{"id":1055111,"date":"2025-07-16T17:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T21:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055111"},"modified":"2025-07-16T17:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T21:49:07","slug":"icymi-dnc-announces-initial-1-5-million-investment-into-the-virginia-democratic-coordinated-campaign-to-help-elect-democrats-across-the-commonwealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-dnc-announces-initial-1-5-million-investment-into-the-virginia-democratic-coordinated-campaign-to-help-elect-democrats-across-the-commonwealth\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: DNC Announces Initial $1.5 Million Investment Into the Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign to Help Elect Democrats Across the Commonwealth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday, the DNC announced a new, seven-figure investment into the Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign to support Virginia Democratic victories up and down the ballot in 2025 and beyond. The DNC\u2019s latest $1.5 million investment comes on the heels of the DNC\u2019s historic investments into Democratic state parties \u2014 including Virginia \u2014 and during Democrats\u2019 \u201cOrganizing Summer\u201d campaign to turbocharge organizing efforts and meet voters everywhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Virginia heads into a high-stakes election, the DNC\u2019s investment helps lay the groundwork to build strong Democratic power across the commonwealth, organize and empower voters ready to reject Republicans\u2019 extreme agenda, and elect strong Democratic candidates \u2014 from the school board to the governorship.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a look at some of the coverage below: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/strong><\/a>: DNC pours large donation into Virginia\u2019s high-stakes elections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Gregory S. Schneider, 7\/15\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Democratic National Committee will contribute $1.5 million to help elect Democrats in Virginia this year, highlighting the national significance of the state\u2019s contests for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and all 100 seats in the House of Delegates ahead of next year\u2019s congressional midterms. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDNC officials said their donation is unusually large and early for an off-year state campaign. Virginia\u2019s \u2018high-stakes\u2019 elections are an important laboratory for the party in \u2018building Democratic infrastructure that will help support Democratic victories all across the ballot,\u2019 DNC Chairman Ken Martin said in a news release provided to The Washington Post under embargo until the Tuesday morning announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe investment will be used to hire more organizers to reach voters around the state, get the party\u2019s message out and \u2018test new tactics and tools to ensure our message is resonating,\u2019 the DNC said in the news release.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/strong><\/a>: DNC launches $1.5M investment in Virginia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Julia Manchester, 7\/15\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Democratic National Committee announced an initial $1.5 million investment in Virginia on Tuesday in an effort to help candidates up and down the ballot in November\u2019s off-year elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe investment in the state is one of the largest and earliest investments the committee has made to the Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign during an off election year, according to the DNC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe committee said the investment will allow the coordinated campaign to continue to hire organizers and staff, fund persuasion programs, test new messaging tactics, and expand its reach to constituencies Democrats lost ground with in 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Now, Democrats are giving Virginians an alternative to extreme Republican candidates with real Democratic leadership to make the state more affordable for working families,\u2019 DNC Chair Ken Martin said in a statement. \u2018This investment will aid strong Democratic leaders like Abigail Spanberger, Ghazala Hashmi, and Jay Jones and turbocharge organizing efforts while building Democratic infrastructure that will help support Democratic victories all across the ballot.\u2019 \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Donald Trump and Virginia Republicans have betrayed the commonwealth. From Elon Musk destroying the livelihoods of thousands of Virginians through DOGE, to Donald Trump and Virginia Republicans kicking 323,000 Virginians off their health insurance, to Glenn Youngkin and state Republicans leading Virginia to fall in the rankings of the top states for business, Republicans have utterly failed the commonwealth,\u2019 Martin said.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/strong><\/a>: DNC makes initial $1.5 million investment in Virginia races this November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Adam Edelman, 7\/15\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Democratic National Committee announced it is investing an initial $1.5 million in Virginia to help flip the state\u2019s governorship and to maintain control of the state Legislature this November. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSpecifically, the DNC said the money would be used for Virginia Democrats’ coordinated campaign to hire organizers and staff and fund voter outreach programs. The party said the investment is part of its previously announced \u2018Organizing Summer\u2019 effort. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018From Elon Musk destroying the livelihoods of thousands of Virginians through DOGE, to Donald Trump and Virginia Republicans kicking 323,000 Virginians off their health insurance, to Glenn Youngkin and state Republicans leading Virginia to fall in the rankings of the top states for business, Republicans have utterly failed the commonwealth,\u2019 Martin said. \u2018Now, Democrats are giving Virginians an alternative to extreme Republican candidates with real Democratic leadership to make the state more affordable for working families.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMartin added that the investment would \u2018turbocharge organizing efforts while building Democratic infrastructure that will help support Democratic victories all across the ballot.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richmond Times-Dispatch<\/strong><\/a>: National Democrats to send $1.5 million for Virginia races<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Michael Martz, 7\/15\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Democratic National Committee is pledging $1.5 million to the party in Virginia to boost Democratic candidates in elections this year \u2014 from races for statewide offices to every seat in the House of Delegates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe national committee called the pledge \u2018one of the largest and earliest initial investments the DNC has ever made to the Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign in an off-year election cycle.\u2019 \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe DNC said its contribution to the state coordinated campaign would help pay for political organizers and staff; educate voters about the stakes and candidates in the elections; test new \u2018tactics and tools\u2019 for delivering the party\u2019s message; and expand work with \u2018key constituencies that we lost ground with\u2019 in the presidential and congressional races last fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDNC Chair Ken Martin said the national investment would focus voters on how President Donald Trump and Virginia Republicans \u2018have betrayed the commonwealth\u2019 through cuts to the federal workforce and spending, the threat of hundreds of thousands of Virginians losing health coverage under the budget bill the GOP-controlled Congress passed and the state\u2019s fall from first place to fourth in the annual CNBC ranking for best states to do business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Examiner<\/strong><\/a>: DNC pours $1.5 million into Virginia ahead of 2025 election<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Ross O’Keefe, 7\/15\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Democratic National Committee announced it is unloading $1.5 million into its Virginia operation Tuesday. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe DNC said the investment \u2018is one of the largest and earliest initial investments the DNC has ever made to the Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign in an off-year election cycle.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Donald Trump and Virginia Republicans have betrayed the commonwealth,\u2019 DNC chairman Ken Martin said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018From Elon Musk destroying the livelihoods of thousands of Virginians through DOGE, to Donald Trump and Virginia Republicans kicking 323,000 Virginians off their health insurance, to Glenn Youngkin and state Republicans leading Virginia to fall in the rankings of the top states for business, Republicans have utterly failed the commonwealth,\u2019 he added. \u2018This investment will aid strong Democratic leaders like Abigail Spanberger, Ghazala Hashmi, and Jay Jones and turbocharge organizing efforts while building Democratic infrastructure that will help support Democratic victories all across the ballot.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe money will go toward helping to hire organizers and other staff, funding \u2018early persuasion\u2019 programs designed to shift voters, and to test \u2018new tactics and tools to ensure our message is resonating with voters across the commonwealth.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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