Mary Peltola AK-01Mary Peltola AK-01

Current Position: US House of Representatives from 2022
Affiliation: Democrat

Mary Peltola  previously served as a judge on the Orutsararmiut Native Council’s tribal court, executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Bethel city councillor and member of the Alaska House of Representatives.

A member of the Democratic Party, Peltola defeated former Governor Sarah Palin and Alaska Policy Forum board member Nick Begich in an upset in the August 2022 special election

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Current Position: US House of Representatives from 2022
Affiliation: Democrat

Mary Peltola  previously served as a judge on the Orutsararmiut Native Council’s tribal court, executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Bethel city councillor and member of the Alaska House of Representatives.

A member of the Democratic Party, Peltola defeated former Governor Sarah Palin and Alaska Policy Forum board member Nick Begich in an upset in the August 2022 special election

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Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola  was born in Alaska and raised on the Kuskokwim River in Kwethluk, Tuntutuliak, Platinum, and Bethel. She was just six years old when she began fishing commercially with her father.

At age 24 years old she won her first state election and represented the Bethel region in the Alaska State Legislature.

During her ten years in office she built consensus around budgets that  improved lives in rural Alaska. Since then she has worked as Manager of Community Development and Sustainability for the Donlin gold mine project. More recently, she was Executive Director of the  Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. She  helped mobilize 118 Tribes and rural Alaskans to advocate for the protection of salmon runs in Western Alaska.

Rep. Peltola also served on the Orutsararmiut Native Council Tribal Court and the Bethel City Council, and on the boards of the Nature Conservancy, the Alaska Humanities Forum, the Alaska Children’s Trust, and the Russian Orthodox Sacred Sites in Alaska.

Personal

Full Name: Mary K. Sattler Peltola

Gender: Female

Family: Husband: Gene; 7 Children

Birth Date: 08/31/1973

Birth Place: Anchorage, Alaska

Home City: Bethel, AK

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Education

Attended, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 1997-1998

Attended, University of Alaska, Southeast, 1995-1997

Attended, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1994-1995

Attended, University of North Colorado, 1991-1994

Political Experience

Member, Bethel City Council

Representative, United State House of Representatives Alaska, District At-Large, 2022 – Present

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Alaska, District District At Large, 2022

Interim Executive Director, Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, 2017 – Present

Representative, Alaska State House of Representatives, 1999-2008

Professional Experience

Legislative Correspondent, ARCS Midday News

Fisheries Technician, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Rural Outreach Coordinator, Boys and Girls Clubs of America

Bethel Coordinator, Coastal Village Services

Partner, Commercial Fisher, Harvest Moon Seafoods, Incorporated

Experience, Community Health Representative

Political Commentator, Tundra Drums Newspaper

Manager Community Development and Sustainability,, Donlin Gold, 2008 – 2014

Lobbyist, Sattler Strategies, 2014 – Present

Legislative Intern, Representative Irene Nicholia, 1996

Offices

Washington DC Office
153 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5765

Anchorage Office
121 West Fireweed Lane, Suite 260
Anchorage, AK 99503
Front desk phone: (907) 921-6575
Office hours: Open 8am-5pm M-F, except on federal holidays

Contact

Email: Government page

Web Links

Politics

Source: none

Election Results

To learn more, go to the wikipedia section in this post.

Finances

Source: Vote Smart

Committees

Committee on Natural Resources

COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE
AVIATION SUBCOMMITTEE (VICE RANKING MEMBER)

Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

WATER, WILDLIFE, AND FISHERIES SUBCOMMITTEE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON FEDERAL LANDS

CAUCUSES

Western Caucus
Democratic Women’s Caucus
Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition
Problem Solvers Caucus
Blue Dogs (co-chair)
Native American Caucus
Oceans Caucus
Arctic Working Group (co-chair)
Bipartisan House Hunger Caucus
Black Maternal Health Caucus

 

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Wikipedia

Mary Sattler Peltola[1][b] (born August 31, 1973) is an American politician and former tribal judge serving as the U.S. representative from Alaska’s at-large congressional district since September 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as a judge on the Orutsararmiut Native Council‘s tribal court, executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Bethel city councilor and member of the Alaska House of Representatives.

A member of the Democratic Party, Peltola defeated former governor Sarah Palin and Alaska Policy Forum board member Nick Begich in an upset in the August 2022 special election to succeed Don Young, who died in March that year.[4] In doing so, she became the first Alaska Native member of Congress and the only Russian Orthodox,[5] as well as the first woman ever to represent Alaska in the House, the first person to have been born in Alaska to serve in the House, and first Democrat since Nick Begich Sr. in 1972. She was reelected to a full term in the regularly scheduled election in November 2022.[6] As of 2023, Peltola is the only Democrat holding statewide office in Alaska.

Early life and education

Peltola is Yup’ik from Western Alaska. She was born in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 31, 1973.[7][4] Her Yup’ik name is Akalleq (transl. the one who rolled).[8][9] Peltola’s father, Ward Sattler, a German-American from Nebraska, moved to Alaska to work as a pilot and teacher.[10][11] Her mother, Elizabeth “LizAnn” Piicigaq Williams, is Yup’ik from Kwethluk.[12] Peltola was raised in the communities of Kwethluk, Tuntutuliak, Platinum, and Bethel.[13] As a child, she traveled with her father around Alaska as he campaigned for Congressman Don Young.[4] As a college student, she worked as a herring and salmon technician for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.[4] Peltola studied elementary education at the University of Northern Colorado (1991 to 1993) and later took courses at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (1994 to 1995), University of Alaska Southeast (1995 to 1997), and University of Alaska Anchorage (1997 to 1998).[10]

In 1995, Peltola won the Miss National Congress of American Indians pageant. In the competition, she performed two Yup’ik dances and wore traditional clothing including a squirrel skin parka, wolf hair headdress, and mukluks.[14]

Early career

In 1996, Peltola was an Alaska Legislature intern. Later that year, she ran for a Bethel region seat, losing to incumbent Ivan Ivan by 56 votes.[4] Peltola worked as the campaign manager for Ivan’s challenger, Independent candidate Willie Kasayulie, in the general election.[15]

Peltola later worked as a reporter.[4]

Alaska House of Representatives (1999–2009)

In 1998, Peltola was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives,[4] after a successful rematch against Ivan in the Democratic primary.[16] She appeared on the ballot under her maiden name, though she was married to Jonathan Kapsner at the time.[17] She was elected and reelected mostly without or with only minimal opposition, with Ivan’s return to challenge her in the 2002 primary the closest contest she faced.[18]

In the House, Peltola served on various standing committees, including Finance, Resources and Health and Social Services.[citation needed] She helped to rebuild the Bush Caucus, a bipartisan group of representatives and senators who represent rural and off-road communities in Alaska.[4][19]

In 2004, Peltola criticized No Child Left Behind Act rules which would impede the continuation of the practice of administering tests in some western Alaskan schools in the native Yupik language.[20]

Peltola authored a law which allowed teachers to be given exemption from jury duty if they work at schools which had failed to meet adequate annual progress. This was signed into law by governor Frank Murkowski in July 2004.[21]

Local offices (2009–2022)

Peltola testifying before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in 2018

Peltola worked as manager of community development and sustainability for the Donlin Creek Mine from 2008 to 2014. In 2010, after incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski lost her party’s primary, Peltola helped run her successful write-in campaign.[4] Peltola was elected to the Bethel City Council in 2011, and served until her term ended in 2013. She was a lobbyist in Alaska from 2015 to 2017.[22] After 2016, Peltola served as executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.[23][4] From 2020 to 2021, she served as a judge on the Orutsararmiut Native Council‘s tribal court.[24][25]

U.S. House of Representatives (2022–present)

Peltola at a Planned Parenthood rally in July 2022

Elections

Peltola during the 117th Congress

2022 special

Main article: 2022 Alaska’s at-large congressional district special election

Peltola was one of the three candidates to progress to the general election of the 50 who ran in 2022 Alaska’s at-large congressional district special election primary to succeed Don Young, and thereby become the fifth representative from Alaska in the U.S. House since statehood.[26] She advanced to the runoff in fourth place, the only Democrat to do so. Al Gross, an independent in third place in the primary, dropped out of the ranked choice runoff, leaving two Republicans remaining, former governor Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III.[27] Gross endorsed Peltola after dropping out of the race.[25] Three Alaska voters filed a losing suit to challenge the decision not to allow Republican Tara Sweeney, the fifth placer in the primary, to advance to the runoff.[28] Sweeney subsequently withdrew her candidacy.[29] Peltola defeated Palin and Begich in the ranked-choice runoff tabulation.

2022

Main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
Peltola celebrating her 2022 re-election

Peltola sought a full term in the 2022 general election.[30] She advanced to the general election in first place, receiving 36.8% of the votes in the primary.[31] Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski, running for her fourth term in the U.S. Senate, told Alaska Federation of Natives Convention delegates that she intended to vote for Peltola as her top choice in the 2022 election.[32] Murkowski said: “I do not toe the party line just because party leaders have asked… My first obligation is to the people of the state of Alaska.”[32]

Ahead of the November 2022 election, Peltola announced endorsements from Don Young’s daughters, Joni Nelson and Dawn Vallely, in addition to Young’s former communications director Zack Brown.[33] Various other friends and former staff of Young endorsed Peltola in a formal endorsement letter.[34] Peltola, who received just under 49% of the vote in initial balloting, was declared the winner on November 23, defeating Palin again with 55% of the ranked-choice vote, after those votes cast for her as the second-place choice on ballots of the eliminated third-place candidate, Nick Begich III, were added to her total.[35]

Tenure

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (left) swears in Peltola as her husband, Gene (center), looks on

Peltola was sworn in as Alaska’s U.S. representative on September 13, 2022.[36] Upon her swearing in, Congress had an Alaska Native (Peltola), Native Americans (Sharice Davids, Yvette Herrell, Markwayne Mullin, and Tom Cole), and a Native Hawaiian (Kai Kahele) serving simultaneously for the first time ever.[37] She is the fourth Native woman elected to Congress, after Davids, Herrell, and Deb Haaland.

