The Hometown Project

The Hometown Project inspires voter turnout in local elections and helps elect progressive local candidates by connecting well-known actors, musicians, and athletes, called Hometown Energizers, with candidates and campaigns in their hometowns. Together, we seek to elevate the message of local campaigns and motivate voter turnout in local elections where a few hundred votes can make a big difference.

Since 2017, The Hometown Project has supported over 140 local candidates and GOTV campaigns in 18 states. Over 75 influential Hometown Energizers, including Mark Ruffalo in Wisconsin, Connie Britton and Selena Gomez in Texas, Billy Crudup in Florida, Sarah Jessica Parker in Ohio, and Wanda Sykes and Patton Oswalt in Virginia used their social media platforms and appeared in geo-targeted video messages to help elect progressive candidates in their hometowns or promoted statewide GOTV efforts in their home state.