Top Endorsed Candidates
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Candidates with the most endorsements (6 or more!), not including incumbents, from the organizations we are tracking. These are the movers and shakers — and for some, their elections are coming soon! Send them some love (e.g. donations, or volunteer!) so they can win their primary elections!
We are also mentioning the incumbents, along with their ratings from Integrity Index, to provide some context about why these incumbents (even Democrats) need to be challenged in the Primary elections.
Honorable mentions, those with 3 to 5 endorsements, are listed below as "honorable mentions."
Only one candidate per congressional district or Senate seat is shown — the one with the most endorsements in that race.
Of course, this is not a popularity contest. Many more amazing candidates can be found on the Full List page. Candidates who haven't racked up many endorsements may be just getting started, or maybe they are focusing on their local ground game.
Born and raised in St. Louis; pastor, mother, and registered nurse; has lived paycheck to paycheck, been evicted, and lived unhoused in a car with two babies; experienced chronic health issues without insurance; represented 2021–2025; brought $2 billion in federal funding home; led a Capitol steps sleep-in to stop 11 million evictions; introduced the #CeasefireNOW resolution and pushed to end US military aid to Israel. Never taken corporate PAC money.
Raised in northeast Detroit near Seven Mile Road and Van Dyke Avenue; poverty wages led to 13 evictions and five-hour daily bus commutes to school; University of Michigan public policy grad (Gerald R. Ford School); SEIU Healthcare Michigan Political and Coalition Director; Michigan state rep since 2023. Backed by Rashida Tlaib, Bernie Sanders, Justice Democrats, and SEIU. Champions utility regulation, lead pipe replacement, housing stability, gun violence intervention, and lower childcare and car insurance costs.
Michigan-born physician and public health leader; son of an Egyptian immigrant father and a Michigan family mother; Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, medical degree from Columbia; rebuilt Detroit's Health Department after bankruptcy and Wayne County's DHHS serving 1.8M people; secured free glasses for kids, removed lead from Detroit schools, made Narcan universally accessible, and spearheaded cancellation of $700M in medical debt for 300,000 Michiganders; ran for Michigan governor 2018. Authored Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide.
Lansing activist and co-founder of the Progressive Democrats of Michigan PAC; built organizing infrastructure around economic justice and democratic reform in central Michigan. Platform: Medicare for All, universal basic income, workers' rights, and campaign finance reform. Has worked to mobilize progressive voters in a district that leans competitive in 2026.
Memphis state rep; valedictorian from Mitchell High School; Bowdoin College grad; fourth son of five boys born to teenage parents; began advocating at 15, demanding textbooks and AP courses for his peers; co-founded Memphis Community Against Pollution and blocked the Byhalia Pipeline from running through a Black Memphis neighborhood; expelled from Tennessee legislature in 2023 for protesting gun violence on the House floor, then reinstated unanimously by Shelby County commissioners. Backs Medicare for All, environmental justice, workers' rights.
Activist and union organizer born July 4th; grew up in Fort Lauderdale; led Bernie Sanders' New Hampshire field office in 2016, then organized a DC communications firm with the NewsGuild-CWA. Democratic Socialist championing Medicare for All, $25 minimum wage, abolish ICE, Green New Deal, overturn Citizens United, abolish Electoral College, and end U.S. military aid to Israel.
Activist, radio host, and Kansas City Tenants Union organizer raised in working-class Kansas City neighborhoods where community solidarity shaped his politics. Medicare for All; $25 minimum wage, PRO Act, and repeal of right-to-work laws; repeal the Faircloth Amendment to build public housing; abolish ICE and create a path to citizenship; reparations legislation; divest from the war machine and end blank checks to authoritarian governments.
Teacher and lifelong Western Massachusetts resident; values of hard work, community care, and showing up instilled growing up in the region. Backs Medicare for All, PRO Act, Green New Deal, affordable housing, tuition-free public college, and accountable representation that reflects the working families of Western Massachusetts and the Pioneer Valley. Running to flip this long-Republican district.
Ojibwe member of the White Earth Nation; raised by a single mother in St. Louis Park relying on Section 8 housing, SNAP, childcare assistance, and Medicaid for serious asthma; became youngest-ever Minneapolis School Board member at 25; co-chaired the Raise the Wage Coalition; Minnesota Lt. Governor since 2019; helped pass Minnesota's paid family and medical leave; if elected, would be first Native American woman to serve in the US Senate. Does not take corporate PAC money.
Exeter biomedical scientist with a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology; spent over 20 years researching Alzheimer's disease and epilepsy and working on life-saving medical treatments before transitioning to nonprofit work; member of the NH Democratic Party Rules Committee; touts working-class and immigrant roots. First campaign for public office. Backs Medicare for All, housing affordability, get money out of politics, cost-of-living relief.
