Run for Something is a progressive American political organization dedicated to recruiting and supporting young candidates running for down-ballot office.

Its mission is to get young progressive candidates from non-traditional backgrounds to run for and win state and local offices, and create a next generation slate of political candidates that will seek higher office in the future.

[1] It was founded on January 20, 2017 — the day of the inauguration of Donald Trump as president — by Amanda Litman, the email director of Hillary Clinton's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, and Ross Morales Rocketto, a veteran of political campaigns.

[2][3] In May 2017, political action organization Onward Together, founded by Clinton, selected Run for Something as one of its three primary partner organizations.

[4] In the 2017 Virginia elections, Run for Something-endorsed candidates won more than 40 percent of their races, almost four times the average for first-time candidates.