Since 2020, the Cleantech Party has raised over $6 million to support candidates advocating for clean energy, climate action, and democracy — including state legislators, judges, members of the House, the Senate, and the Presidency — and to fight voter suppression. CTP started as Cleantech for Obama in 2008 and has been active ever since. As a volunteer organization, 100% of the funds we raise go directly to candidates and causes. Our activities include hosting events, grassroots outreach, advocacy efforts, and growing our clean energy community.
This year has significant potential—stay tuned for opportunities to participate with the Cleantech Party and our partner organizations—stepping up big in 2026 to protect our climate gains—and democracy itself.
2026
We keep supporting clean energy and climate action—the upcoming November election reminds us that our work is never finished. We've already held major events and are planning big for the November elections.
Upcoming events include:
June 16, 2026: In San Francisco, our annual Red-to-Blue and Frontline House candidate event to support ten incumbents and candidates in critical House races. This year with headliners Nancy Pelosi and Hakeem Jeffries, past and future Speakers of the House. RSVP Here!
July 2026: A virtual Swing State Legislature event in support of flipping five state legislature houses. Details to come.
2026 successfully completed events:
May 7: In the South Bay, an event in support of the reelection of U.S. Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49).
May 6: San Francisco reception with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, former Michigan Governor and U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, and Michigan Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertel for the 2026 Michigan ticket. Michigan has more must-win races than any other state.
May 1: In the East Bay, an event in support of the reelection of U.S. Rep. Dave Min (CA-47).
April 21: San Francisco Climate Week event on clean energy and the 2026 elections with Climate Cabinet.
April 16: San Francisco event in support of James Talarico for U.S. Senate in Texas.
March 4: Protect Women on the Frontlines with the Electing Women Alliance for seven members of Congress in tough re-election races.
February 23: Virtual event to support candidates in the Salt River Project Board election.
January and February in-person fundraiser events for U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff and Senate candidates Mary Peltola and Chris Pappas
January 23: Virtual event for Judge Chris Taylor for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
2025
In 2025, we supported key state races and prepared for the 2026 elections. It was an excellent year, with 100% of the candidates we backed winning their races. Overall, the electorate clearly showed that the Trump Administration and its enablers are not favored by most Americans.
Events included:
Biennial speaker series with five virtual sessions featuring:
Senators Hickenlooper, Ossoff, and Wyden
Congressmembers Harder, Huffman, Levin, Min, Tran, and Whitesides
DLCC President Heather Williams, California State Senator Josh Becker & Caroline Spears of Climate Cabinet
Virtual fundraiser for Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court, with AG Eric Holder
Fundraiser lunches for Senators Sherrod Brown, John Hickenlooper, and Jon Ossoff, and Senate candidate Roy Cooper
Virginia fundraisers for the Virginia legislature and (now) Governor Abigail Spanberger)
New Jersey fundraiser for (now) Governor Mikie Sherrill, with Gina McCarty and Jay Inslee
California Proposition 50 fundraiser
Pennsylvania Supreme Court fundraiser
Annual House of Representatives in-person fundraiser with Nancy Pelosi
2024
The Cleantech Party raised almost $1 million in 2024 to hold our House incumbents and flip seats in CA, MI, and OR. Compared to pre-2018, climate-action friendly Democrats now hold six of the nine previously Republican swing CA House seats, thanks to millions raised and thousands of volunteers over four election cycles.
Of the 2024 House races we backed, we were 6-1 with incumbents and 6-8 with challengers—enough to flip the House if not for other losses around the country (and North Carolina redistricting). Our support mattered in these close races. Our efforts included several House candidate fundraisers, anchored by our annual big House event for at-risk Democrat House members and re-to-blue candidates—with special guest Nancy Pelosi—in San Francisco on June 24th.
We also met with and raised for all of the competitive Senate races. Baldwin, Rosen, Slotkin, and Gallego's elections were extremely close; again, our work mattered.
Lastly, we supported important State Supreme Court wins in the key states of MI, NC, and WI, with a loss in OH.
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!