On September 29, 2022, Peltola passed her first bill through the House. The bill would create an Office of Food Security in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Peltola’s bill passed the House in a 376–49 vote.[38]

During the 2022 United States railroad labor dispute, Peltola was one of eight House Democrats to vote against a bill that would impose a new contract on railroad workers despite several rail unions voting against it. She said she could not support a contract that did not include paid sick days.[39][40]

Peltola supports allowing ConocoPhillips to drill for oil in the so-called Willow project, and urged the White House and the Interior Department to approve the project, which they did.[41][42]

In February 2023, Peltola announced that she had chosen Josh Revak, a former Republican state senator who ran against her in the 2022 special election, to run her Alaska office. Peltola’s congressional staffers include Republicans. Her chief of staff, Alex Ortiz, was chief of staff to her predecessor Don Young.[43] In April 2023, Ortiz left her congressional office to take a position with her campaign in Southeast Alaska.[44]

Political positions

COVID-19 policy

On January 31, 2023, Peltola voted against the Freedom for Health Care Workers Act, a bill to lift COVID-19 vaccine mandates for healthcare workers.[45]

On February 1, 2023, Peltola voted against a resolution to end the COVID-19 national emergency.[46][47]

Environment

Peltola is a supporter of the Willow Project and increased oil development within the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska.[48]

Fisheries

Peltola focused on fisheries in her election campaigns.[49] She supports reforming the Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, to better protect fisheries and marine ecosystems. She believes that the act’s focus on “optimum yield” has privileged economic considerations over environmental ones, and supports amending the act to prioritize the environment.[50]

Gun rights

On June 13, 2023, Peltola, along with one other Democrat, Jared Golden of Maine, voted with Republicans for H.J. Res. 44, a bill which attempted to repeal the ATF’s new regulations regarding pistol braces.[51]

Immigration

On February 9, 2023, Peltola voted against a resolution condemning the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, the District of Columbia’s plan to allow non-citizens to vote in local elections.[52][53]

Syria

In 2023, Peltola voted against H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.[54][55]

LGBT rights

On December 8, 2022, Peltola voted in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act which repealed the Defense of Marriage Act and mandated federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriage.[56] On April 20, 2023, Peltola voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would have required individuals participating in competitive sports to compete in the category associated with their assigned sex rather than gender identity, calling the bill “bullying”. Referring to the bill’s focus on the transgender community, Peltola stated, “I don’t know why on Earth as adults and national leaders, we’d be piling on and targeting them and trying to make their lives even harder.”[57]

Committee assignments

For the 118th Congress:[58]

Caucus memberships

Personal life

Peltola is the first U.S. Representative from Alaska to be born in the state. She now resides in Bethel. An Alaska Native, Peltola is a tribal member of the Orutsararmiut Native Council.[12] She is a member of the Orthodox Church in America.[5]

Family

She has four biological children and three stepchildren.[60][61]

Her third husband, Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola Jr., served as Alaska director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.[13][60][62] He died on the evening of September 13, 2023, while awaiting rescue following the crashing of a plane he had been flying.[63][64]

Electoral history

Alaska House of Representatives, District 39, Democratic primary results, 1996[65]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticIvan Ivan 1,228 39.6
DemocraticMary K. Sattler1,17237.8
Western Alaska Independent DemocratWillie Kasayulie70122.6
Total votes3,101 100
Alaska House of Representatives, District 39, Democratic primary results, 1998[66]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMary Sattler 1,667 53.41
DemocraticIvan Ivan (incumbent)1,23339.51
Western Alaska IndependentDario Notti2217.08
Total votes3,121 100
Alaska House of Representatives, District 39, election results, 1998[67]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMary Sattler 3,287 72.18
Western Alaska IndependentDario Notti1,21026.57
Write-in571.25
Total votes4,554 100
Alaska House of Representatives, District 39, Democratic primary results, 2000[68]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMary Kapsner (incumbent) 1,201 100
Total votes1,201 100
Alaska House of Representatives, District 39, election results, 2000[69]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMary Kapsner (incumbent) 4,321 97.5
Write-ins1112.5
Total votes4,432 100
Alaska House of Representatives, District 38, Democratic primary results, 2002[70]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMary Kapsner (incumbent) 918 64.51
DemocraticIvan Ivan50535.49
Total votes1,423 100%
Alaska House of Representatives, District 38, election results, 2002[71]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMary Kapsner (incumbent) 3,419 97.28
Write-ins932.72
Total votes3,419 100
Alaska House of Representatives, District 38, Democratic primary results, 2004[72]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMary Kapsner (incumbent) 1,538 100
Total votes1,538 100
Alaska House of Representatives, District 38, election results, 2004[73]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMary Kapsner (incumbent) 3,935 97.84
Write-ins872.16
Total votes3,935 100
Alaska House of Representatives, District 38, Democratic primary results, 2006[74]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMary Sattler Kapsner (incumbent) 1,451 100
Total votes1,451 100
Alaska House of Representatives, District 38, election results, 2006[75]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMary Sattler Kapsner (incumbent) 3,553 97.40
Write-ins952.60
Total votes3,648 100
2011 Bethel City Council election[76]
CandidateVotes%
Joseph A. Klejka50414.35
Mary Sattler44112.55
Richard D. Robb43612.41
Gene Peltola Jr.43412.35
Kent Harding41911.93
Mark Springer3108.82
Eric G. Whitney2838.06
Eric Middlebrook2777.88
Sharon D. Sigmon2737.77
Write-in1363.87

Note: election was to fill four seats with 2-year terms and two seats with 1-year terms. Candidates were given the choice of which to fill on the basis of their vote-count, with the highest vote-getters being given first-preference to decide which length of a term they wanted to fill. Mary Sattler (Mary Peltola), Richard D. Robb, Gene Peltola Jr., and Mark Springer filled two-year terms while Joseph A. Klejka and Kent Harding filled one-year terms.

2022 Alaska’s at-large congressional district special election[77][78]
PartyCandidateRound 1Round 2
Votes%TransferVotes%
DemocraticMary Peltola74,81739.66%+15,46791,26651.48%
RepublicanSarah Palin58,33930.92%+27,05386,02648.52%
RepublicanNick Begich52,53627.85%-52,536Eliminated
Write-in2,9741.58%-2,974Eliminated
Total votes188,666100.00%177,42394.04%
Inactive ballots00.00%+11,24311,2435.96%
Democratic gain from Republican
2022 Alaska’s at-large congressional district election[79]
PartyCandidateRound 1Round 2Round 3
Votes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%
DemocraticMary Peltola (incumbent)128,32948.68%+1,038129,43349.20%+7,460136,89354.94%
RepublicanSarah Palin67,73225.74%+1,06469,24226.32%+43,013112,25545.06%
RepublicanNick Begich III61,43123.34%+1,98864,39224.48%-64,392Eliminated
LibertarianChris Bye4,5601.73%-4,560Eliminated
Write-in1,0960.42%-1,096Eliminated
Total votes263,148100.00%263,067100.00%249,148100.00%
Inactive ballots2,1930.83%+9063,0971.16%+14,76517,0165.55%
Democratic hold

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Includes three stepchildren
  2. ^ /pɛlˈtoʊlə/ pel-TOH-lə; née Sattler; Yup’ik: Akalleq; formerly Nelson[2] and Kapsner[3]

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Mary Peltola AK-01

Mary Peltola AK-01

Current Position: US House of Representatives from 2022
Affiliation: Democrat

Mary Peltola  previously served as a judge on the Orutsararmiut Native Council’s tribal court, executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Bethel city councillor and member of the Alaska House of Representatives.

A member of the Democratic Party, Peltola defeated former Governor Sarah Palin and Alaska Policy Forum board member Nick Begich in an upset in the August 2022 special election

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Terri Sewell

Terri Sewell AL-07

Current Position: US Representative of AL 7th District since 2010
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Attorney from 1992 – 2011
District: Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Pickens, Perry, Sumter and Wilcox counties and portions of Clarke, Jefferson, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa counties.
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
Thinking of John! Our top priority in Congress must be to pass the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Act! What a befitting celebration of John’s legacy and tribute to the people of Georgia who showed us the real power of the VOTE! #GoodTrouble #RestoretheVRA

Before entering politics, she was a securities lawyer for Davis Polk & Wardwell and a public finance lawyer for Maynard, Cooper & Gale, where she was the first Black woman to make partner. She is the first African-American woman elected to Congress from Alabama.

Rep. Terri Sewell’s full questioning of acting intel chief Joseph Maguire | DNI hearing

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Ruben Gallego

Ruben Gallego AZ-03

Current Position: US Representative of AZ 7th District since 2015
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 2011 – 2014
District:   most of southern, western, and downtown Phoenix, along with a portion of Glendale.
Upcoming Election:

Quotes:
I guess conservative Twitter has now determined that I have never seen combat.. it’s gonna be weird when they read my book about fighting in Iraq.

Rep. Ruben Gallego discusses impact of Latino vote in Arizona

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Greg Stanton

Greg Stanton AZ-04

Current Position: US Representative of AZ 04 District since 2019 (formerly 9th district)
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Mayor, Phoenix from 2011 – 2015; Phoenix City Council from 2000 – 2009
District: entirely within Maricopa County.[4]Upcoming Election:

Quotes:
ICYMI: I secured $50 million for the @usbr
to meet their obligations under the Drought Contingency Plan. The importance of a healthy Colorado River to the West cannot be overstated, and these funds will go a long way to conserve water in Lake Mead.

Congressman Greg Stanton of Arizona joined ‘Good Morning Arizona’ Wednesday morning to discuss the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States and what we can expect in the days, weeks, months, and years to come.

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Raúl Grijalva

Raúl Grijalva AZ-07

Current Position: US Representative of AZ – 03 since 2003 (formerly 3rd)
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Chair, Pima County Board of Supervisors from 1989 – 2002
Other positions: Chair, Committee on Natural Resources
District:   The district stretches along the Mexico–United States border and includes the western third of Tucson, parts of Yuma and Nogales, as well as Avondale and Tolleson in Metro Phoenix
Upcoming Election:

Quotes:
I‘ve fought for years to ensure mining companies pay a public royalty, clean up after themselves and treat public resources as a common good. It’s time for mining reform that holds polluters accountable & protects sacred land like the Grand Canyon. Raul M. Grijalva

Rep. Raúl Grijalva on impeachment, USMCA and climate change

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Jared Huffman

Jared Huffman CA-02

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 2 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 2006 – 2012
Other positions: Chair, Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife
District:   Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border, and includes all of the portions of Highway 101 within California that are north of San Francisco, excepting a stretch in Sonoma County.
Upcoming Election:

Quotes:
At a time when we’re seeing unfathomable water shortages, the federal govt shouldn’t be an obstacle to water conservation. My bill w/ @SenFeinstein @SenAlexPadilla @RepJudyChu is a smart solution to encourage water efficiency & build resilient communities.

Congressional Freethought Caucus Panel on Christian Nationalism

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Mike Thompson

Mike Thompson CA-04

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 4 since 1999 (formerly 5th)
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator from 1990 – 1996
Other positions: Chair, Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee
District:  all of Lake County and Napa County, most of Yolo County, and parts of Solano County and Sonoma County. Major cities in the district include Davis, Woodland, Napa, Vacaville, and most of Santa Rosa.
Upcoming Election

Quotes:
Met with members of the @nasw
to discuss the importance of improving mental health access and expanding the use of telehealth. Thank you for highlighting this crucial topic.

Our Authority & Trump’s Authority Are in Play | Mike Thompson (Sun, 7-18-21

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Ami Bera

Ami Bera CA-06

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 6 since 2013 (previously 7th)
Affiliation: Democrat
Other positions: Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation
District:  the 6th district is entirely in Sacramento County and includes the north side of the city of Sacramento  
Upcoming Election: 

Quotes:
We need a serious investigation into the January 6 insurrection, not a partisan sideshow. Yet, Kevin McCarthy has proven time and again that he’d rather choose political theatrics over seeking the truth. @SpeakerPelosi
made the right decision.

2021 Brain Health Forum – Rep. Ami Bera, M.D.

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Doris Matsui

Doris Matsui CA-07

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 7 since 2005 (formerly 6th)
Affiliation: Democrat
District:   Southern Sacramento County, part of Yolo County, and a tiny portion of Solano County. It includes all of Sacramento south of the American River, including Downtown Sacramento, and its suburbs of West Sacramento, Elk Grove, and Galt. 
Upcoming Election: 

Quotes:
In April, SCOTUS took away a major tool from the @FTC that protected Americans from fraudsters & scammers. Today, I voted to #ProtectConsumers & restore the agency’s powers to return money that was unlawfully taken to people who have been defrauded in Sacramento & nationwide.

Rep. Doris Matsui calls anti-Asian hate a “systemic problem”

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John Garamendi

John Garamendi CA-08

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 8 since 2009 (formerly 3rd)
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Lt. Governor from 2007 – 2009; California Insurance Commissioner from 1991 – 2007
Other positions:  Subcommittee on Readiness
District:  arts of the Bay Area counties of Contra Costa County and Solano County, including the cities of Vallejo, Fairfield, Richmond and parts of Martinez. 
Upcoming Election: 

Quotes: 
There’s nothing more important than my sworn duty to keep Californians safe. That’s why I voted to pass the #PFAS Action Act, which will protect Americans from dangerous PFAS chemicals that are currently present in nearly every American’s bloodstream.

