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] It is currently preparing for the possibility of nominating a third party candidate to run in the 2024 presidential election.[2]
No Labels was founded in 2010 by Nancy Jacobson, a former fundraiser for the Democratic Party.[3][4]
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.[5]
No Labels is affiliated with a number of subsidiaries:
Name | Position | Notes |
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Nancy Jacobson | Founder[4:1] | Democratic Party, Democratic National Committee (DNC), Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, Next Generation, Third Way[6] |
Dennis Blair | Board member[7] | 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 |
No Labels raised $11.3 million from unidentified donors in 2021.[8] The organization does not publicly disclose its donors, but some have been identified by media outlets such as Mother Jones.[7:1][9]
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/ ↩︎
A Unity ticket for 2024. No Labels. Retrieved November 4, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.11.04-065453/https://2024.nolabels.org/ ↩︎
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 ↩︎
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 ↩︎
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 ↩︎
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 ↩︎