Run for Something

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{{short description|American progressive political organization}}

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|founders = Amanda Litman, Ross Morales Rocketto

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|type = 501(c)(4)

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|website = {{url|runforsomething.net}}

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Run for Something is a progressive American political organization dedicated to recruiting and supporting young candidates running for down-ballot office. Its mission is to get young progressive candidates from non-traditional backgrounds to run for and win state and local offices, and create a next generation slate of political candidates that will seek higher office in the future.{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-democrats-run-for-office_us_588f6a74e4b08a14f7e7263e|title=More Than 1,000 Progressives Signed Up To Run For Office Over The Weekend|author=Jennifer Bendery|date=January 30, 2017|work=Huffington Post|access-date=June 2, 2018|language=en-US}}

It was founded on January 20, 2017 — the day of the inauguration of Donald Trump as president — by Amanda Litman, the email director of Hillary Clinton's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, and Ross Morales Rocketto, a veteran of political campaigns.{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-spontaneous-protest-2017-story.html|title=Trump succeeds where Obama failed – spawning a new wave of liberal activism|last=Barabak|first=Mark|website=Los Angeles Times|date=June 28, 2017 |access-date=June 2, 2018}}{{Cite tweet|number=928280098813472768|user=HillaryClinton|title=Congratulations to @RunforSomething founders @amandalitman + @RossMoRock for a huge night! 25 of the local candidates they helped to recruit and run won.|author=Hillary Clinton}}

In May 2017, political action organization Onward Together, founded by Clinton, selected Run for Something as one of its three primary partner organizations.{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/15/hillary-clinton-onward-together-238408|title=Clinton launches new political group: 'Onward Together'|last=Palmer|first=Anna|date=May 15, 2017|work=POLITICO|language=en}} In the 2017 Virginia elections, Run for Something-endorsed candidates won more than 40 percent of their races, almost four times the average for first-time candidates.{{cite web |last1=Kirby |first1=Jen |title=Meet the group that just put more than 30 local progressives into office |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/9/16625966/run-for-something-progressives-local-election-virginia |website=Vox |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=26 February 2020 |date=Nov 9, 2017}}

National Run for Office Day, to occur annually one week after Election Day, was created by Run for Something in 2017 to encourage more young progressives to run for office.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/politics/run-for-office-day-explainer/index.html|title=Today is Run For Office Day. Here's what that means.|last=Hamedy|first=Saba|work=CNN|access-date=June 2, 2018}}