Majority Action

Majority Action is an American issue-advocacy organization founded in 2005 under tax code 527 (c)(3). During the 2006 election cycle, they concentrated on helping Democrats take control of the U.S. House of Representatives and ran ads against Republicans.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aklN19gOu65E&refer=us|title=Upstate New York Is Focus of Party Cash on Eve of U.S. Election |last=Forsythe|first=Michael|author2=Jonathan D. Salant|date=November 7, 2006|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=2009-06-19}} During the 2008 cycle, they focused on Senate races.[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93044639 Profile: Majority Action - The Secret Money Project: The Organizations] They were involved in the North Carolina and Idaho senate races.[https://www.npr.org/blogs/secretmoney/2008/08/majority_action_ties_dole_to_b.html NPR:Majority Action Ties Dole to "Big Oil"] Their efforts against Senator Elizabeth Dole{{cite web|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/news/v-print/story/1169049.html|title=Dole gets plaudits and scorn in ads by outside groups|last=Beckwith|first=Ryan Teague|date=August 8, 2008|work=News Observer|publisher=The McClatchy Company|accessdate=2009-06-19}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}} may have contributed to her defeat in the 2008 election{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}. Leaders include Joe Andrew and Donald Fowler.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Sep07/0,4670,PoliticsAds,00.html|title=Conservative Group airs Pro-Bush Ad|last=Kuhnhenn|first=Jim|date=September 7, 2006|publisher=Associated Press|accessdate=2009-06-19}}