Unite America

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Unite America
Formation2013
PurposeTo reform the American political system
HeadquartersDenver, CO
Founder
Charlie Wheelan
AffiliationsNational Association of Nonpartisan Reformers, Bridge Alliance
Website www.uniteamerica.org
Formerly called
The Centrist Project

Unite America (previously known as The Centrist Project) is an American grassroots organization founded by Charlie Wheelan with the goal of reforming the political system and bridging the partisan divide. Unite America supports both electoral political reforms as well as independent-minded candidates. [1]

Contents

Affiliated politicians include: Former Alaska Governor Bill Walker, former Iowa state senator David Johnson, Greg Orman, and Evan McMullin. [2]

History

Author and educator Charles Wheelan published The Centrist Manifesto [3] in 2013, inspired by the failed bipartisan efforts surrounding the Simpson-Bowles Commission in 2011. [4] In the book, he outlines an approach to government in which a "Centrist Party" challenges partisanship by controlling the swing vote and facilitating compromise between Democrats and Republicans. [5] Putting ideas into practice, Wheelan worked with business, political, and academic leaders from across the country to form the Centrist Project in 2014, which would eventually become Unite America. [6]

In October 2016, Nick Troiano, former congressional candidate and part of "Forbes 30 under 30" for Law & Policy, joined as executive director. [7] The organization continued to grow through 2017, attracting talent from both sides of the aisle on a mission to elect enough independents to shift the balance of power in key state and statewide elections. [8] Unite America adopted its current name in January 2018, aiming to reflect the organization's core mission. [9] Unite America announced the first-ever nationwide slate of independent candidates in February 2018. [10]

In March 2019, Unite America announced that they were expanding their mission of accelerating the democracy reform movement, with strategic investments in multi-cycle campaigns and infrastructure. [11] They also announced the addition of two new board members: philanthropist Kathryn Murdoch and former independent Senate candidate Neal Simon.

Mission

Unite America aims to bridge the partisan divide by passing electoral reforms that incentivize leaders to represent their constituents and support candidates who will work across the aisle. It endorses candidates on both federal and statewide levels. Unite America candidates and supporters subscribe to a set of principles laid out in the "Unity Principles." [12]

Strategy

Unite America works by making strategic investments to accelerate the democracy reform movement. Through the Unite America Fund, the organization invests in campaigns across four key reform areas:

The organization's commitment to these reforms is based in part on the Harvard Business School study by Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter.

In keeping with their mission of scaling the democracy reform movement, the organization also invests in what they call "movement capacity" to align organizations within the democracy reform space.

The third pillar of the organization is supporting what they call "Unity Candidates"; candidates who are independent-minded, committed to reform, and sign on to the organization's Unity Principles.

"Unity Principles"

Each of Unite America's endorsed candidates abides by a unifying set of principles. Formerly called the "Declaration of Independents," [13] published in February 2018, the principles are now called the Unity Principles to reflect the larger aims of the organization. Developed by Unite America's leadership, the document lays out the movement's five key tenets:

First, we put the public interest ahead of any partisan or special interest. Government should represent "We the people" – not the party leaders or those who can buy access to power.

Second, we use common sense and find common ground to solve problems. We reject today's zero-sum politics and instead work together with Democrats and Republicans in an inclusive and civil manner to get things done.

Third, we stand for the timeless values of opportunity, equality and stewardship. We want to empower every American to realize their full potential, uphold equal rights for all under the law, and ultimately leave a stronger country for the next generation.

Fourth, we champion integrity, transparency and accountability in politics. We seek to rebuild America's trust in government by holding ourselves to the highest standards of honor and honesty and by fixing the broken incentives that contribute to political dysfunction.

Fifth, we believe in shared responsibility of civic engagement. As Americans, we understand it is our civic duty to be informed and engaged on important issues." [14]

Reform strategy

In 2019, Unite America released the first State of Democracy Report in which they graded every state based on their status in five reform areas. [15] In September 2019, Unite America announced their plan to invest in their first portfolio of campaigns based on these reforms.

2019 Reform Investments
CampaignReformsState
Alaskans for Better Elections Ranked Choice Voting, Nonpartisan top-four primaries, prohibit dark moneyAlaska
Rank the Vote NYC Ranked Choice VotingNew York
Pennsylvanians Against GerrymanderingIndependent Redistricting CommissionsPennsylvania
Voter Choice Massachusetts Ranked Choice VotingMassachusetts

Unity Candidates

Virginia

In March 2019, Unite America announced the creation of their new statewide chapter, Unite Virginia. [16] Unite Virginia would work to reward bipartisanship and support candidates through the 2019 primary elections.

