Top Endorsed Candidates
Candidates with the most endorsements (3 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!
Note: we are also listing the incumbents, along with their ratings from Integrity Index and Track AIPAC, to provide some context about why these incumbents (even Democrats) need to be challenged in the Primary elections.
Durham County Commissioner since 2020, Vice Chair; first Muslim woman elected in NC; former Bernie 2016 political director, State Innovation Exchange NC director; Medicare for All, anti-war, reproductive justice.
Illinois State Senator since 2019, Labor Committee chair; community organizer; born deaf, adopted, raised on South Side; led cash bail elimination, minimum wage increases; Medicare for All, criminal justice reform.
Labor and community organizer; former NJ Working Families Alliance director and Sanders political director; champions universal healthcare, childcare access, worker protections, and progressive economic justice.
Journalist and media watchdog; known for exposing right-wing misinformation; focused on democracy protection, Medicare for All, higher wages, reproductive rights, and climate action.
St. Louis native; registered nurse, pastor, Ferguson racial justice activist after Michael Brown killing; former Squad member, US House 2021-2025.
Detroit native, Michigan State Rep since 2025; UMich graduate, first in family with college degree; former SEIU Healthcare Michigan political director, State House legislative director; fighting for working families, economic justice.
Community college professor and former school board trustee; Central Valley native; focused on Medicare for All, higher wages, antitrust enforcement, tuition-free college, and ethics reform.
Immigrant entrepreneur and nonprofit co-founder; built tech company and mutual aid network; focused on Medicare for All, tuition-free college, Green New Deal, and anti-corruption reforms.
Blue Hill native; Marine veteran with 3 Iraq tours, Army National Guard Afghanistan tour; GWU grad; worked as bartender, State Dept defense contractor; economic populist; fighting billionaire oligarchy, Maine affordability crisis.
Community advocate and candidate for CA-34; emphasizes economic opportunity, equity in education, healthcare access, and local engagement with grassroots supporters.
Community-focused physician, championing Medicare for All, universal healthcare, ending qualified immunity, abolishing ICE, federal police accountability, tax fairness and civil rights protections for all, worker-centered public safety reform
Immigrant rights attorney; Ethiopian-born; focuses on Medicare for All, housing-first homelessness solutions, universal childcare, civil liberties, and rejecting corporate PACs.
Sacramento Councilmember; daughter of Hmong refugees; public health background; focused on housing affordability, healthcare expansion, living wages, student debt relief, and immigrant rights.
Former cancer researcher and Illinois Army National Guard medic; background in science and military service; focused on Medicare for All, climate action, worker rights, and refusing corporate PAC money.
Utah State Senator; advocates for Medicare for All, Taxing Billionaires, affordable housing, protecting renters, 0% rating from NRA.
U.S. Representative and former Austin City Councilmember; longtime labor organizer; focused on worker rights, Medicare for All, climate action, housing affordability, and rejecting corporate PAC money.
Physician, public health expert and author; focuses on Medicare For All, affordable healthcare, economic security, housing and clean environment in his Michigan Senate campaign.
Progressive urban planner and politician, co-founder of NYC Progressive Caucus, housing justice, participatory budgeting, racial and social equity, accountability in policing, community empowerment
Raised in South Florida; has worked for Bernie Sanders, supports Medicare for All; is passionate about affordability, climate resilience, public land, water privatization, LGBTQIA+ rights, and immigration justice.
Scientist and grassroots candidate, restoring power to people, campaign finance reform, housing affordability, lower cost of living, universal healthcare, workers rights, peace first foreign policy, environmental stewardship
Public school teacher and first-time congressional candidate emphasizing authentic public service and community needs; focuses on education, accountability and constituent representation.
Honorable Mentions
Salaam Bhatti, Virginia, VA-01 — Public interest lawyer, lifelong fighter for working families, expanding SNAP and school meals, taxing billionaires, Medicare for All, campaign finance reform, people-powered governance, affordability advocate (Track AIPAC, Courage for Democracy, Progressive Victory)
Saikat Chakrabarti, California, CA-11 — Progressive organizer; former campaign manager for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; co-founder of Justice Democrats; tech entrepreneur; advocate for Green New Deal, Medicare for All, campaign finance reform. (Track AIPAC, Progressive Victory, Integrity Index Pledge)
Darializa Avila Chevalier, New York, NY-13 — Afro-Latina organizer and daughter of Dominican immigrants; investigator at Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem; champions Medicare for All, housing affordability, abolishing ICE, Palestinian rights, and rejecting corporate PAC money. (Track AIPAC, Justice Democrats, JVP Action)
Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota, Senate — Lt. Governor under Tim Walz, Indigenous (Objibwe), raising minimum wage, protect SNAP, housing assistance, and Medicaid. (Indivisible, Bernie Sanders, National Nurses United)
Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Florida, FL-10 — First Gen-Z U.S. Representative and activist; former March for Our Lives national organizing director; pushes for gun reform, healthcare access, climate action, and economic justice. (Track AIPAC, PDA, Peace Action)
Heath Howard, New Hampshire, NH-01 — Young state rep, disability advocate, pushing universal healthcare, free college/tuition, affordable housing, living wage, economic security and grassroots, progressive voice calling for economic Bill of Rights (Track AIPAC, Courage for Democracy, Progressive Victory)
William Lawrence, Michigan, MI-07 — Lansing activist, co-founder of Sunrise Movement, addressing housing, healthcare, wages, education, social security, anti-war investment shift and basic human needs security centered in progressive campaign (Track AIPAC, Sunrise Movement, National Nurses United)
John Padora, Colorado, CO-04 — Engineer and working-class advocate running to represent CO-04; prioritizes strong economy for working families, healthcare access, rural opportunity, and democratic reforms. (Track AIPAC, PDA, Courage for Democracy)
Justin J. Pearson, Tennessee, TN-09 — Tennessee lawmaker; Memphis community activist; nationally known for gun-reform protests; environmental justice advocate; supports voting rights, labor rights, criminal justice reform. (Leaders We Deserve, Justice Democrats, Integrity Index Pledge)
Joey Ruzevich, Illinois, IL-06 — Software engineer & small business owner, focus on affordability, fighting the tech oligarchy and regulating AI, anti-war and anti-genocide, medicare for all, etc. (Track AIPAC, Courage for Democracy, Peace Action)
Claire Valdez, New York, NY-07 — Democratic Socialist, union organizer and state Assembly member, labor and tenant rights advocate, fights housing affordability and economic inequality, champions Medicare for All, Green New Deal climate action, taxing billionaires, workers’ power, immigrant dignity. (Track AIPAC, Justice Democrats, JVP Action)
