The purpose of Grassroots East is to seek out and secure the election of qualified  Republican candidates for public office at the Federal and State levels of Government. Grassroots East will be an active and influential force to support and promote the principles of the Republican Party in Connecticut’s Second Congressional District. Grassroots East will raise funds, provide campaign services to Republican candidates and Republican Town Committees and will carry out a program to disseminate information about the Republican Party and its candidates in the Second Congressional District. Grassroots East shall also constitute a Political Action Committee which supports multiple candidates for the purposes of classification by the Federal Election Commission.