Now she is running for California’s 45th Congressional District. Her focus has been on cultivating a campaign that embraces the enthusiasm that progressive voters have been harnessing during the ‘resistance’ movement while adding her own purity to the approach. Porter is making a remarkable departure from the traditional way that most politicians are running their campaigns. How is she doing this? Well, she has agreed to completely forego the acceptance of ANY donations for corporate political action committees. Porter’s goal is to be a campaign for the people, by the people and representative of the people.