The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is backing state Sen. Eric Griego in the Democratic primary for New Mexico’s open 1st district, the group’s first endorsement of the 2012 cycle.

“We had zero members, zero dollars, and just an idea a couple years ago,” says PCCC co-founder Adam Green. “When hundreds of thousands of people take action at BoldProgressives.org and chip in their hard-earned dollars to support our work, that inspires us to keep fighting even harder.”
The $3 million raised in the last cycle – along with an additional million raised so far for next year – came from 190,000 donors, each chipping in an average of $15. Most of the money was raised through ActBlue, an online fundraising conduit for Democratic groups.

House Democrats are calling on President Obama to appoint Elizabeth Warren to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during the next Senate recess.

Two left-leaning progressive groups have launched an Internet campaign to get Warren appointed. CREDO Action and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee set up a website pushing for a Warren nomination. They’re touting 256,000 electronic signatures calling for the president to appoint Warren.