More unsourced WP OR violations moved from article here below Background 21st Century Democrats started out relatively small but has quietly grown in size and significance in the last few election cycles In 2004 election cycle according to the Political Money Line it was the 13th largest Political Action Committee PAC in the United States raising nearly 7 Million Among progressive ideological PACs it ranked fourth behind America Coming Together EMILY s List and MoveOn org The group s long time Executive Director Kelly Young left the organization in 2007 Former Executive Vice President Mark Lotwis took over as Executive Director in July 2007 Unlike traditional PACs 21st Century Democrats focuses on recruiting training and hiring field organizers to organize grassroots campaigns on behalf of candidates for local offices statewide office and even targeted presidential swing states The strategy enables the group to get a value added return on its investments and has proven to be successful 21st Century Democrats wins the majority of its races even though they focus on tougher competitive races up and down the ballot The group has strong ties to veterans of Paul Wellstone s campaigns as well as Democracy for America which grew out of Howard Dean s failed presidential campaign url If when all of the above info is sourced to WP RS secondary sources it may be moved back into the article