 
I Would Support An Impeachment Resolution’ | NBC News NOW

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Josh Harder

Josh Harder CA-09

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 9 since 2019 (formerly 10th)
Affiliation: Democrat
District:   majority of San Joaquin County centered on Stockton
Upcoming Election: 

Quotes: 
Our Dreamers deserve so much better than this and we know exactly how to do it. Let’s stop leaving the fate of our neighbors up to some judge somewhere and actually pass the Dream Act.

In 2014, Bessemer Venture Partners hired Harder in its New York office. He moved back to San Francisco and became a vice president of the company. In 2017, Harder left Bessemer to campaign full-time. He moved back to Turlock and taught business at Modesto Junior College.[

California Rep. Josh Harder talks COVID-19 financial hardships

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Mark DeSaulnierr

Mark DeSaulnier CA-10

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 10 since 2005 (formerly 11th)
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: US Senator from 2008 – 2015; State Delegate from 2006 – 2008
Other positions:  Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
District:   parts of the eastern San Francisco Bay Area
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
Women have been disproportionately impacted by job loss during the pandemic. For those looking to return to the workforce, we must offer the resources that will enable them to do so, including child care & paid family leave.

DeSaulnier worked as a probation officer, truck driver, and hotel services employee. He later owned and operated several restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Rep. Mark DeSaulnier talks about the Presidential impeachment inquiry and his local Town Hall events

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Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi CA-11

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 11 since 1987 (formerly 12th)
Affiliation: Democrat
Other positions:   Former Speaker of the House
District:   entirely in San Francisco
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
For more than a decade Dodd-Frank has stood as a pillar of Democrats’ leadership to protect families’ financial security. After reckless actions by predatory lenders & Wall Street ignited the Great Recession, Democrats delivered an historic transformation of our financial system.

Pelosi was born and raised in Baltimore, and is the daughter of mayor and congressman Thomas D’Alesandro Jr.

Nancy Pelosi Holds Press Conference on Jan. 6th Select Committee  | NBC News

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Barbara Lee

Barbara Lee CA-12

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 12 since 1993 (Formerly 13th)
Affiliation: Democrat
Other positions:  Co-Chair Democratic Steering and Policy Committee
District:   Alameda County and includes the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Alameda, Albany, Piedmont, and most of San Leandro.
Upcoming Election:

Quotes:
@SpeakerPelosi said it: We cannot jeopardize the integrity of the Jan. 6th investigation with people that don’t take it seriously & played a role in threatening our democracy. Nothing will stand in the way of the truth.

Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power | Official Trailer

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Eric Swalwell

Eric Swalwell CA-14

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 15 since 2013 (formerly 15th)
Affiliation: Democrat
Other positions:  Intelligence Modernization and Readiness Subcommittee
District:    Alameda County and includes the cities of Hayward, Pleasanton, Livermore, Union City, Castro Valley, and parts of Dublin and Fremont
Upcoming Election:

Quote: 
When I say “letting democracy die” what does that mean? “Democracy” is not just a concept. It’s concrete. It’s something you own and possess. It’s your right to vote. That right is being taken from Texas voters.

After college, Swalwell returned to California and worked as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County. He was appointed to multiple municipal commissions in Dublin and later served two years on the Dublin City Council.

“Democracy Is On Life Support” According To Rep. Eric Swalwell

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Kevin Mullin CA-15

Kevin Mullin CA-15

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 15 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
District:   most of San Mateo County and the southeast side of San Francisco. 
Upcoming Election:

Mullin is the son of Gene Mullin, who served three terms in the Assembly. Before being elected to the Assembly in 2012, he was an entrepreneur and served on the city council of South San Francisco, including one year as mayor. He served as speaker pro tempore of the Assembly from 2014 to 2022.

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Anna Eshoo

Anna Eshoo CA-16

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 16 since 1993 (formerly 18th)
Affiliation: Democrat
Other positions:  Ranking Member, Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
District:   portions of Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz counties, extending from the southwestern San Francisco Bay Area through the Santa Cruz Mountains to the Pacific coast. 
Upcoming Election: 

Quotes: 
During last year’s wildfires, millions were subjected to dirty air and for days, my constituents endured the worst air quality in the world. As climate change makes wildfires more frequent, poor air quality will remain a persistent public health concern in the Bay Area.

 
Policy Talks@Google: Representative Anna Eshoo

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Ro Khanna

Ro Khanna CA-17

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 17 since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
Other positions:   Oversight Environmental Subcommittee
District:  parts of Alameda County and Santa Clara County. It encompasses the cities of Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Newark, parts of Fremont, and the northernmost and westernmost parts of San Jose.
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
The US spends more on defense than the next 11 countries combined. College for All, Medicare for All, public education—this is money we can spend on helping the American people instead of too much for the executives of defense contractors.

Rep. Ro Khanna, Kevin O’Leary debate how Biden’s antitrust crackdown could impact businesses

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Zoe Lofgren

Zoe Lofgren CA-18

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 18 since 1995 (formerly 19th)
Affiliation: Democrat
Other positions:  Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship
District:    all of San Benito County and parts of Santa Clara and Monterey counties, including Salinas, Hollister, Watsonville, Gilroy, Soledad, and downtown and eastern San Jose.
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
A company can simultaneously be helping people get vaccinated & spreading misinformation. When it comes to Facebook, like President Biden, I am concerned about the latter.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren shares what she’s learned after witnessing every modern impeachment inquiry

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Jimmy Panetta

Jimmy Panetta CA-19

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 20 since 2017 (formerly 19th)
Affiliation: Democrat
District:   most of Santa Cruz County and parts of Santa Clara County, Monterey County and San Luis Obispo County
Upcoming Election: 

Quotes: 
Americans deserve a nonpartisan inquiry into the #January6th attack on our democracy. I voted for the independent commission, but that was rejected. Now, we must allow the Select Committee investigation to hold those responsible to account.

Congressman Panetta Speaks on the House Floor in Support of the HOSPICE Act

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Jim Costa

Jim Costa CA-21

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 21 since 2005 (formerly 16th)
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Senator from 1994 – 2002; State Delegate from 1978 – 1994
Other positions:   Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee.
District:    parts of Fresno County and Tulare County. Cities in the district include the majority of Fresno, the north side of Visalia, and all of Sanger, Selma, Kingsburg, Parlier, Reedley, Orange Cove, Dinuba, Orosi, Cutler, Farmersville, Woodlake and Exeter.
Upcoming Election: 

Quotes: 
“This fix will restore and increase funding  to the Crime Victims Fund, which is essential to local agencies that provide life-saving services to victims of all types of crime,” said Rep. Costa, who voted in support of the legislation in the House on March 17, 2021. “This bill retains VOCA’s historic underlying principle that convicted offenders should pay for services that help crime victims and survivors.”

Floor Speech on California Drought Crisis

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Salud Carbajal

Salud Carbajal CA-24

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 24 since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors from 2004 – 2012
Other positions:  Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
District:    Santa Barbara County, most of San Luis Obispo County, and part of Ventura County. Cities in the district include Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, and Ojai.
Upcoming Election:

Quotes:
We have been debating infrastructure investment for years and we always come back to ‘how do we pay for it?’ A national infrastructure bank takes partisan politics out of the equation, serving as an additional revenue source to finance current and long-term infrastructure needs.

Extended Interview: Rep. Salud Carbajal

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Raul Ruiz

Raul Ruiz CA-25

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 36 since 2013 (formerly 25th)
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Physician from 2006 – 2013
District:   all of Imperial County and parts of Riverside County and San Bernardino County. 
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
I am grateful and honored to have earned the vote and confidence of the @HispanicCaucus
members to lead the Caucus through the 117th Congress.

Each summer, I am honored to host incredible interns and fellows who are interested in learning more about how our government works. Thank you to Ariana, Michelle, Ashley, Alexandria, Fatima, Socheata, Isabella, and Christina for your hard work and dedication to serving others

Rep. Raul Ruiz On Improving The Lives Of Hispanic Americans Across Country | The Last Word | MSNBC

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Julia Brownley

Julia Brownley CA-26

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 26 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 2006 – 2012
District:   located on the South Coast, comprising most of Ventura County as well as a small portion of Los Angeles County.
Upcoming Election:

Brownley served on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education from 1994 to 2006. During her time on the school board, she served three terms as president.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Julia Brownley, U.S. Representative, 26th District of California

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Mike Garcia

Mike Garcia CA-27

Current Position: US Representative of CA 25th District since 2020 (formerly 27th)
Affiliation: Republican
District:  Most of northern Los Angeles County, including the cities of Santa Clarita, Palmdale, and Lancaster, and parts of the northwestern San Fernando Valley
Upcoming Election:

Quotes:
Decades of mismanagement have left our forests as overstocked tinderboxes waiting to burn. I’m taking steps to improve forest management policy by cosponsoring @RepWesterman’s Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2021, which would address the many threats of wildfire. @NatResources

Mike Garcia Asks If “Riots” In Portland, Minnesota Classify As Domestic Terrorism

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Judy Chu

Judy Chu CA-28

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 27 since 2009
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 2001 – 2006
Other positions:  Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations.
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
District:    San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County and includes portions of Burbank and Glendale.
Upcoming Election:

Quotes:
#MyNameIs 趙美心 or Zhao-Mei-Shin. It means ‘beautiful heart’ in Mandarin. My grandparents risked it all & came here to offer their kids a better life. Now, their grandchild is the 1st Chinese American Congresswoman. #IWillVote bc Joe & Kamala know our diversity is our strength. @JudyChuCampaign

Rep. Judy Chu of California speaks at the Democratic National Convention

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Tony Cárdenas

Tony Cárdenas CA-29

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 29 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Los Angeles City Council from 2003 – 2013; State Delegate from 1996 – 2002
Other positions:  Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce
District:   North central San Fernando Valley including the city of San Fernando, as well as the Los Angeles communities of Van Nuys, Pacoima, Arleta, Panorama City, Sylmar, and parts of Sun Valley and North Hollywood.
Upcoming Election:

Quotes:
In my community, the verdict is in on the reality of climate change. You can see it. You can breathe it. You can feel it. We’ve done work at a local, state and federal level, but we need to do more. The Green New Deal framework is the way forward.

Love, commitment, rehabilitation, and respect | Tony Cardenas | TEDxIronwoodStatePrison

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Adam Schiff

Adam Schiff CA-30

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 28 since 2001 (formerly 3oth)
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate for CA-21 from 1996 – 2000
District:    Linda Vista neighborhood of Pasadena, and the Los Angeles area communities of Tujunga, Burbank, Glendale, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Edendale, Park La Brea, Hancock Park, and westside Echo Park. 
Upcoming Election:

Quotes:
Our most sacred value – the right to vote – is on the line. @RepHankJohnson
and activists know the stakes. And they’re willing to risk their own freedom to preserve ours. We cannot let that sacrifice be in vain. We must end the filibuster. We must protect our democracy.

Adam Schiff Closing Argument

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Grace Napolitano

Grace Napolitano CA-31

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 32 since 1999
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 1992 – 1998
District:  Los Angeles County in the San Gabriel Valley
Upcoming Election:

Quotes:
DACA has allowed hundreds of thousands of immigrant youth to build lives here/make tremendous contributions to their communities & our economy. While no heartless ruling can change this fact, enough is enough! Time to deliver permanent protections/pathway to citizenship is now!

2019 Champion of Mental Health – Congresswoman Grace F. Napolitano

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Brad Sherman

Brad Sherman CA-32

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 30 since 1997 (formerly 32nd)
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: California Board of Equalization from 1991 – 1997
Other positions:  Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets
District:  Malibu and the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades, Beverly Glen, Bel Air, Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Woodland Hills, West Hills, Canoga Park, Winnetka, Reseda, Encino, Chatsworth, Northridge, Brentwood, North Hills, as well as the south side of Granada Hills.
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
The House passed two important bills I helped to introduce, H.R. 826 and H.Res. 294. Both support reunions for the 100,000 or more Americans who are still divided from family members in North Korea.

