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 and Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, 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.
Candidates: Want to be on this page? Endorsements are how you get here. Several of the organizations we track accept direct applications or supporter nominations, and others simply ask you to sign a pledge. Our candidate information page lists how to reach each one.
High school teacher of eleven years and union communications director from Western Massachusetts, who watched his brother Christopher be denied mental health care before his death. Campaigns for a single-payer system, dismantling ICE with a clear pathway to citizenship, ending right-to-work laws and passing card check, restoring local rent stabilization authority, and repealing Citizens United while refusing corporate PAC money.
New Hampshire peace activist running a campaign funded entirely by small donors, with no AIPAC, corporate PAC or super PAC money. Backs a single national healthcare plan with no premiums or deductibles covering dental, vision and long-term care, repealing the Faircloth Amendment to build social housing off the private market, a National Tenants' Bill of Rights, and the PRO Act.
A Nashua Democrat running for Congress in New Hampshire's Second District on a platform organized around three themes: power in the hands of the people, prosperity for the working class, and peace at home and abroad. She backs single-payer Medicare for All, implementing the Green New Deal, abolishing ICE, and ending the genocide in Gaza.
25-year-old New Hampshire state representative running one of the most uncompromisingly progressive campaigns in the country. Calls for Medicare for All, abolishing ICE and Border Patrol, opposing all military aid to Israel, a $20 minimum wage indexed to inflation, tuition-free higher education, and a constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United. One of the youngest candidates running for federal office in 2026.
Pell Grant recipient who earned a Ph.D. in Political Science with a Designated Emphasis in Computational Science and Engineering from UC Berkeley as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. Now designs evaluation frameworks for frontier AI systems. UAW member at Harvard and UC Berkeley; as a grad student voted on one of the first major U.S. labor union BDS resolutions.
EMT and paramedic from the Treasure Coast who has drafted four named bills rather than campaigning on themes. His American Healthcare for All Act would establish single-payer universal coverage; the Homes for Floridians Act caps corporate home purchases at 25 per county yearly and gives first-time buyers a 30-day head start; he takes zero AIPAC funding.
Voting rights attorney and democracy advocate who secured automatic voter registration and universal mail-in voting for Massachusetts. Rejects all corporate PAC money. Backs building toward Medicare for All, the PRO Act and raising the minimum wage, $25K down payment assistance, dismantling ICE as currently constituted, and conditioning U.S. military aid to Israel on compliance with international law. Challenges 24-year incumbent Stephen Lynch.
Honorable Mentions
Jonathan Paz, Massachusetts, MA-05 Vote Sep 1 (PDA, Courage for Democracy, Integrity Index Pledge, Progressive Voters Network, Organize for Peace)
Craig Swallow, Massachusetts, MA-09 Vote Sep 1 (PDA, Integrity Index Pledge, Progressive Voters Network, Organize for Peace, Abolish ICE Pledge)
Bethany Andres-Beck, Massachusetts, MA-06 Vote Sep 1 (Courage for Democracy, Progressive Victory, Integrity Index Pledge, Progressive Voters Network)
N’Kiyla Jasmine Thomas, Oklahoma, Senate Runoff Aug 25 (Courage for Democracy, Integrity Index Pledge, Abolish ICE Pledge)
In the November Election
These candidates are heading to the November 2026 general election — primary winners plus independents and third-party candidates who skip the primary.
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.
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.
Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia weeks before her father was selected by the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery, she grew up in Denver watching her parents work multiple jobs to get by. A Notre Dame-trained attorney, she was fired from a top New York firm after refusing to retract an article she wrote defending students protesting for Palestine.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Daughter of Dominican immigrants and a PhD student studying how the immigration system criminalizes Afro-Latino and Black New Yorkers. Campaigns on abolishing ICE, passing the PRO Act with full NLRB funding, a federal jobs guarantee, capping rent increases at 5% annually for large landlords, transitioning to a 100% clean energy economy with union jobs, and banning US weapons transfers to Israel used to bomb Gaza. Refuses corporate PAC money.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Registered nurse and patient advocate whose own undiagnosed genetic disease exposed her to systemic healthcare failures firsthand; grew up in poverty in Ohio and became a mother through both adoption and IVF. Champions healthcare as a human right, humane immigration reform, Arizona water security, fully funded public schools, reproductive freedom, and rejecting all corporate PAC money.
Jacksonville native and Florida State Representative whose mother worked two jobs to get by; lost a cousin to gun violence; runs a community bookstore providing nutrition and educational resources. Former union organizer and voter registration director. Champions Medicare for All, PRO Act, universal childcare, codifying Roe, raising wages. Refuses corporate PAC and AIPAC money; supports banning Congressional stock trading.
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.
Navy veteran and software engineer. "No amount of money will change my positions. I don't care about being a good Democrat or politician. I care about being a good American." Believes government has the power to lower costs in nearly every aspect of life but that too many officials watch the stock market rather than feel what families face.
Stay-at-home mom from a union family in Terrell, Texas; personally experienced high-risk pregnancies and financial strain while watching billionaire headlines; grassroots organizer who has marched with parents, nurses, and teachers across East Texas. Champions Medicare for All, right to organize, reproductive rights, ending mass detention, restoring the Voting Rights Act, and overturning Citizens United; opposes school vouchers.
