6. Who We Are: We are the Majority of Americans; United as Republicans, Democrats and Independents; Calling for our Leaders to “Put their Labels Aside;” Providing a Counterweight against the Hyper-partisan Extremes.
11. December 13, 2010 No Labels Launch Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Crist, Mayor Booker, Mayor Villaraigosa, Senator Bayh, Senator Manchin, Rep. Tom Davis, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski and more 1,000 people from all fifty states Fifty two million media impressions USA Today, Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal
15. Gillibrand New York Lieberman Connecticut Klobuchar Minnesota Stabenow Michigan Cantwell Washington Hagan North Carolina Manchin West Virginia Wyden Oregon Warner Virginia Landrieu Louisiana McCain Arizona Nelson Nebraska
17. John Avlon Lisa Borders Jon Cowan David Frum Bill Galston Nancy Jacobson Kiki McLean Mark McKinnon Jonathan Miller David Frum Andrew Tisch David Walker No Labels Founding Leaders
18. How You Can Help: Candidates National Day of Action Canvass/Calls Legislation Emails Phone calls Town Halls
19. Throwing a Yellow Flag: Governing Process Social Media Email Blasts Direct contact to Member
20. Building a National Infrastructure: 435 Congressional Districts 1,000 Declaration Signers in every district 50 State Leaders Regional Field staff Generation No Labels National Bus Tour No Labels No Labels
21. National Day of Action 6 States – 6 Primary Races 3 Republicans and 3 Democrats In-state and Out-of-State Volunteers Open Primaries vs. Closed Primaries
25. Metrics of Success Soft Indicators - Emails/Calls to Members of Congress - Congressional Town Hall Attendees - National and Regional Press Attention - Organic Membership Growth Hard Indicators - Senators Saved - Elevate Bi-Partisan Legislation
Editor's Notes
During the 2012 election cycle, there will be thirty-three U.S. senate seats being contested, including 23 Democrats, 2 Independents and 10 Republicans. Democrats Republicans Independents*CA – Feinstein AZ – Kyl CT - LiebermanDE – Carper IN – Lugar VT - SandersFL- Nelson (Bill) ME - SnoweHI – Akaka MA - BrownMD – Cardin MS - WickerMI – Stabenow NV - EnsignMN – Klobuchar TN - CorkerMO – McCaskill TX - HutchisonMT – Tester UT - HatchNE – Nelson WY - BarrassoNJ – MenendezNM – BingamanNY – GillibrandND – ConradOH – BrownPA – CaseyRI – WhitehouseVA – WebbWA – CantwellWV – ManchinWI - Kohl
18 States have open primaries – where Democrats can vote across party lines for Republicans and vice-versa. Independent and Unaffiliated voters can also vote for anyone on the ballot – California just a passed a proposition to open up their primary this past November19 States and DC have closed primaries – where Democrats must vote for Democrats and vice-versa. Independents and Unaffiliated voters are shut out of the process completely4 States – Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, and Rhode Island – allow independents or unaffiliated voters to participate in the primaries – but Democrats must vote for Democrats and vice-versa4 States – Kansas, Montana, Utah, and West Virginia – have open Democratic Primaries, where Independents or Unaffiliated voters can participate on the democratic side, but are shut out on the Republican side3 states – Alaska, Illinois and Iowa have same-day registration
There are thousands of issue advocacy groups and think tanks in Washington…But no Citizen-driven movement, across the country, building a voice against the extremes on both sides of the aisle…We are Republicans, Democrats and Independents, who care deeply about issues and fostering bi-partisanship in the halls of Congress…We want our politics to evolve and for Americans to put country over party…We are No Labels.
