9 Work with Teachers Unionsįrom 1990 to 2004, Stocks was the assistant executive director for public affairs at the Wisconsin Education Association Council, a state affiliate of the NEA. Under Stocks’s plans, Democrats gained seven new Idaho Senate seats over three cycles without losing any incumbent seats. 8Īfter resigning from the Idaho Senate, Stocks remained involved in Democratic politics in the state, organizing the Idaho Senate Democrats’ reelection plans over the course of three election cycles. 7 In 1989, after just one year in the Idaho Senate, Stocks resigned, claiming that he felt he could more effectively promote his policy positions from the outside. 6 While in the Idaho State Senate, Stocks sponsored and passed legislation to prevent foreclosures on homes in which individuals were experiencing family medical crises. In 1988, Stocks ran and won a seat in the Idaho State Senate, representing the Boise and Coeur d’Alene areas as a Democrat after beating a four-term incumbent. 3 4 Idaho Fair Share, under Stocks’s leadership, advocated for legislation to regulate the utilities market by setting artificial price controls. 2 Throughout the 1980s, Stocks worked as a community organizer around the state of Idaho, most notably as executive director of Idaho Fair Share. 1 Early Political Careerīorn in New Orleans, Louisiana, Stocks attended the radical-left-inclined Evergreen State College before graduating in 1981. The sum amounted to more than the NEA had given to ten of its state affiliates combined over the same period. In 2020, Stocks came under fire when it was revealed that the NEA, under his leadership, had given nearly $30 million to other organizations associated with Stocks and DA over the course of just two years.
Stocks began his career as a community organizer, political strategist, and politician in Idaho before taking leadership roles in the Wisconsin Education Association Council and the NEA. Stocks was previously the executive director of the National Education Association (NEA), where he still works as a senior advisor to guide NEA political strategy. Stocks is the chairman of the board of Democracy Alliance (DA), a collective of wealthy left-of-center donors and donor organizations.
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