Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC)

The Centrist Independent Voter Political Action Committee, Inc promotes centrist policy positions and candidates.

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

The struggle to bring moderation and reason into our politics can seem increasingly quixotic—but it has also become increasingly important.

Here is how we are approaching 2026 House endorsements.

https://t.co/SjVnyGzgnc

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

Sometimes the centrist position is not “endorse the moderate Republican” or “endorse the least objectionable Democrat.”

Sometimes the centrist position is to say that the menu itself is inadequate.

New from CIVPAC on the Maine Senate race:

https://t.co/Ut18GXPoId

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

Property is not theft. Property is not sacred either.

It is a tool — imperfect, powerful, and indispensable. Without it, we are not merely poorer. We are less free.

New at CIVPAC:
https://t.co/RaMA9pmdV3

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

We do not want your money. We want your judgment, criticism, local knowledge, and willingness to argue seriously. Outrage is easy to monetize. Good politics is harder.

https://t.co/ZydixZrFkk

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

A Bigger Tent Needs Stronger Stakes

Democrats can win everywhere without accepting everyone who can win somewhere. A big tent still needs firm democratic stakes.

https://t.co/2AYM6zrJN2

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

CIVPAC cannot endorse in every race. But voters who share our principles can use AI tools to help evaluate candidates more carefully.

We offer a practical prompt for centrist voters — and a reminder: use AI as a research assistant, not a substitute for judgment.
https://t.co/mRMUKjKhkC

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

CIVPAC announces three Democratic primary endorsements: Wesley Bell in MO-1, Rebecca Cooke in WI-3, and Stefany Shaheen in NH-1.
These endorsements support practical center-left candidates over far-left or DSA-aligned alternatives.

https://t.co/uBGtpzQeds

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

“Working families” is not a policy category. It is a halo phrase: broad enough to include almost everyone, vague enough to explain almost nothing, and useful mainly for making disagreement sound immoral.

Read the platforms. Then decide.

https://t.co/AAHclnW4yy

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

The DSA platform is worse than the slogan. CIVPAC urges voters to read it for themselves — and ask whether this is really the direction the Democratic Party or the country should go.

https://t.co/SKevHmJWWc

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

CIVPAC endorses Rep. Haley Stevens in the Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate primary. Michigan’s open Senate seat is too important for symbolic politics. We support practical center-left, center-right, or centrist governance, democratic allies, and candidates who can win and govern.

https://t.co/XyFsM53xkL

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

CIVPAC endorses Rep. Greg Stanton in the AZ-4 Democratic primary. This is a case for serious, practical governance over ideological purity — and for supporting candidates who can govern.

https://t.co/Sd61rB0xev

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

CIVPAC Welcomes Ellen Beatty and Eugene O’Sullivan

Ellen Beatty and Eugene O’Sullivan have joined CIVPAC’s Board of Governors, bringing senior financial, business, nonprofit, and civic experience to CIVPAC’s centrist policy work.

https://t.co/h8oFu6rsYF

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

Grasping Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

CIVPAC endorses John Hickenlooper and Diana DeGette in Colorado and warns Democrats not to squander an opportunity to claim the governing center.

https://t.co/cCtbks1QnN

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

The Other 250th Anniversary: Adam Smith and the Discipline of Markets

CIVPAC reflects on Adam Smith, Hayek, Friedman, market failure, government failure, and why economic liberty remains part of America’s broader inheritance of freedom.

https://t.co/uRxpP0xKeB

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

Housing Policy Should Address the Problem, Not Just Find a Villain

CIVPAC supports the supply-side direction of the ROAD to Housing Act but argues that housing policy should focus on government-created supply constraints, not symbolic attacks on corporate buyers.

https://t.co/Y5NTHYEIQt

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

Mamdani’s Congressional Slate and the Democratic Brand

CIVPAC endorses Adriano Espaillat in NY-13 and warns that Mamdani-backed congressional candidates reflect a broader risk: deep-blue urban politics becoming the face of the national Democratic Party.

https://t.co/FZdvzYojUS

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

Paving the Road to “Blue MAGA”?

CIVPAC warns that Democrats should not answer Trumpism by copying its worst habits. The party needs candidates who expand its reach, not candidates who merely intensify its internal mood.

https://t.co/TqHFCxado6

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

Iran, War, and the Discipline of Not Knowing

In a democracy, public consent is part of the battlefield. That makes truth, credibility, and clear objectives strategic necessities — especially when facts are uncertain and propaganda is everywhere. https://t.co/AYp1k27v1Z

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

CIVPAC Endorsements in Georgia, Maryland, and D.C.

CIVPAC’s latest 2026 endorsements apply one standard across parties and places: practical judgment, democratic institutions, economic realism, and serious governing.

https://t.co/hFo6KQbpon

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

AI may create enormous wealth, and the public should share in the gains. But government ownership of selected AI firms is the wrong tool. Better: regulate AI risks directly and use the tax system to capture gains wherever they actually appear. https://t.co/Y5ErGbhLsm

[Michael Barron (Executive Director CIVPAC) @CIVPAC_DIrector]

CIVPAC endorses Janet Mills in the Maine Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.

Governor Mills is a serious, experienced, pragmatic Democrat with the best chance to build a broad coalition in November. CIVPAC will reassess the race after the primary.
https://t.co/nfPkpn1l3Y