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The following individuals and organizations have ties to the foundation and its involvement in the 2020 presidential election.
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The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) was founded in 1973 by Henry Hyde, Lou Barnett, and Paul Weyrich. It is currently led by CEO Lisa Nelson and Florida State Representative Daniel Perez, who serves as the board’s 2023 national chair.
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Shawnna Bolick was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2019–23, where she served on the Elections and Federal Relations committees and as vice chair of the Ways and Means Committee. Before being elected in 2018, she worked for multiple right-wing politicians and think tanks.
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Founded in 1979, the Claremont Institute has long provided a national refuge for serious conservative scholars to come together. As an organization, it provides fellowships to educate conservative influencers, supports legal action through briefs and lawsuits, and publishes the Claremont Review of Books.
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The Council for National Policy (CNP) is a Christian Right influence organization that has set the movement’s agenda for decades, focusing on political strategy, media, and grassroots organizing. CNP describes itself as bringing “together the country’s most influential conservative leaders in business, government, politics, religion, and academia to hear and learn from policy experts on a wide range of issues.”
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J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) has served as Ohio’s junior senator since 2023—his first experience in public office—and as of July 2024 joined Trump’s ticket as his candidate of choice for vice president.
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Project 2025 is a set of far-right policies developed by the Heritage Foundation, with input from hundreds of former Trump administration officials who continue to deny the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election. It provides a detailed blueprint to allow the next Trump administration to hit the ground running in 2025 and overhaul the federal government within its first 180 days in power.
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Lori Roman is president of the American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU), an organization founded as a “constructive alternative” or counterpoint to the liberal American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The ACRU has dubbed officials who implement pandemic-related safety precautions such as mask wearing “crisis tyrants.”
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Virginia (Ginni) Thomas is a conservative lobbyist and activist who has been married to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas since 1987. Numerous conflict of interest charges have arisen as a result of their long crusade together fighting for “a more conservative America.”