, DC.
We’ve brought our ACTivists, trained and ready, to key states and districts like Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Queens, Westchester County, Long Island, just to name a few places. When a crucial race is far away, our ACTivists gather in places like Central Park with their cell phones and reach out to hundreds of voters in a single afternoon.
And it works! On the national level, our 1,000-plus active volunteers have played a role in sweeping Democratic victories in the House and Senate and - our shining achievement — the election of Barack Obama, whose campaign was built on just the type of direct voter contact methods we believe in.
On the state level, we have won four seats as part of our ongoing “Seize the Senate” campaign, finally bringing an end to 40 years of Republican rule in the New York State Senate.
Right now, we’re working to elect our favorite Albany reformer, State Senator Eric Schneiderman, to the office of Attorney General. As State Senator, Eric authored legislation to dismantle the inhumane Rockefeller drug laws, authored and passed the first meaningful ethics reform Albany has seen in decades, and much more.
As Attorney General, Eric will have the power to enforce the progressive reforms he has passed. That’s why we’re getting behind him now and staying behind him every step of the way.