Navy nuclear reactor supervisor and Navy Reserve member; husband is first-generation American immigrant. Calls for a universal single-payer healthcare system to "remove the profit motive from human survival," the PRO Act to strengthen unions, banning corporations and hedge funds from buying single-family homes, a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, repealing the 2001 AUMF to end forever wars, and conditioning military aid on human rights compliance.
Lifelong Lakeville, Minnesota resident who built a law practice representing seniors and people with disabilities before entering public life as a city councilor, mayor, and state senator. Running on a family-first platform of affordable healthcare, retirement security, childcare, and cost-of-living relief. Frames his candidacy around his mother's healthcare needs, his father's retirement, and his daughter's future.
A community organizer born in 1980, he co-founded 99Rise in 2012 to fight for campaign finance reform and led Democracy Spring in 2016, a sit-in at the U.S. Capitol that resulted in 400 arrests. Founded For All, a center for nonviolent action, and serves as co-chair of the Progressive Council of the Arizona Democratic Party. Campaigns on Medicare for All, housing affordability, and rejecting corporate PAC money.
Honorable Mentions
Aisha Farooqi, Michigan, MI-11 Vote Aug 4 (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Courage for Democracy, Integrity Index Pledge, CAIR Action, Organize for Peace)
Brent Hennrich, Washington, WA-03 Vote Aug 4 (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Courage for Democracy, Progressive Victory, Integrity Index Pledge, Organize for Peace)
Heath Howard, New Hampshire, NH-01 (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Courage for Democracy, Progressive Victory, Integrity Index Pledge, Organize for Peace) · Sep 8
Lauren Jewett, Louisiana, LA-01 (Courage for Democracy, Integrity Index Pledge, Progressive Voters Network, Take BAC Congress, Patients Over Profits) · Date Not Determined
Elizabeth Lee, Arizona, AZ-05 Vote Jul 21 (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, PDA, Courage for Democracy, Integrity Index Pledge, Patients Over Profits)
Bernard Taylor, Florida, FL-21 Vote Aug 18 (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Courage for Democracy, Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress, Organize for Peace)
Bethany Andres-Beck, Massachusetts, MA-06 (Courage for Democracy, Progressive Victory, Integrity Index Pledge, Progressive Voters Network) · Sep 1
Paige Beauchemin, New Hampshire, NH-02 (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Courage for Democracy, Peace Action, Organize for Peace) · Sep 8
John Duresky, Washington, WA-04 Vote Aug 4 (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress, Patients Over Profits)
Jillian Gilchrest, Connecticut, CT-01 Vote Aug 11 (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Courage for Democracy, Progressive Victory, Integrity Index Pledge)
Diop Harris, Michigan, MI-04 Vote Aug 4 (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Courage for Democracy, Integrity Index Pledge, Organize for Peace)
Kshama Sawant, Washington, WA-09 Vote Aug 4 (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Integrity Index Pledge, Progressive Voters Network, Organize for Peace)
Emily Berge, Wisconsin, WI-03 Vote Aug 11 (Courage for Democracy, Integrity Index Pledge, Patriotic Millionaires)
Kyle Blomquist, Michigan, MI-01 Vote Aug 4 (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Take BAC Congress, Organize for Peace)
Clyde Jones, Alabama, AL-01 Vote Aug 11 (Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress, Patients Over Profits)
Elijah Manley, Florida, FL-20 Vote Aug 18 (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Peace Action, Organize for Peace)
Jason Poulos, Massachusetts, MA-04 (Integrity Index Pledge, Organize for Peace, Patients Over Profits) · Sep 1
Andrew Rice, Connecticut, CT-03 Vote Aug 11 (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Courage for Democracy, Organize for Peace)
Patrick Roath, Massachusetts, MA-08 (Leaders We Deserve, Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress) · Sep 1
Mo Seifeldein, Virginia, VA-08 Vote Aug 4 (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Integrity Index Pledge, Organize for Peace)
In the November Election
These candidates won their primaries and are now heading to the November 2026 general election.
Five-term Pennsylvania state rep representing a majority-Black district in northwest Philadelphia; Yale grad; Temple University business professor; identifies as Democratic Socialist; great-great-grandfather Jack Rabb was formerly enslaved, founded a meat market in Mississippi after Emancipation — campaign logo recreates that storefront. Backs Medicare for All, workers' rights, dismantling systems of oppression, and ending pay-to-play politics.
Army Lt. Colonel and combat trauma surgeon who treated future Senator Tammy Duckworth in Iraq, responded at Ground Zero after 9/11, and conducted medical missions in Gaza in 2024–2025; witnessed the genocide firsthand after Israel closed the Rafah Crossing. Grew up working-class in Old Bridge, NJ; ROTC scholarship to Rutgers; private practice in Princeton. Medicare for All, abolish ICE, Palestinian rights as centerpiece; Justice Democrats-endorsed.
