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Courtney Milan: Website
Kit Rocha: Website
Email: RomancingRunoff@gmail

Previous Adventure: Romancing the Runoff

Alyssa Cole, Courtney Milan, and Kit Rocha (aka Bree & Donna) met while writing romance. They bonded over a shared love of protagonists who fight for a better world and stories filled with hope and triumph. In 2020 they pulled Romancing the Runoff together in twelve hours. With the help of the romance community, they raised $95,000 before the auction even started. They met their auction goal of $25k in 7 minutes, their expanded goal of $50k in 1 hour, and their stretch goal of $100k in 12 hours. The initial auction has raised a total of $498,000, including an epilogue to auction off an original, autographed copy of Rules of Engagement by Selena Montgomery aka Stacey Abrams... who donated it to them personally.

In 2022 they got the band back together to raise close to $250,000 to enable voting access in the midterms. 2024 was their third time joining forces for democracy, bringing their lifetime total raised over $1,000,000.

2024 Volunteers

Romancing the Vote is run entirely by a group of generous volunteers. In 2024 the auction was made possible by the incredible work of Alyssa Long, Sara Carrero, Akeisha, Kara McKlemurry, Cal Dragons, Lee-Sien Kao, Megan Gemperline, Helena Greer, Quinn Avery, Ceillie Simkiss, and LB. We are deeply grateful to every single person who dropped what they were doing and jumped to help.

Volunteers over the Years

Many people have given their time and energy over the years. Thanks also go to: Shivani Seth, Lillie Applegarth, Melinda Utendorf, Laura Pratt, Amery G Wong, Ann Aguirre, Lauren Sullivan, Monique Martin, Phoenix Sullivan, Laura Fliegel, Christina Garner and Devin Harnois.