Accomplishments

GSV's partners are proud of a number of accomplishments over the past decade, including:
  • Helping to pass more than 45 bond and tax measures for local schools, cities, and other agencies, raising more than $2 billion for vital public purposes.

  • Helping elect women to key offices including the U.S. Senate, Congress, California State Assembly, the Washington, Florida, Oregon, Maryland, and Illinois State House of Representatives, the Washington, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Connecticut State Senate.

  • Helping the American Lung Association earn public support for tough second-hand smoke restrictions in cities across California

  • Helping launch Michigan Coalition for Progress in 2006, when it was founded and quickly became the largest PAC in Michigan. In its first year, the Coalition for Progress helped Governor Granholm win re-election and helped Democrats win the Michigan State House.

  • Helping elect Cincinnati's first directly elected African American Mayor since Reconstruction.

  • Helping pass the nation's first Death with Dignity law in Oregon, and being chosen to work with advocates in Washington state to pass a similar measure there on the November 2008 ballot

  • Helping elect the first woman as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Montana and the first woman Attorney General in Minnesota's history

  • Helping the Oregon House regain its majority for the first time in 16 years.

  • Early on recognizing the tremendous impact of cell phones on the accuracy of phone surveys. That's why we were one of the first firms to regularly conduct cell phone studies and surveys among a mix of landline and cell phone users.