Sherman Highlights Threats Posed to Americans and U.S. Financial System by Cryptocurrencies

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Pete Aguilar

Pete Aguilar CA-33

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 31 since 2015 (formerly 33rd)
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Mayor Redlands from 2006 – 2014
District:   centered on San Bernardino
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
This shouldn’t just be a bipartisan committee, it should be a nonpartisan committee. We will hold a fair and fact-based investigation in pursuit of the truth. That’s what the American people deserve and it’s what our oath requires. A Committee Member

Congressman Pete Aguilar: We need a path to citizenship and the American public is behind us

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Jimmy Gomez

Jimmy Gomez CA-34

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 34 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
District:   The district is almost entirely within the City of Los Angeles and includes the following neighborhoods in Central, East, and Northeast Los Angeles: Boyle Heights, Chinatown, City Terrace, Cypress Park, Downtown Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, El Sereno, Garvanza, Glassell Park, Highland Park, Koreatown, Little Bangladesh, Little Tokyo, Lincoln Heights, Montecito Heights, Monterey Hills, Mount Washington, and Westlake.
Upcoming Election:

Before entering electoral politics, Gomez was a labor organizer, serving as the legislative and political director for the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health-Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) and the political representative for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

 

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Norma Torres

Norma Torres CA-35

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 35 since 2015
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions:  State Delegate from 2008 – 2013; Mayor Pomona from 2006 – 2008
District:   in the Inland Empire, including the communities of Chino, Eastvale, Fontana, Montclair, Ontario, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, and Upland.
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
I’m greatly thankful to be recognized by @Forbes_CA
as one of the #100MostPowerfulWomen in Central America – it’s an honor to be among these women that are making a difference.

Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA) On HHS Border Facility, Immigration | Ayman Mohyeldin | MSNBC

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Ted Lieu

Ted Lieu CA-36

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 36 since 2015 (formerly 33rd)
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Senator from 2011 – 2014; State Delegate from 2005 – 2010
District:    The 36th district is located primarily in the South Bay and Westside regions of Los Angeles.
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
At the end of the day, we are all Americans.

White House officials and close allies of the president have expressed confidence that it is possible to “out-organize voter suppression.” That may be true. But we can’t out-organize gerrymandering. Want to see chaos? Speaker McCarthy. That’s why we need a filibuster exception.

Rep. Lieu on why the Senate should convict Trump

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Sydney Kamlager-Dove CA-37 1

Sydney Kamlager-Dove CA-37

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 37 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
District:  The district includes Culver City, Inglewood, and the City of Los Angeles neighborhoods of Mid City, Century City, Beverlywood, View Park-Windsor Hills, Pico-Robertson, Exposition Park, University Park, Vermont Knolls, West Adams, Leimert Park, Jefferson Park, Vermont Square, Ladera Heights, Hyde Park, Crenshaw, and Baldwin Hills.
Upcoming Election:

Sydney Kai Kamlager-Dove previously served in the California State Senate, representing the 30th district. She has also served in the California State Assembly and as a trustee for the Los Angeles Community College District. She received her Master’s in arts management from the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University.[3] Her mother is actress Cheryl Lynn Bruce and her stepfather is artist Kerry James Marshall.[

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Linda Sánchez

Linda Sánchez CA-38

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 38 since 2003
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position:
District:   suburban eastern Los Angeles County and Orange County, California
Upcoming Election:
Other positions: Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus
Vice Chair, Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus (Vice Chair)

Quotes: 
We can keep families together, grow our economy and protect workers, and effectively manage our borders. The #USCitizenshipAct will do just that. And I’m proud to sponsor it.

Rep. Linda Sanchez on new immigration reform bill presented by Democrats

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Mark Takano

Mark Takano CA-39

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 39 since 2013 (formerly 41st)
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: English Teacher from 1990 – 2013
Other positions: House Veterans Affairs Committee
District:    parts of Riverside County, including Jurupa Valley, Riverside, Moreno Valley, and Perris.
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
In 2012, I became the first openly gay person of color elected to Congress. Today I’m serving as Speaker Pro Tem as the House prepares to vote on the #EqualityAct. I’m thinking of those who marched and built a movement to protect the lives of LGBTQ+ people and expand our rights.

Rep. Mark Takano of California speaks at the Democratic National Convention

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Robert Garcia CA-42

Robert Garcia CA-42

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 42 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
District:  located entirely within Los Angeles County, and is centered around Long Beach and its surrounding suburbs.
Upcoming Election:

Robert Julio Garcia is an American educator who served as the 28th mayor of Long Beach, California from 2014 to 2022. He was both the city’s youngest and first elected openly LGBT mayor, as well as the first Latino to hold the office. A former member of the Long Beach City Council, he was vice mayor from 2012 to 2014.

Mayor of Long Beach, California from 2014 to 2022. He was both the city’s youngest and first elected openly LGBT mayor, as well as the first Latino to hold the office. A former member of the Long Beach City Council, he was vice mayor from 2012 to 2014.

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Maxine Waters

Maxine Waters CA-43

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 43 since 1991
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 1976 – 1990
District: southern part of Los Angeles County and includes portions of the cities of Los Angeles (including LAX) and Torrance.   
Upcoming Election:

Other positions:
Chair, Committee on Financial Services
Chief Deputy Whip

Quotes: 
Today is #NelsonMandelaDay! Had he lived, he would be 103 yrs old. As a legislator in California, I was able to have a bill signed that divested Calif. pension funds from corporations doing business in South Africa. We got Mandela released from prison & ended apartheid!

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Nanette Barragán

Nanette Barragán CA-44

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 44 since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Hermosa Beach City Council from 2013 – 2015
District:    The district is centered in South Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Harbor Region.
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
Great to see @VP Harris meeting with #DACA recipients today and make clear the urgency in getting to a permanent solution. #HomeisHere for these talented individuals and Congress must act to support a permanent pathway to citizenship.

Rep. Nanette D. Barragán Asking Acting DHS Secretary About Immigration Policy

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Lou Correa

Lou Correa CA-46

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 46 since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Senator from 2006 – 2014; Orange County Board of Supervisors from 2004 – 2006; State Delegate from 1998 – 2004
Other positions: Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, & Accountability
District:  Based in Orange County and includes the communities of Anaheim, Santa Ana, and Stanton, as well as parts of Orange and Fullerton.
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
Ds & Rs are working together to pass the #EqualAct & reform drug sentencing laws. We must eliminate policies that have disproportionate effects on different groups. Our decades-long war on drugs must turn to treatment and cure, as opposed to incarceration.

Rep. Lou Correa’s full questioning of Corey Lewandowski | Lewandowski hearing

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Katie Porter

Katie Porter CA-47

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 47 since 2019 (formerly 45th)
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Lawyer from 2001 – 2019
District: Orange County to contain Irvine, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach and Seal Beach
Upcoming Election: US Senate candidate

Other positions:
Chair, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Government Operations

Quotes: 
Big Pharma says they need to charge astronomical prices to pay for research and development. Yet, the amount they spend on manipulating the market to enrich shareholders completely eclipses what’s spent on R&D. Today, I confronted a CEO about the industry’s lies, with visuals

Katie Porter’s “Whiteboard of Justice”

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Mike Levin

Mike Levin CA-49

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 49 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Trade Association Executive from 2002 – 2017
Other positions:  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
District: covers the northern coastal areas of San Diego County, including Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad, and Encinitas, as well as a portion of southern Orange County, including San Clemente, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, Ladera Ranch, and Coto de Caza.
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
NEWS! I’m excited to announce the formation of my @SpentFuelCaucus. Spent fuel is an important issue for residents here in #CA49, and I’m eager to work with other Members who have similar situations in their districts. (P.S. go and give us a follow for updates on our progress).

Mike Levin Discusses Priorities, Issues In 49th Congressional Race

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Scott Peters

Scott Peters CA-50

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 50 since 2013 (formerly 52nd district)
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: San Diego City Council from 2000 – 2008
District:  San Diego County includes coastal and central portions of the city of San Diego, including neighborhoods such as Carmel Valley, La Jolla, Point Loma and Downtown San Diego; the San Diego suburbs of Poway and Coronado; and the campuses of schools such as the University of California, San Diego (
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
We cannot afford to wait any longer to address climate change through aggressive & practical strategies. Our health, livelihoods & futures depend on it. (3/3) Follow the link below to read more about the METHANE Act & my other 2021 climate priorities.

Rep. Scott Peters will work to repeal Trump Tax Cuts if reelected

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Sara Jacobs 1

Sara Jacobs CA-51

Current Position: US Representative of CA 51st District since 2021 (formerly 53rd district)
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Philanthropist from 2012 – 2021
Other positions:   Subcommittee on International Development, International Organizations, and Global Corporate Social Impact
District: Central and eastern portions of San Diego, as well as eastern suburbs such as El Cajon, La Mesa, Spring Valley, and Lemon Grove. 
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
Congressman John Lewis was a relentless fighter for justice and an optimist who fought to bring our country closer to its unfulfilled promises. It was an honor to take part in the christening of the USNS John Lewis and celebrate his memory this weekend.

Representative Sara Jacobs: President Biden’s address “gave us reasons” to feel hopeful

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Juan Vargas

Juan Vargas CA-52

Current Position: US Representative of CA District 52 since 2023 (formerly 51st district)
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Senator from 2010 – 2019; State Delegate from 2000 – 2006
District:  Southwestern portions of San Diego County. Cities in the district include National City, Chula Vista and most of Imperial Beach. 
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
It is such an honor to be at the historical 59th Inaugural Ceremony, alongside my youngest daughter. Today, we are celebrating a historic win for girls, and women of color, who will finally see themselves represented in the White House.

Rep. Juan Vargas explains why he voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump

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Diana DeGette

Diana DeGette CO-01

Current Position: US Representative of CO-01 since 1997
Affiliation: Democrat
Other positions:  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation – Committee on Energy and Commerce
District:  all of the City and County of Denver, and the Denver enclaves of Glendale and Holly Hills. 
Upcoming Election:

Quote:
We have just reintroduced our bill to ban high-capacity gun magazines. There’s no reason why any civilian needs a gun magazine that holds more than 10 rounds. This legislation will save lives and Congress needs to act immediately. April 14, 2021

Rep. Diana DeGette argues that Trump’s words led supporters to Capitol on Jan. 6
Feb. 11, 2011

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Joe Neguse

Joe Neguse CO-02

Current Position: US Representative of CO-02 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Other positions:  Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship
National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands subcommittee
District:  northwestern suburbs of Denver including Boulder and Fort Collins. The district also includes the mountain towns of Vail, Granby, Steamboat Springs, and Idaho Springs.  
Upcoming Election:

Quote:
Voting rights can’t wait. The Senate must pass the For the People Act & John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act — and exempt legislation on constitutional rights from the filibuster to make it happen. Let’s make the #JohnLewisRule a reality.  Aug. 1, 2021

Rep. Neguse delivers closing remarks for Trump impeachment trial

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Jason Crow

Jason Crow CO-06

Current Position: US Representative of CO-02 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
District: much of the eastern part of the Denver metropolitan area, including all of Aurora, as well as portions of the southern (Centennial and Littleton) and northern metro area (Brighton and Henderson).  
Upcoming Election:

Crow is a former Army Ranger.[6] He served three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the 82nd Airborne Division and 75th Ranger Regiment. After service, Crow became partner with the Holland and Hart Law Firm.

Quote:
The Great War & Modern Memory @ps9714 – Sep 16 Rep. Jason Crow: Trump Is a Public Safety Threat to America.
Video with transcript.

