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{{Short description|Political action committee in Michigan, US}}
Formed in 2006,<ref>[http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060907/NEWS06/609070397/1008/NEWS "Ad attacks GOP for blocking trash bill"], Detroit Free Press, September 7, 2006</ref> the '''Coalition for Progress''' was an independent statewide American [[non-profit organization|non-profit]], [[progressivism in the United States|progressive]] or [[Liberalism|liberal]] [[527 group|527]] [[political action committee]] in [[Michigan]] with more than 40,000 members, focused on electing progressives to the Michigan state legislature.<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/michigan-coalition-for-progress-launches-petition-to-pass-hire-michigan-first-legislation-61910012.html "Michigan Coalition for Progress Launches Petition to Pass 'Hire Michigan First' Legislation"], PR Newswire, March 23, 2009</ref> Primarily funded by [[Jon Stryker]], the Coalition for Progress was the largest PAC in Michigan's history.<ref>[http://static.record-eagle.com/2007/aug/12weeks.htm "Coalition is biggest PAC in state history"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202024246/http://static.record-eagle.com/2007/aug/12weeks.htm |date=2016-02-02 }}, Traverse City Record-Eagle, August 12, 2007</ref> After 2010, the Coalition for Progress had disappeared.<ref>[http://www.mcfn.org/press.php?prId=166 "Top 150 state PACs have raised $34.7M"], Michigan Campaign Finance Network, October 26, 2012</ref>
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