Emerge America (EA) is a left-of-center candidate training organization that vets and prepares female Democrats who aspire to run for local, state, and federal offices. The organization conducts training to prepare and assist female candidates who choose to run within two to three years of the training. The group was founded as an ostensibly non-partisan “social welfare” lobbying organization, but the IRS ordered the group reclassified as a “section 527” political organization because its activities are run for the benefit of the Democratic Party. 5 She is a close friend of Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) and helped with Harris’ first campaign when Steele ran Emerge California. 10 the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a member of the AFL-CIO labor federation, donated $329,920; Progressive Women of Silicon Valley gave $287,500; Florida-based addiction prevention organization Hanley Foundation gave $162,350; Tao Capital Partners, a private technology investment firm, contributed $139,500; Hillary Clinton’s Onward Together advocacy group contributed $100,000; America’s largest labor union, the National Education Association (NEA), granted EA $85,752; America’s most significant, controversial, and politically involved labor union the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) contributed $66,750; and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) labor union donated $56,250.
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