It’s time to pass the torch!

Pass The Torch was formed in the days after the Biden-Trump debate, expanding into a nationwide group mobilizing Democratic voters to urge President Biden to pass the torch. Pass the Torch is volunteer lead organization that started as a loose affiliation of around 15 friends-of-friends and quickly grew into a network of over 80 volunteers, including current and former Democratic elected officials, delegates to the 2024 Democratic National Convention, advocates, activists, designers, communications professionals, project managers, community organizers, and everyday voters from across the country.

In the two-and-a-half weeks after it formed, the group helped mobilize Democrats across the country to contact Congress nearly 30,000 times via phone calls and online actions, including 8,000 phone calls. Pass the Torch produced a TV ad which it planned to run in Washington, D.C. and Rehoboth, Delaware on Morning Joe (Biden’s favorite show) and during daytime MSNBC programming. The spot, which can be viewed here, features Democratic voters from Lancaster, Pennsylvania—all of whom volunteered to elect Biden in 2020—urging Biden to pass the torch.  Pass the Torch also organized delegates and state representatives across the country, commissioned a poll, and organized rallies in Ohio, Michigan, and Washington, D.C. The rally at the White House, which brought together over 100 people and gained widespread national press, was held hours before President Biden made his final decision to step aside from the race.

Thank you to all the amazing people who worked tirelessly together on this quixotic, crazy, and victorious mission despite risks to their jobs, sleep deprivation, and the stress of trying to simultaneously assemble an organization and grow it into a national movement amidst a constantly shifting world. Listed in alphabetical order, here are just some of the folks who helped make this work possible: