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Taking Back the White House

The Human Rights Campaign worked tirelessly across the country to elect Barack Obama, the nation’s first African-American president. From raising money online to mobilizing volunteers in key states, HRC is proud to have played a role in this historic effort. Our community has never been closer to success in unraveling eight years of damage and moving toward equality.



  • The Human Rights Campaign Foundation hosted the first-ever live, televised presidential forum to focus on LGBT issues among the Democratic Party candidates. Sens. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Edwards, among others, all participated in the forum. Broadcast on LOGO, the presidential forum was replayed in segments on major network and cable venues, drawing attention to issues of importance to the community, including relationship recognition, military service, HIV/AIDS and employment discrimination.
  • During the primaries, HRC maintained a presence in key states such as Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.
  • HRC endorsed Sen. Obama for president on June 6, 2008.
  • HRC maintained a high profile at the Democratic National Convention. From blogging at the convention to our DNC-premier event “Rock To Win,” and from organizing the first-ever gathering at a national convention honoring diversity to sponsoring the LGBT delegate lunch attended by more than 650 people and featuring Michelle Obama, HRC was everywhere in Denver.
  • HRC Legislative Director Allison Herwitt testified before the DNC platform committee in order to help develop the most pro-equality party platform in history.
  • HRC raised $1,977,803 for Obama-Biden through our online fundraising, events and direct individual contributions. Of that, online fundraising accounted for $167,363 from 2,346 contributors. In addition to securing Sen. Joe Biden to speak at our national dinner (he was unable to attend due to a family issue), HRC held a fundraising reception for members for the Obama-Biden campaign at our national dinner in October.
  • HRC raised an additional $118,000 for the DNC.
  • HRC produced several reports comparing Obama and McCain, including an in-depth analysis of McCain’s anti-LGBT positions, and conducted outreach to LGBT and mainstream press to educate the community about the differences between the candidates.

 

It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled – Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of red states and blue states: We are, and always will be, the United States of America.” -Barack Obama, in his election night speech