An increasing number of Democratic candidates are pledging to reject donations from business-linked political action committees in 2026 — a promise House Democrats say is easier said than done. She recalled how she often had to prioritize making calls over knocking on doors when she was a first-time congressional candidate who’d sworn off corporate money. Veteran and more high-profile Democrats don’t face the same issue. “It does two things: It creates an overreliance on their influence in the first place,” Lee said of corporate money. We have to go get this money to sustain the campaign,” she told NOTUS.