The 2020 Dem field pledges not to form a separate political arm from the DNC
To this day, many Democratic Party officials still fume about Barack Obama’s decision to create his own political group outside of the Democratic National Committee, Organizing for Action.Story Continued Below
“[State parties] are never the shiny object that gets funded with all the appeals from podcasts or big donors,” Kleeb added.Sign Up The pledge, signed by Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg and 16 other contenders, requires candidates to use state parties as their organizing, messaging and political arm should they become their party's nominee. Many state parties are run by full-time and unpaid chairs who are expected to recruit, train and get candidates elected. But many have few resources at their disposal, and the deal announced Tuesday is an attempt to fix that.
It's uncertain what the agreement will mean for organizations like Our Revolution and Next Gen, an outside political group formed by billionaire Tom Steyer, who's now running for president. Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during the Democratic Presidential Committee summer meeting. Our Revolution was a point of contention during discussions with the Sanders campaign, according to people familiar with the negotiations. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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