Since 2020, the Cleantech Party has raised over $5 million for electing clean energy and climate champions - from state legislators and judges to the House, Senate and Presidency - and to fight voter suppression and gerrymandering. CTP started as Cleantech for Obama in 2008 and has continued ever since. As a volunteer organization, 100% of the money we raise goes directly to candidates and causes. Our activities include events, grassroots engagement, advocacy, and engaging and expanding our clean energy community.

2023

On August 17th, we held an event in San Francisco for Frontline Democrat Members of the House of Representatives. We were honored to have Speaker Emerita Pelosi, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene, and Congressman Jared Huffman speak to the importance of supporting these clean energy and climate action champions, whose re-election is key to the Democrats regaining control of the House.

The Attending Frontline Members were:

Cong. Mike Levin (CA-49)

Cong. Josh Harder (CA-09)

Cong. Susie Lee (NV-03)

Cong. Nikki Budzinski (IL-13)

Cong. Gabe Vasquez (NM-02)

The event was a massive success, a ‘back by popular demand’ follow-up to our August 2022 IRA Celebration with Speaker Pelosi and 2022 Frontline House candidates.

We look forward to hosting more events in 2024 for key House, Senate, and State office candidates. Please sign up here for our mailing list to stay informed of upcoming opportunities to support clean energy.

And thank you for those that have participated in our completed 2023 activities:

  • Co-hosted in-person fundraiser for Senator Jon Tester:

  • In-person discussions on clean energy topics with Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

  • Co-hosted in-person fundraiser for Virginia State House and Senate candidates with Climate Cabinet Action:

  • Co-hosted virtual fundraiser for Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate:

  • Hosted our 2023 Speaker Clean Energy and Climate Policy Speaker Series:

2022

In 2022, we held 11 events, raising over $1.2 million for swing Senate and Congressional races across the country. We focused on supporting candidates with critical roles in passing the Inflation Reduction Act.

The following table lists the results for candidates we supported in the 2022 mid-terms where the Democrats held onto the Senate and came close to maintaining control of the House.  Approximately 70% of our candidates won their elections. This result reflects a balance of a relatively good midterm for Democrats that support climate action and CTP’s support for at-risk and red-to-blue candidates.

Prior Years Review

  • 2021, hot off Sen. Warnock’s Special Election victory and Pres. Biden’s Inauguration, we jumped into a year of speaker sessions and fundraisers to advance a clean energy agenda and maintain our majority. We held 11 events with over 2,000 people that raised $600,000:

    • 8 free Congressional Speaker Sessions with key Senate and House Committee Chairs and drafters of the Build Back Better climate sections attended by over 1,500 people.

    • A major House Majority fundraiser with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Solar Energy Industries Association in advance of the BBB filing.

    • A fundraiser for three California House Members in at-risk Districts: Josh Harder (CA-10), Katie Porter (CA-45), and Mike Levin (CA-49).

    • Keeping our off-year tradition, a major clean energy fundraiser for Virginia. While we lost the Governorship, we only lost the House by 1 seat. After flipping the Governor’s chair in 2017 and Legislature in 2019, Virginia passed over 150 clean energy/climate laws, going from one of the worst to best environmental states, and fair maps that resulted in Dem pick-ups in Congress.

  • In 2020, we set goals to:

    • Win the Presidency: In January, we joined with GiveGreen to raise $92,000 for a Climate Unity Fund for the eventual Democratic nominee. We are also coordinating with the Clean Energy for Biden organization.

    • Flip the Senate: In December, 2020 we teamed with Clean Energy 4 Biden to raise $400,000 for Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock's successful Georgia Senate races. In April, we raised $168,000 with DSCC Chair Senator Cortez Masto and Blue-Green Coalition Chair Senator Sheldon Whitehouse for key Senate races.

    • Protect and Expand the House Majority: In May, we teamed with Speaker Nancy Pelosi to raise $182,000 to hold the 7 California seats we flipped in 2018 and elect 3 red-to-blue candidates.

    • End Voter Suppression & Gerrymandering: We raised over $300,000 for Attorney General Eric Holder and the National Democratic Redistricting Committee’s legal work to challenge restrictive voting rules in NC, WI, TX and other swing states and were joined special guest Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

    • Flip Red States Blue: The Cleantech Party raised over $250,000 for more than 20 candidates running to flip North Carolina and Texas blue.

  • In 2019 we:

    • Held a Victory Celebration that raised $122,000 for the 7 California Congress Members who flipped Republican districts in 2018.

    • Raised $110,000 to win 8 Virginia Senate and House of Delegate races and flip both chambers in advance of redistricting.

  • In 2018, we raised $525,000 for the mid-term races of 10 California Congressional seats held by Republican climate deniers; we flipped 7 of them!

  • In 2017, we raised $278,000 with NextGen America for Virginia’s statewide offices and 6 House of Delegate clean energy champions. All of our candidates won!