Florida Politics: Progressive grassroots group backing four Democrats in congressional races


The progressive  Democratic grassroots group Progressive Turnout Project announced Thursday it will be backing four Florida Democratic candidates, U.S. Rep. Stephanie MurphyLauren Baer, Mary Barzee Flores, and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, in their 2018 campaigns for Congress.
Progressive Turnout Project, a Chicago-based political committee which has raised $14 million so far for this election cycle according to the Center for Responsive Politics, characterizes itself as a grassroots-funded organization focusing on “voter registration, early voting, no-excuse absentee voting, and restoring the Voting Rights Act.”
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