In 2018, Grenn-in one of the best case studies of good reform bills being passed this legislative session-wrote, co-sponsored, and passed an ethics bill unanimously through the state legislature. They did so alongside the nation’s only independent governor, Bill Walker. That bipartisan majority coalition was able to tackle major challenges including the fiscal crisis in Alaska, by restructuring the permanent fund. In Alaska, for the first time in thirty years, when two independents got elected in 2016, Jason Grenn and Dan Ortiz caucused with three moderate Republicans and Democrats to form a bipartisan majority coalition. In both Alaska and Maine, we have great case studies of what happens when neither party has the majority. People can see how it's possible, and it's proven to be effective. Electing two to three independents to closely divided legislatures, denying both parties the majority, and then working with moderates in both parties to advance common-sense solutions is a tangible thing. I feel that Unite America's strategy, the fulcrum strategy, is achievable.
There's a lot of people who think that all we need to do is double-down on the left, or all we need to do is double-down on the right. TF: What motivated me was something constructive about our broken politics. JSJ: What moved you to help build a network for independents? Here’s what Fisher had to say about the necessity for an independent campaign infrastructure and how Unite America succeeded in building it.
In the span of two years, they launched their movement and built significant momentum, increasing the size of their supporter base by 240% and creating thousands of valuable new one-to-one relationships. In addition to the four seats their candidates won in state legislatures around the country, Unite America has much to celebrate. With memberships, NationBuilder customers can give their supporters special access to certain parts of their Nation, allowing them to take their involvement to the next level.įisher joined the organization over a year ago as one of just two employees, and in that time he’s helped Unite America grow their team to twelve full-time staff and build a larger network of more than 1,000 members and 500 volunteers, supporting the campaigns of thirty endorsed candidates in the 2018 midterm elections.As the only organization dedicated to providing independents the kind of campaign infrastructure they need to run competitively apart from a major party, Unite America’s day-to-day efforts include everything from recruiting candidates to run and training them to campaign for office, to messaging the value of independent leadership to the larger voter base, to training the volunteers who will knock on doors, make phone calls, and write to their local publications in support of independent candidates. That document also states, “That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES.” However, Lee began with the line, while Jefferson saved it for the middle of his closing paragraph.Tyler Fisher is the Deputy Director of Unite America, a powerful emerging network for independent candidates and activists around the United States. In the Congressional declaration dated September 9, 1776, the delegates wrote, “That in all continental commissions, and other instruments, where, heretofore, the words ‘United Colonies’ have been used, the stile be altered for the future to the “United States.”Ī resolution by Richard Henry Lee, which had been presented to Congress on June 7 and approved on July 2, 1776, issued the resolve, “That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States….” As a result, John Adams thought July 2 would be celebrated as “the most memorable epoch in the history of America.” Instead, the day has been largely forgotten in favor of July 4, when Jefferson’s edited Declaration of Independence was adopted.
This replaced the term “United Colonies,” which had been in general use. On September 9, 1776, the Continental Congress formally declares the name of the new nation to be the “United States” of America.
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