ECU Congratulates No Corporate PAC Candidate Don Leonard on Winning in Ohio’s 15th District

End Citizens United (ECU) President Tiffany Muller issued the following statement celebrating ECU-endorsed Representative-elect Don Leonard’s victory:

“Congratulations to Representative-elect Don Leonard on his big win. Voters turned out for him today because he’s committed to ending the pay-to-play system in Washington, and he backed that commitment up by refusing to take a single corporate PAC check as one of over 300 Democrats on our Unrig Washington program. He’s going to fight for the anti-corruption reform that people are demanding because it’s the first step toward a government that will focus on lowering costs and building opportunity. We look forward to working with him to make that a reality next year.”

Rep.-elect Don Leonard was endorsed by ECU and joined Unrig Washington, alongside more than 300 Democratic candidates committed to rejecting corporate PAC money, supporting a ban on congressional stock trading, and cracking down on dark money in politics. He is going to help take on the corruption in Washington that has allowed big donors and corporations to prevent progress on the issues affecting working families.

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For 11 years, End Citizens United (ECU) has been dedicated to combating the two biggest challenges facing our democracy: the corrosive impact of Big Money in politics and attempts to block access to the ballot box. Since its founding in 2015, ECU has had over 1.4 million donors with an average donation of just $14. The group has more than four million members nationwide and is one of the nation’s leading anti-corruption organizations.