Run For Something Helps Diverse Candidates Get Elected

By Nereida Moreno, Meha Ahmad
Run For Something Helps Diverse Candidates Get Elected
A Hillary Clinton supporter holds a sign in the crowd as President Barack Obama addresses a crowd at a Hillary for America campaign event in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 28, 2016. After working on Clinton's campaign, Northwestern alumna Amanda Litman co-founded Run for Something to recruit and support young, diverse progressives running for state and local office. Jose Luis Magana / Associated Press
Run For Something Helps Diverse Candidates Get Elected
A Hillary Clinton supporter holds a sign in the crowd as President Barack Obama addresses a crowd at a Hillary for America campaign event in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 28, 2016. After working on Clinton's campaign, Northwestern alumna Amanda Litman co-founded Run for Something to recruit and support young, diverse progressives running for state and local office. Jose Luis Magana / Associated Press

Run For Something Helps Diverse Candidates Get Elected

By Nereida Moreno, Meha Ahmad
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After Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election, Northwestern grad Amanda Litman started hearing from people who were thinking about running for office. That led her to co-found Run for Something, a nonprofit that works to elect young, diverse progressives to office at every level of government.

Litman joins Morning Shift to talk more about breaking barriers to running for office.

GUEST: Amanda Litman, co-founder and executive director of Run For Something; former Hillary Clinton campaign aide

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