ABOUT US
What We Do
The Voter Protection Project (VPP) is one of the largest voting rights organizations in the country, fighting on the frontlines to stop extremist MAGA Republican attacks on our right to vote. We ensure every American has the ability to cast a ballot and believe that defending democracy starts with electing candidates committed to voter equality and fair elections. Our team of campaign veterans and former candidates brings firsthand experience to the fight, ensuring every strategy is informed by those who have run for office or worked in the trenches of campaigns
At the Voter Protection Project, we find great candidates, vet them and their teams, provide strategic and fundraising support, and work tirelessly to get these voting rights champions elected to office.
We refuse to sit back as Donald Trump, Mike Johnson, John Thune, and conservative legislatures across the country attack our fundamental right to vote. Their strategy is clear: prevent young Americans, people of color, and disenfranchised communities from participating in our democracy rather than offering a unifying vision for the future.
VPP is committed to fighting back. For every attack on voting rights sent by Trump’s MAGA majority, we strike back. We will confront the architects of voter suppression and defeat them directly at the ballot box, ensuring they never hold office again. With Donald Trump returning to the White House alongside his Republican allies in Congress, the Senate and the Supreme Court, the stakes could not be higher. The only way we can pass critical voting rights legislation is with Democratic majorities—and in order to build those majorities, we’re finding and supporting Democrats up and down the ballot who will champion this effort, and VPP is on the frontlines of that fight.
Our mission is bold but important. We advocate for an aggressive agenda to expand voting rights, defeat voter suppression efforts at every level, and regain Democratic majorities in Congress so we can pass critical legislation to protect our democracy.
Our vision includes:
- Advocating for an aggressive agenda to expand voting rights through electoral action
- Leading the fight against voter suppression efforts at the state and federal level by defeating those Republicans who seek to suppress our right to vote
- Regaining Democratic majorities in the House and Senate so we can finally pass critical voting rights legislation
Our bold agenda to ensure that every state has:
- Automatic voter registration and online voter registration
- Same day registration
- Convenient early voting
- “No excuse” absentee voting
- An adequate number of polling locations, personnel, and voting booths
- Restoration of voting rights to previously convicted Americans who have completed their sentences
- Pre-paid postage for absentee voting
- Eliminate voter ID requirements
VPP’s Impact on Key Elections Since 2019
The Voter Protection Project (VPP) has raised over $21 million to support critical candidates, including direct contributions and strategic support to endorsed campaigns. Fueled by a powerful grassroots base with an average donation of $14, VPP has endorsed over 130 voting rights champions since their first cycle.
VPP has invested over $21 million to support critical candidates, including significant direct contributions to endorsed campaigns and funding for outreach efforts to engage voters through various channels.
2024 Key Races – Senate
Newly Elected:
- Angela Alsobrooks (MD)
- Elissa Slotkin (MI)
- Ruben Gallego (AZ)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE)
Defended Seats:
- Tammy Baldwin (WI)
- Jacky Rosen (NV)
2024 Key Races – House
Flipped Seats:
- Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08)
- George Whitesides (CA-27)
- Janelle Bynum (OR-05)
- Josh Riley (NY-19)
Defended Seats:
- Rep. Pat Ryan (NY-18)
- Rep. Tom Suozzi (NY-03)
VPP has been investing in candidates and programs up and down the ballot. Below are some of the key races where we were able to make a difference in the last two cycles.
In 2022, VPP supported the election and re-election of a diverse slate of history-making representatives, including:
- Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10)
- Seth Magaziner (RI-02)
- Emilia Sykes (OH-13)
- Greg Landsman (OH-01)
- Marie Perez (WA-03)
- Don Davis (NC-01)
- Jared Moscowitz (FL-23)
- Wiley Nickel (NC-13)
- Hillary Scholten (MI-03)
- Andrea Salinas (OR-06)
- Yadira Caraveo (CO-08)
- Rep. Elissa Slotkin (MI-08)
- Rep. Theresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03)
- Rep. Sharice Davids (KS-02)
- Rep Dan Kildee (MI-08)
- Raised over $800,000 in tandem digital fundraising to retain Democratic Senate control, supporting Sen. Raphael Warnock (GA), Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (NV), Rep. Tim Ryan (OH)
- Partnered with CBCPAC and Bold PAC to expand diversity in the Democratic caucus.
In 2020, VPP drove impactful investments in key races, including:
- Invested over $1.3 million in digital ads, direct mail, and TV for the Georgia Senate runoff, raising six figures each for Jon Ossoff and Sen. Raphael Warnock.
- Supported Ritchie Torres (NY-15), the first Gay Afro-Latino member of Congress, and was the largest outside spender in this race.
- Defended Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) against a top NRCC recruit in a tough district that Trump lost by less than one-tenth of a point in 2016.
- Elected Sen. Mark Kelly (AZ), helping the state achieve two Democratic senators for the first time in nearly 70 years.
- Supported Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03), the first Latina to represent her district.
- Raised $100,000 for Rep. Katie Porter (CA-45) in her first re-election.
- Helped elect Kathy Manning (NC-06), a voting rights champion who flipped her district.
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Congresswoman-elect | OH-05
Janelle Bynum
Congresswoman-elect | MI-08
Kristin McDonald Rivet
Democratic Candidate for CA-41
Will Rollins
NV-Senate
Catherine Cortez Masto