Rep. Jason Crow: Capitol Hill Riot Was Like Being In Afghanistan Again | TODAY
Jan. 8, 2021

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Brittany Pettersen

Brittany Pettersen CO-07

Current Position: US Representative of CO-07 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
District: western parts of the Denver metropolitan area, including Golden, Lakewood, Arvada and Broomfield, along with the central Colorado counties of Jefferson, Park, Teller, Lake, Chaffee, Fremont, and Custer.  
Upcoming Election:

Brittany Louise Pettersen previously served as a member of the Colorado Senate from the 22nd district from 2019 to 2023, and in the Colorado House of Representatives, representing the 28th district from 2013 to 2019.

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Yadira Caraveo C0-08

Yadira Caraveo C0-08

Current Position: US Representative for District 8
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Pediatrician
District: encompassing sections of Adams County, Larimer County, and Weld County. The largest population centers are Brighton, Commerce City, Greeley, Johnstown, Northglenn, and Thornton.  
Upcoming Election:

Yadira D. Caraveo is Colorado’s first Latina member of Congress. Caraveo represented the 31st district in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023.

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John B. Larson

John B. Larson CT-01

Current Position: US Representative of CT House District 1 since 1999
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator from 1983 – 1996
Other positions:  Subcommittee on Social Security
District:  anchored by the state capital of Hartford. It encompasses much of central Connecticut and includes towns within Hartford, Litchfield, and Middlesex counties.  
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
Today, I joined my colleagues to introduce @RepAOC ‘s Green New Deal. We need bold action to invest in our communities while addressing climate change head on. This plan would do just that, and I am proud to support it!

Larson opposes Backdoor Cuts to Social Security

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Joe Courtney

Joe Courtney CT-02

Current Position: US Representative of House District 2 since 2007
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 1987 – 1995
District:  all of New London County, Tolland County, and Windham County, along with parts of Hartford, Middlesex, and New Haven counties. Principal cities include Enfield, Norwich, New London, and Groton. 
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
People want real, local, trustworthy news. That’s what you get with local news outlets, and that’s who we’re trying to help push back against giants like Facebook and Google. The Protecting Journalism Competition & Preservation Act would help get it done.

Face the State: An update with U.S. Rep Joe Courtney

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Rosa DeLauro

Rosa DeLauro CT-03

Current Position: US Representative of House District 3 since 1991
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Executive Director, Emily’s List; Chair, Committee on Appropriations
Chair, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
District: Principal cities include: Middletown, New Haven, and Stratford.
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
This morning @CCCYMCA, I joined @ChrisMurphyCT, @SenBlumenthal, CT child advocates, and families to celebrate the first #ChildTaxCredit payments. We will continue to spread the word until every qualified family is receiving this monthly check and this policy is made permanent.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro speaks at Heller on child poverty, labor rights & more

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Jim Himes

Jim Himes CT-04

Current Position: US Representative of CT House District 4 since 2009
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Banker from 1995 – 2006
Other positions: Subcommittee on Strategic Technologies and Advanced Research
District:  largely suburban and extends from Bridgeport, the largest city in the state, to Greenwich – an area largely coextensive with the Connecticut side of the New York metropolitan area. The district also extends inland, toward Danbury and toward the Lower Naugatuck Valley 
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
People are calling the Child Tax Credit “Biden Bucks.” But given the years of tireless work @RosaDeLauro
did on this, it SHOULD be called “DeLauro Dinero.”

 
Representative Jim Himes: ‘No, We Are Not Socialists’ | Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC

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Jahana Hayes

Jahana Hayes CT-05

Current Position: US Representative of CT House District 5 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Government Teacher from 2014 – 2019
District: spanning across parts of Fairfield, Litchfield, New Haven, and Hartford Counties, the district runs from Meriden and New Britain in central Connecticut, westward to Danbury and the surrounding Housatonic Valley, encompassing the Farmington Valley, Upper Naugatuck River Valley, and the Litchfield Hills. The district also includes most of Waterbury.[3]  
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
At @WestConn for a conversation on vaccinations so we can #GetBackTogether again! As a teacher, I understand the value of collaboration, in-person learning, and connecting with people with different perspectives to learn from.

If Congress Starts to Look like Us | Jahana Hayes | TEDxWesleyanU

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Lisa Blunt Rochester

Lisa Blunt Rochester DE-01

Current Position: US Representative of DE At-Large since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: DE Secretary of Labor from 1988 – 2001
Upcoming Election: Blunt Rochester has announced her candidacy to represent Delaware in the United States Senate in the 2024 election

Featured Quote: 
Direct relief for families in the midst of a pandemic shouldn’t be a partisan issue. That’s why I’m introducing the Coronavirus Assistance for American Families Act w/ @RepMcKinley to provide $1,400 for individuals and an additional $1,400 for dependents.

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester’s full speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention

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Darren Soto

Darren Soto FL-09

Current Position: US Representative of FL District 9 since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Senator from 2012 – 2016; State Delegate from 2007 – 2012
District:  eastern Orlando south-southeast to Yeehaw Junction. It also includes the cities of Kissimmee and St. Cloud.  
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
The #AmericanRescuePlan put shots in arms, money in pockets, & created a plan to #BuildBackBetter. Now, @HouseDemocratsare working with Republican members of the @ProbSolveCaucus & a bipartisan group of 67 senators to improve our infrastructure.

Soto Speaks in Support of Bipartisan Efforts to Bring Telecommunications Back to America

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Maxwell Frost FL-10

Maxwell Frost FL-10

Current Position: US Representative of FL District 10 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
District: entirely within Orange County, and covers most of its western portion. It is situated along the Interstate 4 corridor. It includes most of the western half of Orlando.   
Upcoming Election:

Maxwell Frost was previously the national organizing director for March for Our Lives. Elected at age 25, Frost is the first member of Generation Z to serve in the United States Congress.

Frost was an organizer with the American Civil Liberties Union and worked to support Florida’s 2018 Amendment 4 and to pressure Joe Biden to stop supporting the Hyde Amendment in 2019. He was the national organizing director for March for Our Lives.

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Kathy Castor 1

Kathy Castor FL-14

Current Position: US Representative of FL District 14 since 2007
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Member of the Hillsborough County Commission from 2003 – 2007
Other positions: Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
District:   
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
For 56 years, #Medicaid and #Medicare have provided millions of Americans at every stage in life with access to comprehensive & affordable health care. Here’s to many more years of helping keep everyone healthy and well! #56Covered

Rep. Kathy Castor grills Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on data collection

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Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick 1

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick FL-20

Current Position: US Representative of District 20
Affiliation: Democrat
District: The district includes most of the majority-Black precincts in and around western and central Broward County and small portion of southeastern Palm Beach County, including places like North Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Lauderhill, Lauderdale Lakes, Tamarac, Lake Park, Riviera Beach, Plantation, and Dania Beach, along with parts of Pompano Beach, and Sunrise. It also includes a vast area inland to the southeastern shores of Lake Okeechobee, including the community of Belle Glade.  
Upcoming Election:

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (born January 25, 1979) is an American businesswoman and politician serving as the U.S representative for Florida’s 20th congressional district.

A member of the Democratic Party, she won a special election in 2022 to fill the seat left vacant after the death of Alcee Hastings

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Lois Frankel

Lois Frankel FL-22

Current Position: US Representative of FL District 21 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Mayor of West Palm Beach from 2003 – 2011; State Delegate from 1986 – 1992
Other positions:  Chair, AIDS Task Force; Select Committee on Child Abuse & Neglect
District: Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Boynton Beach and Delray Beach, as well as unincorporated Palm Beach County.  
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
It is officially #HurricaneSeason. Protect yourself and your loved ones by being prepared. @PBCGOV’s hurricane homepage is a one stop shop for zone maps, emergency levels, the status of stores/shelters/gas stations, & more:

U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel touts President Biden’s American Jobs Plan

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Jared Moskowitz FL-23 1

Jared Moskowitz FL-23

Current Position: US Representative of FL District 23 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
District:  includes Boca Raton, Coral Springs, most of Deerfield Beach and Fort Lauderdale, and parts of Pompano Beach. 
Upcoming Election:

Moskowitz served on the Broward County Commission from 2021 to 2022 and as director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management from 2019 to 2021. Before his appointment, he served in the Florida House of Representatives, representing the Coral Springs area in northern Broward County from 2012 to 2019.

Moskowitz worked as an intern for Vice President Al Gore, served as an assistant on Joe Lieberman’s 2004 presidential campaign, and was a Florida delegate pledged to Barack Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

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Frederica Wilson

Frederica Wilson FL-24

Current Position: US Representative of FL District 24 since 2011
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Senator from 2002 – 2010; State Delegate from 1998 – 2002
District:  parts of Miami north of Florida State Road 112, including Little Haiti, as well as Brownsville, Biscayne Park, North Miami, Miami Gardens, and Opa Locka, along with the southern Broward County communities of Pembroke Park, West Park, and parts of Miramar. 
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for your undying support, @SpeakerPelosi
! The commission’s work is going to change lives! In response to Nancy Pelosi tweet: With my signature, @RepWilson’s landmark legislation creating a commission on the social status of Black men and boys nationwide heads to the President’s desk.

Rep. Frederica Wilson Recounts Trump’s Call To Widow Of Fallen Soldier | The View

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Debbie Wasserman Schultz FL-25

Current Position: US Representative of Fl District 23 since 2005
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 1992 – 2000
Other positions: Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
District: much of southern Broward County, including Weston, Davie, Pembroke Pines, Hollywood, and parts of Miramar and Plantation.   
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
.@GovRonDeSantis is not a public health leader, he’s a #Florida public health threat.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Calls Out DeSantis, State GOP Over ‘Florida Voter Suppression Bill’

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Sanford Bishop

Sanford Bishop GA-02

Current Position: US Representative of GA-02 since 1993
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Senator from 1991 – 1993; State Delegate from 1977 – 1991
Other Positions:  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
District: Southwestern portion of the state inclucing Albany, Americus, Bainbridge, and Thomasville. It also contains most of Columbus and most of Macon. The district is also the historic and current home of former President Jimmy Carter.  
Upcoming Election:

He served in the United States Army between 1969 and 1971.[4] Bishop subsequently operated a law firm in Columbus, Georgia. Bishop was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1977, where he remained until being elected to the Georgia Senate in 1990.

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Hank Johnson

Hank Johnson GA-04

Current Position: US Representative of GA-04 since 2007
Affiliation: Democrat
Other Positions:  Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet
District:   many of Atlanta’s inner eastern suburbs, such as Conyers, Covington, Decatur, Lilburn, Stone Mountain, and Lithonia. 
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
States across the country are ramping up efforts to restrict the right to vote. I’m proud to support the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act for voters today, voters tomorrow, & all those who sacrificed so we could cast a ballot freely and fairly. We must pass #HR4. Pinned Tweet

Johnson is one of only three Buddhists to have served in the United States Congress. From 1989 to 2001, Johnson served as an associate judge of the DeKalb County magistrate’s court.[7] He was elected to the DeKalb County Commission in 2000 and served from 2001 to 2006.

Rep. Hank Johnson’s full questioning of Democratic counsel | Trump’s first impeachment
Dec. 9, 2019

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Nikema Williams 1

Nikema Williams GA-05

Current Position: US Representative of GA 5th District since 2021
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator for GA-05 from 2017 – 2021
District: Based in central Fulton and parts of DeKalb and Clayton counties, the majority black district includes almost three-fourths of Atlanta, the state capital and largest city.  
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
Ready to fight #OutLoudOnPurpose for the full promise of America, for all of us, no matter your zip code, no matter your bank account. Reporting for duty as #CongresswomanNikema!

Rep. Nikema Williams: It’s my turn to pick up the mantle

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Lucy McBath

Lucy McBath GA-07

Current Position: US Representative of GA-06 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
District: portions of the northeast Atlanta metropolitan area, including the cities of Johns Creek, Peachtree Corners, Norcross, Lawrenceville, Duluth, Snellville, Suwanee, and Buford. It covers most of Gwinnett County and a portion of northeastern Fulton County.  
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
One of my most important jobs as a member of Congress is helping with your federal cases. If you’d like to request support with a case, please call our office at (470) 773-6330. Shelly A. from Atlanta requested our assistance with a passport renewal, which she later received.

