My 2026 Election-Cycle GOTV Donees

The best way (and maybe the only way) to fend off MAGA and save our democracy is for the Dems to win the upcoming congressional midterms decisively. I believe that the best way to make that happen is to support independent, local, get-out-the-vote (GOTV) organizations that find, persuade, and organize first-time, occasional, reluctant and undecided voters and get them registered (if necessary) and to the polls.

I’ve written two longish essays about why I believe this: (1) this one for the 2024 cycle and (2) this one (including some AI analysis) recently. This post honors my promise in those essays (or comments to them) to reveal where I’m putting my own monthly GOTV contributions now.

Here, in alphabetical order, are my GOTV donees for the 2026 midterm election cycle, along with their tax-deduction status:

Advance the Electorate PAC (not tax deductible)
Black Voters Matter Action PAC (not tax deductible)
Coalition for the People’s Agenda (501(c)(3))
Fair Fight Action (Stacey Abrams’ old organization) (501(c)(4))
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, Inc. (works to restore ex-felons’ voting rights) (501(c)(3))
Hope Springs from Field (PAC, not deductible)
Mijente (Spanish: “My People”) (501(c)(4))
Movement Voter Project (works with youth, LGBTQ and other marginalized voters) (501(c)(4))
Progressive Turnout Project (not tax deductible)
Swing Left (not tax deductible)
VPP (not tax deductible)

All these organizations are open for donations on Act Blue, the secure, Democratic- and progressive-oriented donation site.

NOTE: According to Google AI, donations to 501(c)(4) organizations that engage in politics are NOT tax deductible, although some of their purely public-benefit activities may be.

For the record, there were four organizations on my previous list that dropped off because I couldn’t find (or recognize) them or a clear successor on Act Blue. They were:

Democracy for America, which seems to have dissolved;
The Democratic National Committee (I don’t donate to the Party anymore.);
The New Georgia Project, which seems to have disbanded after some financial issues; and
The Northeast Arizona Native Democrats, once the GOTV arm of the Diné (Navajo) people.

The last one deserves special mention. I couldn’t find any organization on Act Blue with that name, but there are several different organizations under the general title “Navajo County Democratic Committee” with additional words. I believe “Navajo Country Democratic Committee—Federal” is the most appropriate but wonder whether it engages in GOTV activities. If anyone can inform me in a comment, I’d be grateful. (For reasons why the Northeast Arizona Diné community is vital to any effort to turn Arizona blue, click here).

Finally, I have two (only two!) exceptions to my general rule of not giving to candidates or party organs directly. I’m backing Shawn Harris’ push to win Josh Hawley’s Senate seat in Missouri and Sherrod Brown’s push to reclaim his Ohio Senate seat. I like Harris because he’s a retired Brigadier General, and I think top military officers have learned both to lead and be practical. I’m backing Brown because I know how hard he works; he once called me (when I lived in Ohio) to thank me personally for a $200 donation and listened patiently for ten minutes while I ranted about making nuclear power safer and meltdown-proof.

If you have any worthy additions to this list, and if they appear on Act Blue, please let me know in a comment. Thanks in advance to all.