¶ No Labels
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No Labels is an American non-profit political advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. It has been described as a "dark money group."[1]
¶ History
No Labels was founded in 2010 by Nancy Jacobson, a former fundraiser for the Democratic Party.[2][3]
¶ COVID-19
On October 7, 2022, No Labels staff published an article outlining widespread fraud associated with the United States Federal Government's COVID-19 relief funding efforts.[4]
In 2023 and early 2024, No Labels explored the possibility of nominating a third party candidate to run in the 2024 United States presidential election.[5]
Pat McCrory stepped down as co-chair of No Labels in March 2024.[6] On April 4, 2024, No Labels announced it was abandoning its efforts to run a presidential candidate on a third-party ticket.[7]
¶ Organization
No Labels operates as a "constellation of entities" of various corporate types:[8]
- No Labels[9]
- No Labels 2024
- No Labels Action
- No Labels Problem Solvers
¶ Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Nancy Jacobson | Founder[3:1] | Democratic Party, Democratic National Committee (DNC), Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, Next Generation, Third Way[10] |
| John Avlon | Co-founder[11] | CNN, Daily Beast |
| Bill Bloomfield | Co-founder | John McCain |
| Lisa Borders | Co-founder | Coca-Cola Foundation, Coca-Cola Company, Grady Health Foundation, Atlanta City Council, Kasim Reed |
| Andrew Bursky | Co-founder | Atlas Holdings |
| Ron Christie | Co-founder | Christie Strategies, John Kasich, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, George Washington University, Haverford College |
| Tom Davis | Co-founder | Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, United States House of Representatives, National Republican Congressional Committee, Deloitte |
| Mickey Edwards | Co-founder | Aspen Institute, United States House of Representatives, Harvard University, Princeton University, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune |
| William Galston | Co-founder | Brookings Institution, Bill Clinton |
| Mark McKinnon | Co-founder | Americans for Carbon Dividends |
| Kiki McLean | Co-founder | Porter Novelli, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Democratic National Committee (DNC) |
| Jonathan Miller | Co-founder | Kentucky State Treasury, United States Department of Energy |
| Clarine Nardi Riddle | Co-founder | Joe Lieberman, Office of the Connecticut Attorney General, Connecticut Superior Court, Kasowitz Benson Torres |
| Ron Shaich | Co-founder | Panera Bread, Au Bon Pain |
| Andrew Tisch | Co-founder | Loews Corporation |
| Dave Walker | Co-founder | United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) |
| Dennis Blair | Board member[12] | Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), United States Navy, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE), Atlantic Council, Freedom House, National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), National Committee on United States-China Relations (NCUSCR), Arcanum |
¶ Funding
No Labels raised $11.3 million from unidentified donors in 2021.[13] The organization does not publicly disclose its donors, but some have been identified by media outlets such as Mother Jones.[12:1][8:1]
| Name | Profession |
|---|---|
| William Berkley | W. R. Berkley Corporation (WRBC) |
| Dennis Blair | - |
| Alan Boeckmann | Fluor |
| J. Murry Bowden | Hanover Company |
| Harold Brierley | - |
| Alan Buerger | Coventry Direct |
| Eric Chern | Chicago Trading Company |
| Armando Codina | Codina Partners |
| Martha Ehmann Conte | - |
| Kenneth DeAngelis | Austin Ventures |
| Andrew Feldstein | - |
| Marshall Field | Old Mountain Company |
| Jim Frank | Frank Family Investments |
| T. Michael Goodrich | - |
| Jay Grossman | Abry Partners |
| Ron Havner | - |
| Michael Jandernoa | - |
| Matthew Kaplan | Neuberger Berman |
| Allan Keen | Keewin Real Property Company |
| John A. Mayer | - |
| Mark McClain | SailPoint |
| Thomas McInerney | Bluff Point Associates |
| Amy McKnight | - |
| Drew McKnight | Fortress Investment Group |
| Thomas McClarty III | McLarty Associates |
| Charles Merinoff | Breakthru Beverage |
| Bruce Pollack | Centre Partners Management |
| Peter Resnick | Pinstripe Capital Management |
| Martin Schwartz | Minilec Service |
| Iris Smith | - |
| Michael Smith | Freeport LNG |
| Alfred Spector | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| James Stanard | - |
| Martin E. Stein | Regency Centers |
| Andrew Tisch | Loews Corporation |
| Kenneth Wallach | Central National Gottesman |
¶ External links
Corn, D. (2023, July 11). Top Democratic-run firms won’t discuss their work for No Labels. Mother Jones. https://web.archive.org/web/20230920121225/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/07/no-labels-firms-third-party-candidate/ ↩︎
Clift, E. (2015, April 11). The Only Bipartisan Game in Town. The Daily Beast. http://archive.today/2023.10.12-040725/https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-only-bipartisan-game-in-town ↩︎
Jacobson, N. (2018, December 7). The Truth About No Labels. Real Clear Politics. https://web.archive.org/web/20231116205417/https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/07/the_truth_about_no_labels_138856.html ↩︎ ↩︎
Five Facts on COVID Relief Fraud. (2022, October 7). No Labels. http://archive.today/2023.11.15-230826/https://www.nolabels.org/five-facts-on-covid-relief-fraud ↩︎
A Unity ticket for 2024. No Labels. Retrieved November 4, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.11.04-065453/https://2024.nolabels.org/ ↩︎
Thomas, K. (2024, March 13). WSJ News Exclusive | No Labels Co-Chairman Pat McCrory Quits Group as It Presses Ahead With Presidential Ticket. Wall Street Journal. http://archive.today/2024.03.14-102357/https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/no-labels-co-chairman-pat-mccrory-quits-group-as-it-presses-ahead-with-presidential-ticket-a10b041f ↩︎
Talcott, S. (2024, April 4). No Labels announces it won’t run a third party presidential ticket. Semafor. http://archive.today/2024.04.04-195601/https://www.semafor.com/article/04/04/2024/no-labels-announces-it-wont-run-a-third-party-presidential-ticket ↩︎
Pryzbyla, H., & Kapos, S. (2023, June 23). No Labels declines to reveal just who is funding its third party bid. Politico. http://archive.today/2023.09.16-190614/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/23/no-labels-third-party-bid-election-00103331 ↩︎ ↩︎
District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. No Labels. OpenCorporates. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_dc/EXTUID_2701467 ↩︎
Nancy Jacobson, Senior Advisor. Third Way. Retrieved February 11, 2006, from https://web.archive.org/web/20060211002254/http://www.third-way.com/leadership/nancy_jacobson ↩︎
Our People. No Labels. Retrieved December 2, 2013, from https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234710/http://www.nolabels.org/our-people-grid-cofounder ↩︎
Corn, D., & Choma, R. (2023, June 23). No Labels exposed: Here’s a list of donors funding its effort to disrupt the 2024 race. Mother Jones. http://archive.today/2023.11.11-052054/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/06/no-labels-exposed-heres-a-list-of-donors-funding-its-effort-to-disrupt-the-2024-race/ ↩︎ ↩︎
No Labels, Full Filing - 2021. (2022, October 4). ProPublica. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/271432208/202202789349300930/full ↩︎