Rep. Lucy McBath – Changing Georgia & Turning Tragedy Into Action | The Daily Social Distancing Show

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David Scott

David Scott GA-13

Current Position: US Representative of GA-13 since 2003
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Delegate from 1983 – 2003; State Delegate from 1975 – 1983
Other Positions:  Committee on Agriculture
District:  Southern and western portions of the Atlanta metropolitan area and includes the cities of Austell, Jonesboro, Mableton, Douglasville, Stockbridge, and Union City, as well as the southern fourth of Atlanta itself.
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
Wishing all the best to @riseofdrob and @KennySelmon from #GA13, and all #TeamUSA athletes competing in the #TokyoOlympics this summer! You make our nation proud.

Congressman David Scott Presses Facebook CEO on Digital Redlining Practices

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Ed Case

Ed Case HI-01

Current Position: US Representative of HW District 1 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 1994 – 2002
District:  urban areas of the City and County of Honolulu, a consolidated city-county that includes Oahu’s central plains and southern shores, including the towns of Aiea, Mililani, Pearl City, Waipahu, and Waimalu. T  
Upcoming Election:

Quotes: 
My Natural Resources Committee just approved and sent to the full House my proposal with @RepKahele
to advance possible designation of Hawaii’s first National Heritage Area at Ka’ena Point.

A Blue Dog Democrat, Case first came to prominence in Hawaii as majority leader of the Hawaii State Legislature and in his 2002 campaign for governor of Hawaii.

Congressman Ed Case on Spotlight Hawaii July 16, 2021

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Jill Tokuda HI-02

Jill Tokuda HI-02

Current Position: US Representative of HW District 2 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
District:   all rural and most suburban areas of Oahu/Honolulu County, as well as the entire state outside of Oahu. It includes the counties of Kauai, Maui, Kalawao, and Hawaii (“the Big Island”).
Upcoming Election:

Tokuda is one of three Japanese Americans currently serving in the House. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented the 24th district in the Hawaii Senate from 2006 to 2018.

In 2018, Tokuda did not run for reelection, instead becoming a candidate for lieutenant governor of Hawaiʻi. She lost the August 11 Democratic primary to Josh Green.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tokuda advised the Hawaiʻi Data Collaborative and helped track the progress of federal relief spending.

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Jonathan Jackson IL-01

Jonathan Jackson IL-01

Current Position: US Representative of IL District 1 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
District: Based in Cook County, the district includes much of the South Side of Chicago, and continues southwest to Joliet.  
Upcoming Election:

Jonathan Luther  Jackson is an American  businessman and activist who was previously the national spokesman for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, a financial analyst, and a partner in the Chicago-based beer distributorship River North Sales and Service.

Jackson was born in Chicago, to Jesse Jackson, a noted civil rights activist and Baptist minister, and Jacqueline Lavinia Jackson. His godfather was Martin Luther King Jr., from whom Jackson gets his middle name

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Robin Kelly

Robin Kelly IL-02

Current Position: US Representative of IL District 2 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Other Positions: House Committee on Energy and Commerce
District: Based in the south suburbs of Chicago, the district includes southern Cook county, eastern Will county, and Kankakee county, as well as the city of Chicago’s far southeast side.  
Upcoming Election:

Kelly served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. She then served as chief of staff for Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias until 2010. Kelly earned her Ph.D. in political science from Northern Illinois University in 2004.

Featured Quote: 
Nearly 37 million Medicare beneficiaries can’t access affordable dental care, putting them at risk for preventable health issues. @RepHorsford & I introduced the Medicare Dental Coverage Act to add dental coverage to Medicare & help keep people healthy.

Featured Video: 
Rep. Robin Kelly On Sondland, Ukraine, Impeachment | Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC

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Delia Ramirez IL-03

Delia Ramirez IL-03

Current Position: US Representative of IL District 3 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position:  Illinois House of Representatives for the 4th district from 2018 to 2023.
District:  western and southwestern suburbs of Chicago as far as the DuPage County border, as well as portions of the Southwest Side of the city of Chicago itself,    
Upcoming Election:

Delia Ramirez served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 4th district from 2018 to 2023. She was the first Guatemalan American elected to the Illinois General Assembly. Before entering elected office, Ramirez worked and held leadership roles in social service agencies, nonprofit advocacy organizations, and local community organizations.

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Jesús "Chuy" García

Jesús “Chuy” García IL-04

Current Position: US Representative of IL District 4 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Cook County Board of Commissioners from 2011 – 2018; State Senator from 1993 – 1999; Chicago City Council from 1986 – 1993
Other Positions:  House Committee on Natural Resources
District:    east–west across the city of Chicago, on the west side continuing into smaller portions of some suburban areas in Cook County, surrounding Illinois’s 7th congressional district.
Upcoming Election

Featured Quote: 
I joined organizations and progressive colleagues in DC to uplift your voices and say ‘We can’t wait and we won’t wait!’ An infrastructure deal without climate, citizenship, healthcare, and good jobs is NO DEAL! We need bold solutions – the millions counting on us cannot wait!

García was first elected to the Chicago City Council in 1986. During his time on the city council, he was known for being a staunch ally of Mayor Harold Washington.[3] In 1992, he became the first Mexican-American member of the Illinois State Senate.

Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García Exposes Big Banks for Exploiting Puerto Rico

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Mike Quigley

Mike Quigley IL-05

Current Position: US Representative of IL District 5 since 2009
Affiliation: Democrat
District: parts of Cook and Lake counties. All or parts of Chicago, Inverness, Arlington Heights, Barrington Hills, Des Plaines, Palatine, Mount Prospect, Deer Park, Kildeer, Lake Zurich, Long Grove, and North Barrington are included.  
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
Equal access to abortion care—everywhere—is essential to social and economic participation, reproductive autonomy and the right for women to determine their own lives. That’s why I’m voting for #WHPA on the House floor today. Sept. 24, 2021

Quigley is a former member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, where he represented Chicago’s northside neighborhoods of Lakeview, Uptown, and Rogers Park. He previously taught environmental policy and Chicago politics as an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago.

Congressman Mike Quigley discusses partisan clash over infrastructure bill
July 4, 2021

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Sean Casten

Sean Casten IL-06

Current Position: US Representative of IL District 6 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Renewable Energy Consultant from 1999 – 2019
District:  arts of Cook and DuPage counties   
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
You know the guy in your office who always misses deadlines and does shoddy work but when you press him he tells you how many hours he’s put in and wants to talk to you about how important it is he sticks to his process? That’s the US Senate.

Casten began his career working at consultancy Arthur D. Little, where he did fuel chain analyses for the company’s chemical engineering group. From 2000 to 2007, he served as the president and CEO of Turbosteam Corporation, which converted emissions from power plants into energy. Casten was a founding chairman of the Northeast CHP Initiative.He participated in crafting the bill that became the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a program in the northeast United States that attempts to use market forces to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

US Rep Sean Casten joins WGN News at 5 to discuss Robinhood hearing

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Danny K. Davis

Danny K. Davis IL-07

Current Position: US Representative of IL District 7 since 1997
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Cook County Board of Commissioners from 1990 – 1997; Member of the Chicago City Council from 1979 – 1990
Other Positions:  Regional Whip, House of Representatives
District:  parts of Cook County. All or parts of Broadview, Bellwood, Chicago, Forest Park, Hillside, Oak Park, La Grange Park, Maywood, and Westchester   
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
Given the VAST amount of information pubically available on the extensive damage from the Jan 6th events – I can’t tell if you are trolling or pitifully trolling.

Davis worked as a government clerk, a high school teacher, executive director of the Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission, director of training at the Martin L. King Neighborhood Health Center, and executive director of the Westside Health Center before entering politics. He represented Chicago’s 29th Ward on the Chicago City Council from 1979 to 1990

Congressman Danny Davis discusses no-knock warrant reform

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Raja Krishnamoorthi

Raja Krishnamoorthi IL-08

Current Position: US Representative of IL District 8 since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Lawyer and Tech entrepreneur from 1988 – 2017
Other Positions: Co-Founder, Middle Class Jobs Caucus
Co-chair, Immigration Task Force of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

Krishnamoorthi is the first ever Indian-American or person of South Asian descent to serve as Ranking Member or Chair of any full committee in the U.S. Congress. He also serves as an assistant whip. During law school, Krishnamoorthi was managing editor of the Harvard Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review, and published a law review article on the implementation of Local School Councils in Chicago public elementary schools.

Featured Quote: 
“I am honoured to be appointed as a co-chair of the CAPAC Immigration Task Force alongside co-chair Representative Pramila Jayapal as we continue to fight to ensure our immigration system reflects American values.”

Congressman Krishnamoorthi On Letter To Provide Vaccines Worldwide To Fight COVID Variants

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Jan Schakowsky

Jan Schakowsky IL-09

Current Position: US Representative of IL District 9 since 1999
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Program Director for PIRGs from 1976 – 1990
Other Positions: Senior Chief Deputy Whip, House of Representatives,
House Energy & Commerce Committee, Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee
District: anchored in Chicago’s North Side, along Lake Michigan, and covers many of Chicago’s northern suburbs. 
Upcoming Election:

Schakowsky was Program Director of Illinois Public Action, Illinois’s largest public interest group, from 1976 to 1985. She then moved to the Illinois State Council of Senior Citizens as executive director until 1990, when she was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the fourth district.

Featured Quote: 
Starting today, #ChildTaxCredit payments will begin hitting bank accounts and mailboxes of millions of American families. With the American Rescue Plan, we’re delivering one of the most significant reductions in child poverty ever. Learn more
 
Jan’s Plans & Pans – July 23, 2021

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Brad Schneider

Brad Schneider IL-10

Current Position: US Representative of IL District 10 since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Financial consultant from 1988 – 2017
District: northeast corner of the state and mostly comprises northern suburbs of Chicago.    
Upcoming Election:

Schneider worked as the managing principal of the life insurance firm Davis Dann Adler Schneider, LLC, from 1997 until 2003, when he became the director of the strategic services group at Blackman Kallick. In 2008, he started his own consulting company, Cadence Consulting Group.

Featured Quote:  

@AlinejadMasih is an Iranian immigrant, an American citizen and champion of human and civil rights. The Iranian regime fears her message. I was honored that she shared with me the stories of countless Iranians risking their lives for freedom. She speaks because they cannot.

Brad Schneider: ‘Our Future’

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Bill Foster

Bill Foster IL-11

Current Position: US Representative of IL District 11 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Other Positions:Committee on Financial Services, Task Force on Artificial Intelligence,
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
District: Northern Illinois region, encompassing most of McHenry and Kane Counties, parts of Boone, Lake, DeKalb, DuPage, Cook, and Will Counties.  
Upcoming Election:

George William Foster is a physicist. After completing his Ph.D., Foster moved to the Fox Valley with his family to pursue a career in high-energy (particle) physics at Fermilab, a Department of Energy National Laboratory. Foster was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society. He was a member of the team that received the 1989 Bruno Rossi Prize for cosmic ray physics for the discovery of the neutrino burst from the supernova SN 1987A.

Featured Quote: 
Getting vaccinated is not a partisan act, it’s a patriotic one. I’m proud to join @RepMMM
for a bipartisan call to all Americans: protect yourselves and your loved ones & get vaccinated.

Forum with Congressman/Physicist Bill Foster

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Nikki Budzinski

Nikki Budzinski IL-13

Current Position:  US Representative for District 13 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
District:    Champaign, Urbana, most of Decatur and Springfield, and most of the Metro East of St. Louis
Upcoming Election:

Nikki Budzinski (born 1976/1977) is an American politician and labor union leader. In 2021, Budzinski served as the Chief of Staff to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the Biden administration.