The organization endorsed a bipartisan slate of candidates in Virginia. [17]

2019 Virginia Endorsements
CandidatePartyDistinctionDistrictResult
Martha MuglerDemocratHampton School Board MemberHD-91Won
Suhas SubramanyamDemocratObama administration alum, volunteer firefighterHD-87Won
Emmett Hanger RepublicanIncumbent state senatorSD-24Won

Partnerships

State-focused partnerships

In an effort to build the movement from the ground up, Unite America endorses and provides resources to independent candidates for state legislatures in a number of viable states, including Colorado, New Mexico, Maine, Alaska, and Washington. [18]

Unite Colorado

Unite America formalized its Colorado-concentrated efforts for statehouse elections with the organization of its largest state-focused affiliate, Unite Colorado. [19] Troiano identified the state's wide-ranging political leanings and the potential for a historic independent candidate victory as the driving motivations for this strategy. [18] In 2018, Unite Colorado endorsed five independent candidates the Colorado House of Representatives and the Colorado Senate. [18]

The group will endorse independent candidates running for office in New Mexico state legislature in an effort to promote competition amongst 30 of 70 uncontested New Mexico House of Representatives seats. [20]

Washington Independents

Washington Independents, with support from Unite America, launched in fall of 2017 with the intention of supporting independent, centrist candidates in Washington. Its co-founders were Chris Vance, the former chairman of the state's Republican Party, and Brian Baird, a former Democratic Congressman (WA-3). [21] The Political Action Committee spent over $100,000 on three candidates for state office in the 2018 general election. All three lost. In spring of 2019, Washington Independents announced that it would suspend operations. [22]

Unite Virginia

In March 2019, Unite America launched Unite Virginia in order to focus on Virginia's off-year state legislative elections. [23] Pivoting from its strategy in the 2018 elections, Unite America chose to support moderate, reform-minded Republicans and Democrats rather than independents. More specifically, it worked with four moderate primary challengers — two on the right and two on the left. Three of the four won their races. [24]

The Committee for Ranked Choice Voting

In 2018, Unite America endorsed the Committee for Ranked Choice Voting, an organization that pushed for the implementation of instant-runoff voting in Maine. [25] [26] After a majority of voters approved a RCV citizens ballot initiative in 2016, state lawmakers called a special session to repeal the measure. In the following year, the people of Maine petitioned to override the veto, ultimately voting to restore RCV in Maine in time for the 2018 general election. [27]

2018 Endorsed National and State Candidates

Unite America announced the first-ever slate of national candidates in February 2018, including three gubernatorial candidates and two candidates for US Senate. [28]

2018 national candidates
CandidateDistinctionStateRaceResultVote percentage
Bill Walker Incumbent governor of Alaska [29] Alaska Governor WithdrewN/A
Greg Orman Entrepreneur and managing member of Exemplar Holdings [30] Kansas Governor Lost6.50%
Terry Hayes State Treasurer of Maine [31] Maine Governor Lost5.91%
Neal Simon CEO of Bronfman Rothschild and community leader [32] Maryland US Senate Lost3.74%
Craig O'DearCorporate trial attorney in Kansas City [33] Missouri US Senate Lost1.41%
Marty GrohmanEntrepreneur; State Representative [34] Maine US House (ME-1)Lost8.8%

In January 2018, Unite Colorado announced a slate of independent candidates for both the Colorado House of Representatives and the Colorado Senate. [18] In addition, Unite America endorsed independent candidates for state office in Alaska, Arizona, Maine, Maryland, New Mexico, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington. All but four were defeated.

2018 state candidates
CandidateDistinctionStatePositionResultVote percentage
Jason GrennIncumbent [35] Alaska House District 22Lost41.6%
Chris DimondUnion organizer [36] Alaska House District 33Lost44.0%
Daniel OrtizFormer high school teacher; Incumbent [37] Alaska House District 36Won58.3%
Kathy KnechtPeoria Unified School District Governing Board, member at large [38] Arizona South Dakota 21Lost46.7%
Steve PetersonStrategy consultant [39] Colorado Senate District 30Lost5.7%
Maile FosterFinancial planner; IBM administrator [40] Colorado House District 18Lost6.9%
Eric Montoya Thornton, Colorado City Council member [41] Colorado House District 31DisqualifiedN/A
Jay GeyerProfessor of ethics and political philosophy [42] Colorado House District 33Lost4.3%
Thea ChaseDirector of the Southwest Innovation Corridor [43] Colorado House District 54Lost34.0%
Paul JonesRetired Colorado Parks and Wildlife game warden [44] Colorado House District 59Lost44.0%
Crystal CanneyCEO of The Knight Canney Group [45] Maine Senate District 27Lost25.2%
Dennis WelshCommercial photographer [46] Maine House District 47Lost48.8%
Anne GassAuthor; Women's rights advocate [47] Maine House District 67Lost46.9%
Walter RisemanBusiness development background [48] Maine House District 69Won54.9%
Owen CasasVeteran; Involved in local government; Incumbent [49] Maine House District 94Lost47.3%
Ray RankerPastor; Activist [50] Maryland House District 21Lost6.3%
Tweeti BlancettSustainable energy advocate [51] New Mexico House District 40Lost19.2%
Jarratt ApplewhiteNonprofit leader, small business owner [52] New Mexico House District 50Lost41.9%
Cory Ann EllisSmall business owner; Community organizer [53] South Dakota House District 7Lost14.2%
Laura SibiliaEconomic development [54] Vermont House District 127Won96.0%
Ben JicklingIncumbent; Local government experience [55] Vermont House District 128Won24.9%
John VihstadtIncumbent; Local government experience [56] Virginia Arlington County BoardLost46.4%
Dr. Ann DiamondPhysician [57] Washington House District 12-ALost44.3%
Ned WittingAuditor and financial officer [58] Washington House District 25-BLost in jungle primary 8.0%
Marco PadillaCo-founder of Bremerton Visionaries; PhD Candidate [59] Washington House District 26-BLost in jungle primary 5.3%

Board of directors

Unite America's operating board is made up of leaders from both private and public spheres. [60]

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