At least 200 individuals with backgrounds in science, math, engineering and technology have launched bids for state House seats across the country, according to HuffPost.
The PAC 314 Action told the outlet that the candidates were running in elections for 7,000 state legislature seats.
“The sheer number is really astonishing,” the group’s founder, Shaughnessy Naughton, told the outlet.
The PAC’s membership expanded from 4,000 to 400,000 in 2017.
Numerous members of the science community have expressed opposition to various Trump administration environmental policies, especially those on climate change.
Jason Westin, who worked in Texas at one of the country’s top cancer hospitals, announced last year he would challenge Rep. John Culberson(R-Texas), who is the chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee on commerce, justice and science that oversees NASA and the National Science Foundation.
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