Everytown Announces $10M Investment in State Attorney General Races, Launch of Everytown Rule of Law Fund

Program to Target Up to Ten Key Swing State Attorneys General Elections in 2025-2026 Cycle

NEW YORK - Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund announced the launch of the Everytown Rule of Law Fund to elect Attorneys General who will stand up for the rule of law, uphold their oath to the Constitution, and prioritize the safety of our communities. With a goal of an investment of $10 million, the program will support the work to elect Attorneys General in up to ten key swing states across the 2025 and 2026 election cycle, likely including Georgia, Minnesota, Nevada, Wisconsin, and Virginia, among others.

"Attorneys General have been steadfast partners when it comes to holding the gun industry accountable, and now they're the tip of the spear in defending our system of checks and balances," said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. "When laws are considered optional, public safety is at risk - and that's why Everytown is making sure Attorneys General know we have their back."

Since 2017, Everytown has invested $5 million to elect Attorneys General nationwide. In the 2024 North Carolina Attorney General's race, Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund partnered with the DAGA People's Lawyer Project, to successfully elect Attorney General Jeff Jackson. In 2022, Everytown invested $500,000 in Michigan to re-elect Attorney General Dana Nessel and $500,000 in Nevada to re-elect Attorney General Aaron Ford.

The Everytown Rule of Law Fund represents an increased focus and commitment to electing Attorneys General who will serve on the front lines of keeping our communities safe from gun violence and defending the checks and balances that Americans from every political ideology depend on. Recent examples of Attorneys General taking action include:

• Federal Layoffs Impacting Seniors, Veterans, and Schools: 19 Attorneys General sued the Administration for firing thousands of probationary federal workers, disrupting essential services for seniors, veterans and schools. Layoffs at the VA also put at risk key services like the Veterans Crisis Line.
  
• HHS and Life Saving Research: 22 state Attorneys General sued the Administration to halt cuts to life saving research programs that could leave hospitals struggling to care for their patients, including victims of gun violence and domestic abuse.
  
• Department of Education: 21 state Attorneys General sued the Administration to stop the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education. In addition to the obvious harms to education, the eradication of DOE threatens critical progress in school safety led by the agency.

Everytown Law has worked on multiple cases with state Attorneys General to hold the gun industry accountable for its role in our nation's gun violence crisis, including:

• Partnering with Maryland AG Brown to file a lawsuit to hold Glock accountable for facilitating the proliferation of illegal machine guns.
  
• Partnering with Illinois AG Raoul to ensure that an infamous gun manufacturer tied to gun trafficking would not be licensed to sell firearms by re-incorporating under a new name.
  
• Partnering with Hawaii AG Lopez to defeat a challenge from the gun industry's trade association to strike down the state's industry accountability law.

Just last week, Everytown celebrated the Wisconsin Supreme Court victory of Judge Susan Crawford, who defeated extremist Brad Schimel, marking a significant defeat for the Trump-Musk agenda after Musk attempted to buy the race. Everytown invested nearly $1 million this cycle in Wisconsin, including on television, digital ads and a statewide field program.

Additionally, 22 endorsed Moms Demand Action volunteers won their races last week in Illinois and Wisconsin, taking the helm on offices from city councils, school boards, mayoral and more. This builds on the recent success of the 2023-2024 election cycle, where over 330 Moms Demand Action volunteers won races in 42 states across the country and Washington, D.C. The volunteers were all part of Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund's Demand a Seat program, which has been pivotal in giving grassroots volunteers the tools and training needed to become successful candidates. Since Demand a Seat was launched in 2021, nearly 500 volunteers have been elected, with half winning office in state legislatures.