First in his family to earn a PhD; college professor, mentor, and community organizer raised in Kern County; son of immigrant parents; May Day marcher in Bakersfield; teaching and organizing in the Central Valley. Champions universal healthcare, workers' rights, housing affordability, public school funding, and immigrant dignity. Rejects corporate PACs; challenging Republican David Valadao.
Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; family immigrated to Denver through the Diversity Visa Lottery; grew up watching parents work multiple jobs and support other Ethiopian immigrants in building community. Studied political science and economics at Washington College, then law at Notre Dame; fired from a New York law firm for refusing to take down an article defending pro-Palestine student protesters. Democratic socialist running to fight for workers and affordability.
Daughter of Hmong refugees who fled war in Laos; oldest of 16 children; grew up on SNAP and Medicaid; first in her family to attend college; co-founded Hmong Innovating Politics; Sacramento City USD school board member who passed the first Safe Haven Resolution in California to protect students regardless of immigration status during Trump's first term; Sacramento City Council member who led one of the most linguistically diverse COVID vaccination clinics in the nation. Backs Medicare for All, workers' rights, housing, and immigrant protections.
Urban planner born in suburban St. Louis; graduate of University of Chicago and Pratt Institute; led the Fifth Avenue Committee building affordable housing; served 12 years on NYC City Council and co-founded its Progressive Caucus; served as NYC Comptroller 2022–2025; arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. Endorsed by Warren, Sanders, and Zohran Mamdani. Fights for working families and against corporate influence in politics.
Working-class Afro-Latina; daughter of Dominican immigrants; UAW member; public defense investigator at Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem; Columbia alumna and lead organizer of Columbia's 2023-2024 Gaza encampment demanding BDS divestment; organized for the release of Mahmoud Khalil after ICE abducted him from his apartment; holds an MPhil in sociology from CUNY specializing in race, deportation, and national security; served as organizing lead for Zohran Mamdani's successful NYC mayoral campaign. Backs Medicare for All, abolish ICE, Palestine solidarity.
Dual citizen of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Nation and the United States; originally from Lubbock, Texas; moved to New York City in 2015; worked at Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and Trader Joe's before joining Columbia University as a UAW Local 2110 worker; organized to democratize her union and was elected unit chair in 2022; DSA member; New York State Assembly member representing the 37th District since 2025. Democratic socialist running on Medicare for All, worker power, housing justice, and end of US support for genocide in Gaza.
Bethlehem firefighter for 20 years; held every position on the truck; former President of the Pennsylvania Professional Fire Fighters Association; won 10-year battle for mental health coverage for firefighters with PTSI; grew up raised by a single mom who worked as a bartender; also ran Brooks Lawn Care small business since 2013; has four kids and two granddaughters; coached youth and varsity baseball at Nazareth Area High School for over two decades. Fighting for working families, not corporate PACs.
Son of Mexican immigrants; former labor and immigrants' rights organizer in Austin; served on Austin City Council before winning Congress in 2022; now Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Fights for $20 minimum wage, PRO Act, Medicare for All, immigrant protections, clean energy transition, and voting rights. Rejects corporate PAC money.
Born and raised in Highland Park, Los Angeles; daughter of a deportee, raised by a single mother on SNAP and Medicaid; co-founded and led the Highland Park Neighborhood Council; worked in the LA Mayor's Office; serves on Metro's Public Safety Advisory Committee; current work helps people transition from prison into universities and promotes intergenerational permanent affordable housing. Justice Democrats–endorsed; rejects corporate PACs.
Grew up in public housing in Louisville's West End, living the poverty and food insecurity he now fights to end. Former Kentucky state legislator who ran competitively for Senate in 2020 and 2022. Running again in 2026 on Medicare for All, a $45,000 minimum wage floor ($40x40x45), universal basic income, free college, reparations, and explicit support for a free Palestine.
Senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas for more than four decades, growing it from under 100 members to over 13,000; holds four degrees including a PhD; invested over $3 million in HBCUs. Champions development without displacement, environmental justice confronting racist zoning, capping predatory interest rates, banning stock trading for members of Congress, closing super PAC loopholes, and a 5-year post-Congress lobbying ban.
Dr. Aisha Wahab
CA-14, California
California State Senator, doctoral social worker, and former environmental consultant who expanded rent stabilization from 1,000 to 10,000 units and passed an insulin price cap. Champions raising the federal minimum wage, banning Wall Street private equity from buying single-family homes, universal childcare and paid family leave, moving toward universal healthcare, banning congressional insider trading, and year-round CalFire staffing.