Special education teacher of seventeen years and union organizer from southeast Louisiana who grounds every national position in district data. Would cosponsor Medicare for All with no premiums or deductibles, vote to dismantle ICE, back the PRO Act and wealth taxes, provide rent control and tenant right to counsel, eliminate all federal private prison contracts, and overturn Citizens United.
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.
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.
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.
Retired Air Force Major with 37 years of service and three combat deployments; Hanford nuclear cleanup worker; raised in a union household. Supports moving toward universal healthcare, restoring ACA subsidies, lowering drug costs, raising the federal minimum wage, protecting the right to organize, closing tax loopholes like carried interest, overturning Citizens United, and banning Congressional stock trading. No 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
Tessa Lynn Hodge, California, CA-23 Top-2 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, Take BAC Congress, CAIR Action, Organize for Peace, Patients Over Profits)
Robert People, Florida, FL-15 Primary Winner (Courage for Democracy, Integrity Index Pledge, Organize for Peace, Patients Over Profits, Abolish ICE Pledge)
Amanda Pusczek, Alabama, AL-04 Primary Winner (Courage for Democracy, Progressive Voters Network, Take BAC Congress, GND Champions, Patients Over Profits)
Justin Wagner, Pennsylvania, PA-16 Primary Winner (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress, CAIR Action, Organize for Peace)
Amanda Hollowell, Georgia, GA-01 Primary Winner (Working Families Party, Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress, Organize for Peace)
Evan Hunt, Texas, TX-03 Primary Winner (Courage for Democracy, Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress, Organize for Peace)
Troy Jackson, Maine, Senate Dem Nominee (Our Revolution, National Nurses United, Progressive Voters Network, Patriotic Millionaires)
Eric Jones, California, CA-04 Top-2 Winner (Our Revolution, Integrity Index Pledge, Progressive Voters Network, Patients Over Profits)
Clyde Jones, Alabama, AL-01 No Primary (Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress, Patients Over Profits, Everytown)
Tanya Lloyd, Texas, TX-27 Primary Winner (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress, Organize for Peace)
Danny Minton, Texas, TX-06 Primary Winner (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Courage for Democracy, Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress)
Richard Ojeda, North Carolina, NC-09 Primary Winner (Integrity Index Pledge, Progressive Voters Network, Take BAC Congress, Patriotic Millionaires)
Juliana Stratton, Illinois, Senate Primary Winner (National Nurses United, Integrity Index Pledge, Progressive Voters Network, Patriotic Millionaires)
Gay Valimont, Florida, FL-01 No Primary (Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress, Abolish ICE Pledge, Everytown)
Jamie Ager, North Carolina, NC-11 Primary Winner (MoveOn, Integrity Index Pledge, Patriotic Millionaires)
Dan Barrios, Texas, TX-32 Primary Winner (Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress, Organize for Peace)
Victoria Broderick, Tennessee, TN-04 Primary Winner (Courage for Democracy, Progressive Voters Network, Abolish ICE Pledge)
Kristi Burke, Tennessee, TN-01 Primary Winner (Courage for Democracy, Progressive Victory, Take BAC Congress)
Doug Chapin, Minnesota, MN-06 Primary Winner (Courage for Democracy, Progressive Voters Network, CAIR Action)
Paige Cognetti, Pennsylvania, PA-08 Primary Winner (MoveOn, Integrity Index Pledge, Everytown)
Mike DeCillis, New York, NY-11 Primary Winner (Peace Action, Integrity Index Pledge, Abolish ICE Pledge)
Matt Dunlap, Maine, ME-02 Primary Winner (Our Revolution, MoveOn, National Nurses United)
Vanessa Enoch, Ohio, OH-08 Primary Winner (Working Families Party, Progressive Voters Network, Take BAC Congress)
Jordan J. Herrera, Missouri, MO-04 Primary Winner (Courage for Democracy, Integrity Index Pledge, Progressive Voters Network)
Christina Hines, Michigan, MI-10 Primary Winner (Integrity Index Pledge, Patriotic Millionaires, Everytown)
Lindsay James, Iowa, IA-02 Primary Winner (Integrity Index Pledge, Patriotic Millionaires, Everytown)
Michael Masuda, California, CA-05 Top-2 Winner (PDA, Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress)
Lee McInnis, Alabama, AL-03 Primary Winner (Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress, Patients Over Profits)
Samantha Mota, California, CA-37 Top-2 Winner (Progressive Voters Network, Organize for Peace, Abolish ICE Pledge)
Mark Nair, Texas, TX-13 Primary Winner (Integrity Index Pledge, Progressive Voters Network, Take BAC Congress)
Paul Nolley, Illinois, IL-16 Primary Winner (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Integrity Index Pledge, Organize for Peace)
Kyle Rable, Texas, TX-19 Primary Winner (Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress)
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)
Katy Tyndell, Kansas, KS-04 Primary Winner (Integrity Index Pledge, Take BAC Congress, Everytown)
Dr. Cinde Wirth, Indiana, IN-06 Primary Winner (Progressive Voters Network, Take BAC Congress, Patients Over Profits)
Eric Yonce, Florida, FL-06 Primary Winner (Integrity Index Pledge, Patients Over Profits, Abolish ICE Pledge)