Capitol Riot Inspired a Wave of New Candidates

The Daily Beast: “Seasoned political operatives say they’ve never seen anything like it. Amanda Litman, a top fundraising aide to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, founded the nonprofit group Run For Something in 2017 to give first-time candidates for local office the tools they need to launch a campaign.”

“In the last two months, said Litman, roughly 11,000 people have registered with Run For Something to express an interest in a campaign for public office.”

Said Litman: “We saw January 2021 turn into our best candidate recruitment month yet since launching on inauguration day in 2017.”