Born and raised in the East San Fernando Valley; mother of five, community organizer, and two-term president of the Sun Valley Area Neighborhood Council. Advocates Medicare for All, abolish and prosecute ICE, end unconditional U.S. military aid funding genocide, cancel student debt, tuition-free college; rejects all corporate PAC, AIPAC, Big Pharma, and Big Oil money.
Union smokejumper and Forest Service firefighter who organized labor efforts between fire seasons. Challenges incumbent Ryan Zinke on public lands protection, opposing federal cuts to the Forest Service. Supports affordable housing and childcare, healthcare reform, wage increases, stronger union protections, and corporate tax fairness — backed entirely by grassroots donors, no corporate PACs.
Union ironworker and Brook Park city councilman; card-carrying Ironworkers International member with decades on job sites. Champions portable healthcare not tied to employment, robust anti-outsourcing protections, and the right to organize without retaliation. Focuses entirely on working-class economic dignity — fair wages, strong union rights, and Made in America manufacturing as the foundation of community prosperity.
Physician associate and educator running in one of North Carolina's most competitive districts. Supports Medicare for All, ending prior authorization by insurance companies, and untethering healthcare from employment. Advocates for the Green New Deal, abolishing ICE, recognizing Palestinian statehood and ending U.S. funding of Israeli attacks, banning gerrymandering, expanding the Supreme Court, and DC and Puerto Rico statehood.
First-generation immigrant from Hong Kong; former San Francisco Supervisor who banned oil extraction in SF and shut down a polluting power plant. Supports Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, the PRO Act, raising the national minimum wage, direct federal investment in affordable housing, and pathway to citizenship; rejects corporate PAC and AIPAC money; cosponsors the Block the Bombs Act to prohibit weapons transfers to Israel.
Third-generation Baptist pastor who founded Vintage Fellowship in Springdale; 20-year resident of Northwest Arkansas; wife Vanessa and four kids raised locally. Ran for Congress in 2018 on working-class issues. Fights for healthcare, housing affordability, and an accountable government that works for families, not parties — rejects all corporate PAC money.
Eighth-generation Texan; former middle school teacher; Presbyterian seminarian; type 1 diabetes diagnosis inspired his fight for guaranteed healthcare. Champions Medicare access for all Americans, raising the federal minimum wage to $15, the PRO Act, paid family leave, and banning super PACs and corporate PACs. Supports stopping offensive weapons sales to the Netanyahu government and using diplomacy to achieve a two-state solution.
Honorable Mentions
Jerrad Christian, Ohio, OH-12 Primary Winner (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Integrity Index Pledge, GND Champions, Organize for Peace, Patients Over Profits)
Chelsey Hockett, Texas, TX-05 Primary Winner (Courage for Democracy, Progressive Victory, Progressive Voters Network, Take BAC Congress, Organize for Peace)
Tessa Lynn Hodge, California, CA-23 Primary Winner (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Progressive Victory, Integrity Index Pledge, Progressive Voters Network, Organize for Peace)
Don Leonard, Ohio, OH-15 Primary Winner (Integrity Index Pledge, CAIR Action, Organize for Peace, Patients Over Profits)
Amanda Pusczek, Alabama, AL-04 Primary Winner (Courage for Democracy, Progressive Voters Network, Take BAC Congress, Patients Over Profits)
Juliana Stratton, Illinois, Senate Primary Winner (National Nurses United, Integrity Index Pledge, Progressive Voters Network, Patriotic Millionaires)
Evan Hunt, Texas, TX-03 Primary Winner (Courage for Democracy, Take BAC Congress, Organize for Peace)
Eric Jones, California, CA-04 Primary Winner (Integrity Index Pledge, Progressive Voters Network, Patients Over Profits)
Tanya Lloyd, Texas, TX-27 Primary Winner (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Take BAC Congress, Organize for Peace)
Michael Masuda, California, CA-05 Primary Winner (PDA, Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress)
Lee McInnis, Alabama, AL-03 Primary Winner (Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress, Patients Over Profits)
Paul Nolley, Illinois, IL-16 Primary Winner (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Integrity Index Pledge, Organize for Peace)
Richard Ojeda, North Carolina, NC-09 Primary Winner (Progressive Voters Network, Take BAC Congress, Patriotic Millionaires)
Claire Reynolds, Texas, TX-11 Primary Winner (Progressive Voters Network, Take BAC Congress, Organize for Peace)
Kelly Thompson, Indiana, IN-03 Primary Winner (Integrity Index Pledge, Progressive Voters Network, Take BAC Congress)
Justin Wagner, Pennsylvania, PA-16 Primary Winner (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Take BAC Congress, CAIR Action)
Dr. Cinde Wirth, Indiana, IN-06 Primary Winner (Progressive Voters Network, Take BAC Congress, Patients Over Profits)