Democrats Embrace Anti-Corruption Messaging En Masse

(HuffPost) More than 200 Democratic candidates for Congress have signed a pledge requiring them to turn down donations from corporate PACs, support a ban on trading stocks while in office and vote for policies to crack down on “dark money” in elections – a display of how broadly the party is embracing anti-corruption messaging ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Despite the widespread embrace, however, voters in battleground districts still do not give Democrats any advantage over the GOP when it comes to cleaning up corruption in the capital, showing how difficult it might be for the party to break through on the issue.

“Candidates understand the need to have a proactive, positive reform agenda, especially when what we’re seeing out of this administration is kind of the most brazen corruption that we have ever seen in our country’s history,” said Tiffany Muller, the president of End Citizens United, the group that organized the pledge. “It’s not just about winning the election, it’s also about setting up the long-term momentum and power behind these issues to be able to really pass meaningful reform.”

The group, which first gained prominence by asking candidates to reject corporate PAC money in 2018, said this new pledge is spreading faster. More than 150 candidates agreed to reject corporate PAC money then, a number the new “Unrig Washington” pledge has surpassed with more than six months to go before the midterms. ...............(more)

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