update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . december 2013 ruck.us industry software campaigns civic technology founded 2011 headquarters washington d.c. key people nathan daschle jonathan zucker and leo wang products consumer technology company revenue n a website http www.ruck.us ruck.us is a free simple political website builder designed for american candidates and organizations seeking state and local level political office . contents 1 history 2 feature set 3 recognition 4 status 5 references 6 external links history edit ruck.us was founded by nathan daschle former executive director of the democratic governors association and son of former senator tom daschle and raymond glendening former democratic governors association political director and son of former maryland governor parris glendening in 2011 . 1 it began as a second generation social network for politics 2 to break up the two party system 3 in late 2013 daschle realized that while technology has revolutionized the more well funded campaigns basic tools were still out of reach for the over 1 million candidates at the state and local level and pivoted into the campaign technology business . 4 he was joined by jonathan zucker the founder of the political fundraising company democracy engine and former executive director of actblue 5 as co founder cto and head of product and angel investor and consultant leo wang joined as co founder and chief strategy officer . ruck.us board of advisors includes presidential strategist mark mckinnon 6 former bloomberg for mayor campaign manager bradley tusk well known pundit and strategist joe trippi former mayor of washington d.c. adrian fenty and several others . feature set edit ruck.us aims to offer a sleek powerful template and allow candidates to drag and drop their information into pre set fields to produce an attractive professional and highly functional campaign website in just a few minutes . 7 its feature set includes online donation processing through democracy engine facebook and twitter integration photo and video hosting space for a candidate or organization biography issues statement panels for staking positions on specific topics event management space for press clips in february 2015 ruck.us unveiled ruck.us premium an expanded feature set that offers users more tools like custom domain names and multiple administrator support for a monthly fee . recognition edit in recognition of the platform s potential nathan daschle was named one of campaigns & elections magazine s top 50 political influencers for 2014 for his work on ruck.us and his commitment to better meet the digital demands of campaigns lower down the ballot . 8 status edit in the 2014 election cycle ruck.us partnered with the democratic parties of michigan maryland and idaho bringing hundreds of candidates and organizations online in those states and securing an additional 500 000 in funding and investment . 9 it has since formed partnerships with the democratic parties of georgia and louisiana and the association of state democratic chairs . references edit political sons launch ruck.us a social engagement platform based on issues not parties . techcrunch . overly steven 12 march 2012 . web start up ruck.us aims to engage the politically independent . the washington post . ruck.us breaks up party politics on the social web . mashable . member spotlight ruck.us founder nathan daschle aims to supercharge local campaigns . 1776 . jonathan zucker . gonzales nathan l. two former democratic aides raise a ruckus . roll call . member spotlight ruck.us founder nathan daschle aims to supercharge local campaigns . 1776 . daschle the influencers 50 nathan daschle check url value help . campaigns & elections magazine . tom daschle s son raises half a million to remake ruck.us into the kickstarter of local politics . techcrunch . external links edit ruck.us retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ruck.us & oldid 667726275 categories 2011 establishments in the united statesinternet properties established in 2011american political websiteshidden categories pages with url errorswikipedia articles in need of updating from december 2013all wikipedia articles in need of updating navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 june 2015 at 05 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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