With the 2022 midterm elections on Tuesday and early voting happening across the country, take a few minutes to see where your congressional candidates stand on historic preservation. Preservation Action recently completed our 2022 Historic Preservation Congressional Candidate Survey. We surveyed U.S House and Senate candidates in all 50 states in an effort to keep Americans informed on where their candidates for office stand on national historic preservation programs and policies, like the Historic Preservation Fund, federal Historic Tax Credit and National Historic Preservation Act. The survey also served as a tool to educate candidates on key historic preservation programs.

We received responses from 116 congressional candidates, representing 39 states. Overall, the results showed historic preservation is recognized as an important federal policy initiative by candidates from across the country, and across the political spectrum.

Check out the complete results of our candidate survey today! Use the state map to see candidate responses from your state.

Additional Resources

Did your candidates not respond? In addition to reviewing the survey results, we encourage you to research where your members of Congress stand on historic preservation. Here's a few helpful resources.

• Is your Representative a member of the Historic Preservation Caucus?
• Did your members of Congress sign on to the House FY23 Historic Preservation Fund Dear Colleague Letter or the Senate FY23 Historic Preservation Fund Dear Colleague Letter?
• Did your members of Congress respond to Preservation Action’s 2018 Congressional Candidate Survey (.xls) or Preservation Action’s 2020 Congressional Candidate Survey (.xls)?
• Did your Representative or Senators cosponsor the Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act?
• Did your Representative cosponsor the Historic Preservation Enhancement Act?

Remember to VOTE PRESERVATION! Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 8th and early voting and voting by mail is now open in many states. Learn more!

The National Park Service is now accepting applications for $10 million in grants for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Preservation Grant program. Funded through the Historic Preservation Fund, these grants are available to support a broad range of pre-preservation planning activities and physical preservation work to help document, preserve, and stabilize historic structures on HBCU campuses.

Since the 1990s, the National Park Service has awarded over $87 million in preservation grants to more than 85 HBCUs across the country. Preservation Action continues to advocate and urge Congress to fully fund this important program at $10 million in FY2023. Applications are due Jan. 10th. Learn more and apply today!

Additional Available HPF Grants

The National Park Service is also currently accepting applications for $21.7 million in African American Civil Rights grants, which are due Nov. 8th; $10 million for the Semiquincentennial grant program, which supports the preservation of state-owned sites that commemorate the founding of the nation and are due Dec. 6th, and $26.5 million in Save America's Treasures grants, which are due Dec. 20th. 

Learn more about these current funding opportunities!

Preservation Action Foundation concluded our Virtual Event and Live Auction on Tuesday. Thank you to our sponsors, donors, speakers, bidders and everyone that attended, for helping to make our third virtual auction a huge success. We were excited to help kick off the 2022 PastForward Conference, which is wrapping up this week. If you missed out on our live auction, there's still time to bid on 60 silent auction items, including travel packages, one-of-kind tours and experiences, unique gift items and educational opportunities. This incudes an incredible stay at a grand, historic bed and breakfast in Asheville, NC or a two-night stay at the historic Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN. Our silent auction concludes on Wednesday, Nov. 9th at 9pm ET. Don't miss out! Get your bids in today!

PAF's virtual event was hosted by Preservation Action Board members Huy Pham and Edward Hall, alongside our very special guest auctioneer, Jill Chin, an architectural historian and recent star of the Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise. In addition to a lively auction, we were thrilled to hear remarks from two of historic preservation's biggest champions in Congress, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH), and feature several preservation success stories from across the country. If you missed any of the Action, you can watch the full program on Youtube.

Thanks again to everyone who helped make this event a success. This is our largest fundraiser of the year and helps to fund the critical historic preservation education and outreach efforts of the Preservation Action Foundation. You can still support these efforts by continuing to bid on our silent auction items or by making a donation today!

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Maryland: "Hogan Administration Announces More Than $19 Million to Revitalize Historic Buildings"

Indiana: "Black Heritage Preservation Program Works to Honor Black History Throughout Indiana"

New Jersey: "These 65 Historic Sites That 'Tell the Stories' of NJ Could Get $15.8 Million in State Grants"

Arizona: "Historic Camp Naco Receives $4.6 Million for Renovation"

Illinois: "Secretary Haaland, Park Advocates Meet at Emmett Till Funeral Site"