She is currently the Democratic nominee for Illinois’ 13th congressional district.

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Lauren Underwood

Lauren Underwood IL-14

Current Position: US Representative of IL District 14 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Other Positions: Committee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation
District:  northern Illinois, surrounding the outer northern and western suburbs of Chicago. 
Upcoming Election:

She graduated with a degree in nursing from the University of Michigan and two master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University. She began her career as a policy professional in the Obama administration in 2014, later working as a senior advisor at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Featured Quote: 
The American Families Plan is historic. We can make sure kids in our communities have access to more education — starting with pre-K all the way up to community college!

Lauren on Morning Joe | Momnibus 2021

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Eric Sorenson

Eric Sorensen IL-17

Current Position: US House of Representatives for District 17 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Meteorologist and Communications Manager
District:  Includes most of the northwestern portion of the state, with most of its population living on the Illinois side of the Quad Cities, as well as parts of Peoria and Rockford 
Upcoming Election:

He studied communications and meteorology at Northern Illinois University. Sorensen began his career as a meteorologist. He worked as chief meteorologist for WREX, Rockford’s NBC affiliate, from 2003 to 2014, before becoming the senior meteorologist for WQAD, the ABC affiliate of Moline, Illinois. Sorensen became a fellow of the Society for Environmental Journalists in 2018.

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Frank J. Mrvan

Frank J. Mrvan IN-01

Current Position: US Representative of IN-01 since 2021
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator
Other Positions:  Subcommittee on Technology Modernization
District:  Based in Gary and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs. It consists of all of Lake and Porter counties, as well as most of the western part La Porte County, on the border with Michigan  
Upcoming Election:

Mrvan worked as a licensed mortgage broker and pharmaceutical sales representative. In November 2005, he was appointed as the township trustee for North Township, Indiana, when his predecessor resigned.

Featured Quote: 
Given this month’s VA IG reports and what was discussed at yesterday’s hearing, it’s clear we need full transparency from VA on its EHRM project. @RepMrvan’s bipartisan VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act would require reporting of all expenses related to EHRM.

Leadership Life Congressman Frank Mrvan | What is it like to be a congressman?

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André Carson

André Carson IN-07

Current Position: US Representative of IN District 7 since 2008
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Indianapolis City-County Council from 2007 – 2008
District:   
Upcoming Election:

Carson is the grandson of his predecessor, U.S. Representative Julia Carson (1938–2007), whose death in office triggered a special election. He was the second Muslim to be elected to Congress, after Keith Ellison of Minnesota.

From 1996 to 2005, Carson worked as a compliance officer for the Indiana State Excise Police, the law enforcement arm of the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission. He was later employed in the anti-terrorism division of Indiana’s Department of Homeland Security[

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Sharice Davids

Sharice Davids KS-03

Current Position: US Representative of KS 3rd District since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2023 US Representative for District 3
Former Position: MMA competitor from 2006 – 2014
District:  all of Anderson, Franklin, Johnson and Miami counties and parts of Wyandotte County. The district includes most of the Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area, i 
Upcoming Election:

Davids is one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress, along with Deb Haaland of New Mexico. An attorney educated at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and Cornell Law School, Davids was a professional mixed martial artist in the 2010s

Other Positions:  
Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Aviation
Chair, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access

Featured Quote: 
Listening to our community is the most important part of my job. I spoke with Overland Park small business owners about how the #AmericanRescuePlan and other federal relief aid I supported helped them stay afloat through the pandemic.

Rep. Sharice Davids On Kansas GOP Redrawing Legislative Maps

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Morgan McGarvey KY-03

Morgan McGarvey KY-03

Current Position: US Representative of KY District 3 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
District:    It encompasses almost all of Louisville Metro, which, since the merger of 2003, is consolidated with Jefferson County, though other incorporated cities exist within the county, such as Shively and St. Matthews.
Upcoming Election:

JMorgan McGarvey represented the 19th district in the Kentucky Senate from 2013 to 2023. In 2018, he was elected minority leader, becoming one of the youngest members of a general assembly in the nation to serve in a leadership role. He is currently the only Democrat in Kentucky’s congressional delegation. He is the son of John McGarvey, a staff member for former Kentucky Governor Wendell Ford

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Troy Carter

Troy Carter LA-02

Current Position: US Representative of LA 2nd District since 2021
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Senator from 2016 – 2021; New Orleans City Council from 1994 – 2002; State Delegate from 1992 – 1994
District:   nearly all of the city of New Orleans and stretches west and north to Baton Rouge. 
Upcoming Election:

Carter has been an adjunct political science instructor at Xavier University of Louisiana.[5] Before his election to the state legislature, he served six years as executive assistant to New Orleans mayor Sidney Barthelemy.

Featured Quote: 
Voting rights are the bedrock of American democracy—and they’re currently under assault. Today, I was honored to stand with @BlackVotersMtr, @RepAlGreen, @RepHankJohnson, @RepTroyCarter @RepBowma, @JacksonLeeTX18, and more as we called on the Senate to #ProtectOurVotingRights.

 
Troy Carter for Congress – Lessons From My Mother

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Chellie Pingree

Chellie Pingree ME-01

Current Position: US Representative since 2008
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2023 US Representative
Former Position: State Senator from 1992 – 2000
District:   southern coastal area of the state. Located within the district are the cities of Portland, Brunswick, and Saco. 
Upcoming Election:

From 2003 until 2006, Chellie Pingree was president and CEO of Common Cause. She started North Island Yarn, a cottage industry of hand knitters with a retail store on North Haven. Pingree authored and produced five knitting books between 1986 and 1992.

Other Positions:  
Chair, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies – Appropriations

Quotes: 
In Maine, VT, and DC, incarcerated people are allowed to vote and our democracy is stronger for it!   Today @EleanorNorton & I intro’d a bill to provide people in prison w/ info on how they can register & vote absentee. We must break down all barriers to the ballot box!

Why food policy is worth fighting for: Chellie Pingree at TEDxManhattan

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Jared Golden

Jared Golden ME-02

Current Position: US Representative since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2023 US Representative for District 2
Former Position: State Delegate from 2014 – 2018
Other Positions:  Underserved, Agricultural, and Rural Business Development Subcommittee
District:  most of the land area north of the Portland and Augusta metropolitan areas. 
Upcoming Election:

Golden, along with Angus King and Chellie Pingree, are the first members of Congress to be elected by ranked-choice voting. Golden is the only member of Congress elected after finishing second in the first round of tabulation. He was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as a United States Marine.

Quotes: 
Proud to work with @SenatorCollins
to get this bill across the finish line. $200 million in relief funds will be available for loggers and log haulers in ME and across the USA starting Thursday. We’re ready to work with Maine loggers to apply for this program. #mepolitics

Jared Golden: A personal look at Maine’s CD-2 Congressman

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Dutch Ruppersberger

Dutch Ruppersberger MD-02

Current Position: US Representative of MD District 2 since 2003
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Baltimore County Executive from 1994 – 2002
District: Parts of Carroll and Baltimore counties

Ruppersberger began his career as a Baltimore County Assistant State’s Attorney. He was soon promoted to chief of the State’s Attorney Office Investigative Division, pursuing organized crime, political corruption, and drug trafficking. He was elected to the Baltimore County Council in 1985 and again in 1989, chosen twice as council chairman. In 1994 and 1998, he was elected Baltimore County Executive.

Featured Quote: 
Kudos to @Simone_Biles for prioritizing her mental health above all. Her courage represents the USA as much as any gold medal.

Dutch Ruppersberger unveils violence prevention bill

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John Sarbanes

John Sarbanes MD-03

Position:  US House Member, Maryland District 3 since 2007
Affiliation:  Democrat
Leadership:  Vice Chair of the House Subcommittee on Health.
District:  All of Howard county as well as parts of Anne Arundel and Carroll counties
Next Election:  Not running in 2024

His Story: John Sarbanes is the eldest son of former U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes. SHe later clerked with Baltimore Judge J. Frederick Motz. From 1989 to 2006, he was at the law firm of Venable LLP where he was chair of health care practice.

Sarbanes served for seven years with the Maryland State Department of Education, working on Maryland’s public school system. Sarbanes voted with President Joe Biden’s stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis

Featured Quote:  This week, I’m joining my colleagues in passing federal spending bills that will create jobs, grow opportunity and provide a lifeline to working families. #ForThePeople

Featured Video: Grassroots Democracy: John Sarbanes at TEDxBaltimore

Grassroots Democracy: John Sarbanes at TEDxBaltimore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BwtLel6eZ0
Federal Spending Bills

This week, I’m joining my colleagues in passing federal spending bills that will create jobs, grow opportunity and provide a lifeline to working families. #ForThePeople

Glenn Ivey MD-04

Glenn Ivey MD-04

Current Position: US Representative of MD District 4 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State’s attorney for Prince George’s County, Maryland, from 2002 to 2011.
District:  Most of Prince George’s County and a small portion of Montgomery County.
Upcoming Election:

Ivey served on Capitol Hill as chief counsel to Senate majority leader Tom Daschle, as counsel to U.S. senator Paul Sarbanes during the Whitewater controversy, as chief majority counsel to the Senate Banking Committee, and on the staff of U.S. representative John Conyers. He also worked for U.S. attorney Eric Holder as an assistant U.S. attorney and as chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission.

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Steny Hoyer

Steny Hoyer MD-05

Current Position: US Representative of MD District 5 since 1981
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator from 1967 – 1978; House Majority Leader
District: All of Charles, St. Mary’s, and Calvert counties, as well as portions of Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties.
Upcoming Election:

Steny Hoyer was House Majority Leader from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023. From 1962 to 1966, Hoyer was a member of the staff of U.S. Senator Daniel Brewster; also on Brewster’s staff at that time was Nancy Pelosi. He earned his J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1966.

Featured Quote: 
In the first 200 days of the 117th Congress, House Democrats have delivered results for Americans. Take a look at the significant legislative accomplishments that House Democrats have advanced during this Congress #ForThePeople:

Steny Hoyer Promotes ‘Help America Vote Act’ In Appropriations Bill

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David Trone

David Trone MD-06

Current Position: US Representative of MD District 6 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator from 1984 – 2006
District: All of Garrett, Allegany, Frederick, and Washington counties as well as a portion of Montgomery County.
Upcoming Election:

Trone founded and co-owns Total Wine & More with his brother, and served as the company’s president until December 2016. Trone has made mental health issues and fighting addiction a top priority during his tenure in Congress, where he co-chairs the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force.

Featured Quote: 
I came to Congress to help make recovery a real possibility for more Americans. I thank my all my colleagues for joining me today in #CongressGoesPurple in honor of National #RecoveryMonth to bring awareness and support to those with mental and substance use disorders.

TIEN WONG interviews DAVID TRONE, Co-Founder and Owner, Total Wine & More

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Kweisi Mfume MD-07

Kweisi Mfume MD-07

Current Position: US Representative of MD District 7 since 2021
Affiliation: Democrat
Other Positions:  House Committee on Small Business
Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure.
District: Almost the entire city of Baltimore and some of Baltimore County
Upcoming Election:

Kweisi Mfume first served as 7th district representative from 1987 to 1996. Mfume first left his seat to become the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a position he held from 1996 to 2004. Mfume returned to his former House seat in 2020 after it was left vacant by the death of Elijah Cummings

Featured Quote: 
Spread the word- we passed a new child tax credit and you may be eligible for cash payments beginning July 15, 2021. Visit http://childtaxcredit.gov for details. #ChildTaxCredit

 
Kweisi Mfume Discusses Special Election Primary Win In Maryland

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Jamie Raskin

Jamie Raskin MD-08

Current Position: US Representative of MD District 8 since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
Other Positions:  Committee on House Administration; Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Former Position: Constitutional law professor from 1990 – 2006
District:  DC suburbs, including Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and Potomac and Rockville and Silver Spring.
Upcoming Election:

Raskin co-chairs the Congressional Freethought Caucus. He was the lead impeachment manager (prosecutor) for the second impeachment of President Donald Trump in response to the attack on the U.S. Capitol.[3][4] Before his election to Congress, Raskin was a constitutional law professor at American University Washington College of Law and co-founder of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project.

