(2025-03-05) Turmoil Major Dem Fundraiser Reportedly Sees Alarming Exodus Of Senior Staff

'Turmoil': Major Dem fundraiser reportedly sees 'alarming' exodus of senior staff. At least seven senior officials left ActBlue in late February.

ActBlue has become a critical component of the Democratic Party's fundraising efforts. As of June 2024, ActBlue had raised $13.7 billion for Democratic candidates and causes. The organization dramatically increased the amount of small-dollar contributions to candidates.

And the recent exodus has sparked "deep concerns" about the organization's future, according to the Times, with two unions sending a "blistering letter" to its board of directors describing what they called an "alarming pattern" of departures that was "eroding our confidence in the stability of the organization."

Republican lawmakers have recently called for ActBlue to shed insight on its security and anti-fraud measures, according to the report. They also sought information on how the group combats unlawful contributions to candidates from foreign donors.

In December 2024, 142 consultants, campaign staff, nonprofit staff, technology vendors, donor organizers, donors, and academics signed a letter to ActBlue saying the organization needed to do a "better job" of protecting Democratic contributors from being "exploited" ("the scam PAC problem").[2] In February 2025 seven senior staff people separately left the organization in a short time. Resignations included the highest ranking legal officer, the vice president for customer service, and a technical person who had been with the organization for 14 years. Two unions representing Act Blue employees wrote to the board noting an "alarming pattern" of departures that was "eroding our confidence in the stability of the organization". As of March 5, 2025 the reasons for these departures were not publicly known.