Dirty Dozen

For more than 25 years, our Dirty Dozen program has targeted candidates — regardless of party affiliation — who consistently side against the environment and are running in races in which LCV Victory Fund has a serious chance to affect the outcome. Stay tuned in early 2024 for the 2024 Dirty Dozen list.

In 2022, voters rejected 10 of the 12 candidates named to the 2022 Dirty Dozen:

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Blake Masters Arizona Senate

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Joe O’Dea Colorado Senate

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George Logan Connecticut 5th

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Herschel Walker Georgia Senate

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Amanda Adkins Kansas 3rd

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Adam Laxalt Nevada Senate

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Karoline Leavitt New Hampshire 1st

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Yvette Herrell New Mexico 2nd

Ted Budd North Carolina Senate

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Mehmet Oz Pennsylvania Senate

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Tiffany Smiley Washington Senate

Ron Johnson Wisconsin Senate

Dirty Dozen in the States

Modeled after LCV Victory Fund’s federal Dirty Dozen, the Dirty Dozen in the States highlights 12 of the worst environmental candidates in the nation at the state and local level.

In 2022, 10 of the 12 candidates named to the 2022 Dirty Dozen in the States were defeated »