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314 Action Fund Announces Largest-Ever Effort to Recruit Scientists to Run for Public Office

Nation’s Premier Pro-Science Political Organization Will Seek to Elect Scientists in Sixty-Seven Key Federal and Statewide Races March 4, 2021 PHILADELPHIA — Today, 314 Action Fund released its initial list of electoral targets ahead of the 2022 campaign cycle. With sixty-seven races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor, and down-ballot statewide office, this target list […]

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314 Action Fund Endorses Melanie Stansbury for New Mexico’s First Congressional District

Science Professional and State Representative Running to Succeed Congresswoman Deb Haaland March 3, 2021 PHILADELPHIA — Today, 314 Action Fund endorsed Rep. Melanie Stansbury in the race to succeed Congresswoman Deb Haaland and represent New Mexico’s first congressional district. From working as a science educator at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History to conducting […]

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314 Action Fund Endorses Hala Ayala for Virginia Lieutenant Governor

Cybersecurity Expert and State Delegate Would Be First Woman of Color Elected Statewide March 3, 2021 PHILADELPHIA — Today, 314 Action Fund endorsed Hala Ayala in the race to become Virginia’s next lieutenant governor. Hala, who was born and raised in Virginia, would be the first woman of color elected statewide. For twenty years, Hala […]

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314 Action Fund Launches Support for Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock to Secure Biden Mandate on Climate Crisis Solutions in U.S. Senate

Democratic Control of U.S. Senate Essential to President-Elect Biden’s Implementation of Policy Solutions for Climate Crisis November 18, 2020 PHILADELPHIA — Today, after drafting scientists Capt. Mark Kelly and Gov. John Hickenlooper to successfully run for U.S. Senate and raising $3.2 million in grassroots donations for their campaigns, 314 Action Fund launched support for Jon […]

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Vaccine Agency Director Reassigned For Defending Science in Political Attack by Trump

Dr. Rick Bright of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority Files Whistleblower Complaint Philadelphia — Today, as the federal government continues to delay expanding access to coronavirus testing amid goals to slowly re-open the country, President Trump reassigned Dr. Rick Bright, the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. In a whistleblower […]

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314 Action Fund Endorses Dr. Cameron Webb for Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District

Dr. Webb Will Bring Health Policy Expertise and Commitment to Fellow Virginians to the U.S. House of Representatives Philadelphia — Today, as the coronavirus pandemic highlights the need for science and fact-based leadership in government, 314 Action Fund announced its endorsement of Dr. Cameron Webb for Virginia’s fifth congressional district. A practicing internal medicine physician, […]

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New Digital Ad Campaign from 314 Action Urges Remaining Governors to Issue Stay-at-Home Orders

Philadelphia — While most governors have issued stay-at-home orders to slow the spread of COVID-19 and keep constituents safe, some governors are ignoring the recommendations of public health professionals and scientific experts and refusing to enact statewide shelter-in-place policies. That’s why 314 Action is launching a new digital ad campaign targeting voters in the eight […]

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Pro-Science Group Takes on Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Coronavirus Trump Apologists

Philadelphia — 314 Action is launching a new national radio ad campaign on the Rush Limbaugh Show in local markets across the country to hold Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and other Trump allies accountable as they continue to risk American lives by downplaying the threat of the coronavirus and ignoring the truth from scientists. Limbaugh […]

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Sec. Sebelius, Dr. Murthy Discuss COVID-19 on Facebook Live Panel

Philadelphia — This afternoon, 314 Action hosted “COVID-19: Get the Facts,” a Facebook Live panel with leading health care experts including former U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, along with Dr. Craig Spencer, Director of Global Health in Emergency Medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia […]

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314 Action Slams Trump Administration for Ramping Up Attacks on Scientific Studies

Philadelphia — As the public and scientific community focus their attention on the response to COVID-19, the Trump administration is continuing its assault on science by proposing to expand restrictions on scientific research at the Environmental Protection Agency and seeking to bury what it sees as unfavorable data on climate change and air pollution. According […]

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