ECU Congratulates No Corporate PAC Candidate Marni von Wilpert on Winning in California’s 48th

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

“Congratulations to Representative-elect Marni von Wilpert on this well-earned victory. Her record of holding powerful actors accountable became an important part of this race as California families looked for a leader to tackle the corruption in Washington that’s driving up costs. They put their trust in Rep.-elect von Wilpert because she never took a corporate PAC check and made real anti-corruption commitments as one of the 300 Democrats who joined Unrig Washington. We’re excited to work with her as she heads to Congress.”

Rep.-elect Marni von Wilpert was endorsed by ECU and joined the Unrig Washington program, 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. She is a trusted leader in San Diego for putting money back into the pockets of working families. She campaigned on her record of holding corporations accountable and saving taxpayers millions of dollars.

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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.