Basic Info

First Name

Kyle

Last Name

Bailey

Username

kylebailey

Additional Contact Information

Website

rcvamerica.com

Progressive Profile

Current Employer

Self-employed

Current Occupation

Political Consultant & Campaign Manager

Tagline

Former state legislator, campaign manager, and political entrepreneur with 20 years of experience launching political start-ups, leading groundbreaking campaigns, developing innovative political strategies, raising multi-million dollar budgets, building collaborative teams, and organizing grassroots movements that empower people to create meaningful and lasting change.

Bio

I cut my teeth in Democratic politics and the movement for LGBTQ equality. My passion for creating a more just and inclusive America has led me to become an advocate for structural and campaign finance reforms. I want to help shift the balance of power away from big money and special interests to give more voice, more choice, and more power to the American people.

Impact

I served on the leadership team for the campaign that won the nation’s first ballot measure victory for same-sex marriage (2012); managed the ballot measure campaigns that won and protected the nation’s first statewide ranked-choice voting law, and that expanded the groundbreaking law to include presidential primaries and elections (2016, 2018, 2019); as a member of the Maine Legislature, led successful efforts to open Maine’s primaries to unenrolled voters and implement ongoing absentee voting for elderly and disabled voters (2021); launched the ballot measure campaign that stopped foreign governments, corporations, and individuals from spending money on state and local ballot measures, and that supported passage of a U.S. Constitutional amendment to limit campaign contributions (2023); and led the campaign that won limits on contributions to Super PACs, setting up a challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court (2024).

Mission

I aspire to advise and manage people-powered ballot measure campaigns to create meaningful and lasting change on issues that include, but are not limited to, structural and campaign finance reform and human and civil rights. I am interested in advising the campaigns of bold progressive candidates.

Work History

Employer

The Committee for Ranked Choice Voting

Occupation

Campaign Manager

Start Date

October 15, 2014

End Date

December 31, 2020

Employer

Citizens to End Super PACs

Occupation

Campaign Manager

Start Date

July 1, 2024

End Date

December 31, 2024

Employer

Gubernatorial Campaign

Occupation

Campaign Manager

Start Date

April 1, 2017

End Date

November 30, 2018

Employer

Gubernatorial Campaign

Occupation

Finance Director

Start Date

October 1, 2013

End Date

November 30, 2014

Employer

EqualityMaine and Mainers United for Marriage

Occupation

Development Director and Finance Director

Start Date

May 1, 2010

End Date

October 15, 2013

Employer

National Stonewall Democrats

Occupation

CFO

Start Date

June 1, 2008

End Date

November 30, 2009

Employer

Maine State Legislature

Occupation

State Representative

Start Date

December 1, 2020

End Date

October 15, 2021

Volunteer History

Organization

Young Democrats of America

Role

Executive Committee Member & Chair of the LGBTQ Caucus

Organization

LGBTQ Victory Fund

Role

Campaign Board Member

Organization

Obama For America

Role

LGBT Steering Committee

Organization

Pete for America

Role

Co-chair of the Maine Finance Committee

Organization

John Edwards for President

Role

LGBTQ Steering Committee

Organization

National Stonewall Democrats

Role

Board of Directors and National Co-Chair of Stonewall Students Network

Education

School

University of Southern Maine

Degree

Master in Public Policy, Planning & Management

School

University of Georgia

Degree

Bachelor of Science, Political Science