Trailblazers PAC revolutionizes politics by challenging leaders of any party to act better than our broken money-in-politics system. Across the country, we build communities that demand and expect honest government. Trailblazers give voters the power to take back their rightful role in our democratic republic by moving politics out of the back room and onto the front porch.
I am a diehard Republican — I believe in the two-party system. It is with this in mind that I support Trailblazers PAC. More of us should try to pull ourselves out of the political paralysis in which we now find ourselves. One party can’t do it all. That’s not our tradition!
US Congressman from New York (1987 – 2005)
Where we work
We find and fund local-level candidates, anywhere in the country, of any party who stand up for honest government.
Local officeholders have the closest connection to our communities, and Trailblazers PAC helps reconnect voters with democracy by supporting candidates who stand up for honest government.
Monroe County Legislator (1976-82), Member of the New York State Assembly (1983-1986), and Congresswoman from New York (1987-2018)
Advisory Committee
Leslie Danks Burke
Trailblazers PAC Founder & President | Lawyer and Public Advocate
Patrick Tepesch
Trailblazers PAC Treasurer | Scientist at Corning, Inc.
Joel Acevedo
Founder of Sunset Park Republicans | President of the Brooklyn Young Republicans Club
Jordi Comas
Community and Political Organizer
Konstance Englesman
Community and Political Organizer
VALERIE GARDNER
Schuyler Count Assistant Public Defender
Linda Hoffman
Trailblazers PAC Executive Board | Former Vice President for External Affairs at Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes
Amory Houghton III
Principal at Nonprofit Advisory Associates | Senior Strategic Planner, the Port Authority of NY & NJ
Lindsey Johnson
Trailblazers PAC Executive Board
Tina Lang
Political Activist
Sean Lukasik
Partner at Creagent Marketing
Jo Beth Mertens
Economist
John Pudner
Executive Director, Take Back our Republic
Anthony J. Pucci
Trailblazers PAC Executive Board | 2018 Endorsed Trailblazer and Retired Educator
Jane Quattrocchi
Trailblazers PAC Executive Board | Retired Attorney
Laurie Sherman
Policy advisor for Coalition for Integrity
Lesli Sagan
Owner, Avital's Apiaries
Lindsay Ullman
Principal at Sidewalk Labs
James Webb
Corning-Painted Post Board of Education
Alli Woodard
Executive Director, Trailblazers PAC
Trailblazers PAC fills a needed gap by focusing on local officeholders, who affect each American’s day-to-day life. By asking local representatives to commit to honest government, Trailblazers PAC helps reconnect citizens with democracy from the ground up.
Ithaca City Councilman (2008-11), Mayor of Ithaca, NY (2011-present), and National Director of The Young Elected Officials Network, a nonpartisan program of People For the American Way Foundation