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Democrats Serve is an American political action committee (PAC) founded in 2021 in the state of Connecticut [1] as a Hybrid PAC. [2] It was created to support and recruit Democratic Party candidates from public service backgrounds, [3] such as nurses, police officers, judges and firefighters. [4] It was modeled after groups like VoteVets, which was formed to recruit veterans. [5] They wish to synergize police reform and law and order policies. [5] [6]

Democrats Serve is headed by Brett Broesder, [7] whose involvement in Democratic Party politics includes being the former campaign manager for Peter Kilmartin former Attorney General of Rhode Island. Made up primarily in Milford [8] and Bridgeport Connecticut. [9]

The group was criticized in 2021 by Ben Proto, the chair of the Connecticut Republican Party as "another indication of a Democratic Party that is moving further and further left and some guy in Milford trying to make a name for himself". [10] US Congressman Rich McCormick also criticized fliers the group published against him during a 2022 election in Georgia. [11] It spent on advertising for Republican Party candidates thought to be weaker. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] The strategy seemed[ to whom? ] to work [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

Candidates

In 2022 Democrats Serve supported incumbents [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] Val Demings [30] and Cheri Beasley’s run for the U.S. Senate., [31] [32] Jonathan Logemann for the U.S. House of Representatives, [33] and other federal candidates [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] as well as candidates at the state level. [42] [43] [44]

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