The investments, which Michael R. Bloomberg gun control group said will help protect the rule of law and democracy while President Trump holds the White House, will spend $10 million to help elect a Democrat attorney general this year and 2026.
The group will support Democratic candidates in 10 competitive states, including Virginia and Arizona, Georgia, Minnesota, Nevada and Wisconsin this fall.
The pledge spending by former New York mayor and Democrat megadonor Bloomberg is worth noting last year as it became clear that he was reluctant to place his money on Vice President Kamala Harris. He spent months resisting giving, but a fellow billionaire convinced her to give $50 million in late October to the nonprofit supporting her campaign.
Everytown has spent years spending money on Downballot's efforts to select Democratic candidates for the state legislature. Especially where gun control measures could be enacted and small amounts of money could affect race.
Feinblatt said his group's push to support the Attorney General, known as the Everytown Rule of Law of Fund, will focus on defending the nation from actions by the Trump administration rather than serving as an offensive playbook to enact gun control measures.
The Attorney General is “trying to protect the rule of law,” Feinblatt said. “They are trying to protect what's found in all the basic textbooks of American democracy.”
He added: “We want to make sure that AG knows that if a group like us is doing the right thing, we will support them, and we want them to know that we have their backs today, we want them to have their backs in 2026.”
The Democratic Attorney General has filed a series of lawsuits against the Trump administration's efforts to shut down federal agencies and withhold funds to the state. In both the Trump administration, where Democrats from Congress and the Trump administration are placed by loyalty aimed at eradicating public and private opposition, courts are the main liberals for meaningful opposition to the president.
Bloomberg's recent spending on politics pales in comparison to his past spending.
In the 2020 general election, he spent $173 million to elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. Florida alone costs $100 million. Earlier in that cycle, Bloomberg spent more than $1 billion trying to win the first round of Democratic presidential race for himself.
Feinblatt said he has no regrets about Bloomberg's election-level investment level last year.
“A lot of money was spent in 2024,” he said. “I don't think money is a problem.”
Since 2017 Everytown has spent around $5 million in support attorney general, and Feinblatt has supported re-elected bids for Michigan and Nevada Democrats, including $500,000 each in 2022.
This spring, the group spent $553,000 on television ads supporting liberal candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the final month of its $100 million campaign. Candidate Susan Crawford won a decisive victory for the Liberal Party to maintain control of the battlefield state top court.