Featured Quote: 
When violent insurrectionists assault police officers, smash windows and storm the Capitol, most of us see terrorists. Rep. Clyde sees “tourorists,” a whole new form of riot denial.

Congressman Jamie Raskin recounts Capitol invasion, which happened the day after he buried his son

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Richard Neal

Richard Neal MA-01

Current Position: US Representative of MA House District 1 since 1989
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Mayor Springfield from 1983 – 1989
Other Positions:  Committee on Ways and Means; Joint Committee on Taxation
District:  western and central part of Massachusetts,  includes the cities of Springfield, West Springfield, Pittsfield, Holyoke, Agawam, Chicopee and Westfield.   
Upcoming Election:

Neal chaired the House Ways and Means Committee from 2019 to 2023 and chaired the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures. He has also dedicated much of his career to U.S.–Ireland relations and maintaining American involvement in the Northern Ireland peace process,. Early in his career Neal taught history at Cathedral High School.

Featured Quote: 
In the first #200Days, @HouseDemocrats have taken decisive action to crush the coronavirus and defeat the economic crisis – including by passing the life-saving #AmericanRescuePlan, which put shots in arms, workers back in jobs, money in pockets and children back in school!

Congressman Richard Neal chats about his new position as House Ways and Means Committee chairman

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Jim McGovern

Jim McGovern MA-02

Current Position: US Representative of MA House District 2 since 1997
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: US House Staff from 1981 – 1996
Other Positions:  Ranking Member ofHouse Committee on Rules; Congressional-Executive Commission on China; Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
District:   central Massachusetts. It contains the cities of Worcester, which is the second-largest city in New England after Boston, and Northampton in the Pioneer Valley. 
Upcoming Election:

As chairman of the board of the Congressional Hunger Center, McGovern is known as a leading voice on ending hunger and food insecurity both in the United States and globally. He was a key architect of the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.

In 1981, Jim McGovern joined the Capitol Hill staff of U.S. Representative Joe Moakley.[11] In 1990, Moakley appointed him to lead a House task force investigating the 1989 murder of six Jesuit priests and two women in El Salvador

Featured Quote: 
Hunger in America isn’t a new problem. But it is a solvable one. In 1969 the first and only @WhiteHouse
Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health led to landmark legislation and less hunger. It’s time for new voices, new ideas and a new White House conference to #EndHungerNow.

Rep. Jim McGovern opening statement on impeachment debate

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Lori Trahan

Lori Trahan MA-03

Current Position: US Representative of MA US House District 3 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
District:   northeastern and central Massachusetts covering the Merrimack valley including Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill.
Upcoming Election:

She joined the staff of former Congressman Marty Meehan as a scheduler, eventually working her way up to Chief of Staff. Following her public service, Lori began working in the private sector as the only female executive at a tech company before moving on to cofound a woman owned and operated consulting firm, Concire, where she advised various companies on business strategy, how to create the conditions for employees – especially women – to thrive.

A member of the House Education and Labor and House Armed Services Committees, Lori is focused on fighting for working families on issues such as affordable health care, quality public education, workforce development, the environment, and working to end the pain and suffering of the opioid crisis. Lori is the first Portuguese-American woman elected to Congress and is a member of the New Dems and the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

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Jake Auchincloss

Jake Auchincloss MA-04

Current Position: US Representative of House District 4
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Newton City Council from 2015 – 2020; US Marine Corps from 2010 – 2015
District:  southern Massachusetts; the new 4th district has expanded westward to include towns along the Rhode Island border.
Upcoming Election:

Both of his parents are physician-scientists;  his mother is president and CEO of Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and his father serves as director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Auchincloss joined the United States Marine Corps, earning his commission through Officer Candidates School in Quantico, Virginia. He commanded infantry in Helmand Province in 2012 and a reconnaissance unit in Panama in 2014. Auchincloss was the director of the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. He also worked at a cybersecurity startup as a product manager and at Liberty Mutual as a senior manager at its innovation arm, Solaria Labs.

Featured Quote: 
My interpreters were with me when we were hit by IEDs and when we talked to village elders in Taliban-controlled regions. I made promises to them, and so did America. It’s our duty to keep our word. #TakeThemToo.

Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) On Global Vaccine Efforts | Ayman Mohyeldin | MSNBC

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Katherine Clark

Katherine Clark MA-05

Current Position: US Representative of MA US House District 5 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Senator from 2011 – 2013; State Delegate from 2008 – 2011
Other Positions:  House Minority Whip
District:  eastern Massachusetts, Boston suburbs such as Medford, Framingham, Woburn, Waltham, and her home city of Revere
Upcoming Election:

Clark worked as an attorney in several states before moving to Massachusetts in 1995, where she worked in state government. She joined the Melrose School Committee in 2002, becoming committee chair in 2005.  In 1995, she became general counsel for the state Office of Child Care Services.[

Featured Quote: 
In #200Days, we’ve made historic investments in American families to stabilize our #childcare system and cut poverty in half. Just think about what we can accomplish in the next 200 days, and beyond, to put women, families, and equity first.

Full Katherine Clark: House’s ‘Archaic Rules’ Are A Distraction | MTP Daily | MSNBC

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Seth Moulton

Seth Moulton MA-06

Current Position: US Representative of MA House District 6 since 2015
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: US Marine Corps from 2001 – 2014
District:  Northeastern Massachusetts. It contains most of Essex County, including the North Shore and Cape Ann, as well as part of Middlesex County. 
Upcoming Election:

After graduating from Harvard University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in physics, Moulton joined the United States Marine Corps. He served four tours in Iraq and then earned his master’s degrees in business and public policy in a dual program at Harvard.

Mission:
Team Moulton’s mission is to serve, and inspire others to serve, in order to improve people’s lives and strengthen our democracy.

Featured Quote: 
Don’t lose sight of the irony that Republicans claim to be fiscally conservative yet would rather charge critical infrastructure to the nation’s credit card bill, as they did with the Trump tax plan, than actually pay for it.

Seth Moulton: Trump ‘Most Reckless Commander In Chief’ | The Last Word | MSNBC

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Ayanna Pressley

Ayanna Pressley MA-07

Current Position: US Representative of MA District 7 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Member of the Boston City Council at-large from 2010 – 2019
District: eastern Massachusetts, including roughly three-fourths of the city of Boston and a few of its northern and southern suburbs.    
Upcoming Election:

Pressley was the first black woman elected to the Boston City Council and the first black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Pressley is a member of “The Squad”, a group of progressive Congress members.

After leaving Boston University Metropolitan College, Pressley worked as a district representative for Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II (D−MA), for whom she had interned during college.

Featured Quote: 
It’s long past time to end the Jim Crow Filibuster.

U.S. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley: 2021 Boston University Commencement Speaker

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Stephen F. Lynch

Stephen F. Lynch MA-08

Current Position: US Representative of MA US House District 8 since 2001
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Senator from 1996 – 2001; State Delegate from 1995 – 1996
Other Positions:  Oversight and Government Reform
District:  eastern Massachusetts, including part of Boston  
Upcoming Election:

Lynch was previously an ironworker and lawyer and was elected to the executive board of the Iron Workers Local 7 union. After graduating from Boston College Law School, he joined the law office of Gabriel O. Dumont, Jr., representing labor unions and unemployed workers. Throughout law school and the following years, he often worked pro bono, representing housing project residents at Boston Housing Authority (BHA) hearings.

Featured Quote: 
This week @OversightDems passed my bipartisan bill H.R. 4465, the Federally Funded Research and Technology Development Protection Act, which will help protect U.S. research in artificial intelligence. My bill will curb the use of “foreign talent recruitment programs”…

Rep. Stephen Lynch Questions Postmaster General DeJoy During Hearing

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Bill Keating

Bill Keating MA-09

Current Position: US Representative of MA District 9 since 2011
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: District Attorney of Norfolk County from 1999 – 2011; State Senator from 1985 – 1999; State Delegate from 1977 – 1985
Other Positions:  Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy and Environment
District:  eastern Massachusetts including Cape Cod   
Upcoming Election:

He raised his profile advocating for criminal justice issues in both houses of the Massachusetts General Court from 1977 to 1999 before becoming district attorney of Norfolk County, where he served three terms before being elected to Congress.

Featured Quote: 
We don’t seat biased jurors – why should the select committee on 1/6 be any different? I support @SpeakerPelosi
’s decision today because this investigation is about patriotism, not partisanship, and Americans deserve the truth about an attack on the seat of their government.

Rep. Bill Keating: World can count on US to deal with Putin

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Hillary Scholten MI-03

Hillary Scholten MI-03

Current Position: US Representative of MI 3rd District since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
District:   greater Grand Rapids and Muskegon areas, including portions of Kent, Muskegon, and Ottawa counties. Redistricting removed Barry, Calhoun, and Ionia counties.
Upcoming Election:

Scholten was a judicial law clerk and attorney adviser for the Board of Immigration Appeals from 2013 to 2017. When the Obama administration ended, she moved back to Grand Rapids and became a staff attorney for the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center.

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Debbie Dingell

Debbie Dingell MI-06

Current Position: US Representative of MI 6th District (formerly the 12th District) since 2015
Affiliation: Democrat
District: In 2022, the district was redrawn to be centered around Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County, as well as western and southern Wayne County, small part of southwestern Oakland County, and the city of Milan in Monroe County  
Upcoming Election:

She is the widow of John Dingell, her predecessor in the seat, who holds the record as the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history. She worked as a consultant to the American Automobile Policy Council. She was a superdelegate for the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dingell is active in several Michigan and Washington, D.C., charities and serves on a number of charitable boards. She is a founder and past chair of the National Women’s Health Resource Center and the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).[4] She is also a member of the board of directors for Vital Voices Global Partnership.

Featured Quote: 
Today, the bipartisan @January6thCmte is holding its first hearing with @CapitolPolice & @DCPoliceDept
officers whose lives were threatened by violent insurrectionists. We owe it to them to get the clear facts about that dark day.

‘This Was A Wakeup Call To The Country,’ Says Rep. Debbie Dingell | TODAY

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Elissa Slotkin

Elissa Slotkin MI-07

Current Position: US Representative of MI 8th District since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2023 US Representative for 8th
District:    based in Lansing and stretches into Detroit’s outer western suburbs.
Upcoming Election: Running for US Senate

A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst and Department of Defense official. Slotkin was acting assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs from 2015 to 2017.

Her family farm was part of Hygrade Meat Company, founded by her grandfather, Hugo Slotkin. Hygrade was the original company behind Ball Park Franks which is now owned by Tyson Foods.

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Dan Kildee

Dan Kildee MI-08

Current Position: US Representative of MI 5th District since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2023 US Representative for District 8
Former Position: Genesee County Treasurer from 1996 – 2012
District:  centered on the city of Flint, and includes all of Saginaw and Bay counties, almost all of Genesee County, and portions of Midland and Tuscola counties. 
Upcoming Election: Not running in 2024

At age 18, Kildee became one of the nation’s youngest elected officials when he was elected to the Flint Board of Education in 1977.[5] In 1984, Kildee was elected to serve on Genesee County’s board of commissioners. He served on the board for 12 years, including five as chair.

In 2002, Kildee helped create the Genesee County Land Bank, a Washington-D.C. based nonprofit organization focused on urban decay. In 2009, Kildee co-founded and served as president of the Center for Community Progress, a nonprofit focused on urban revitalization.

Featured Quote: 
Thank you to these brave police officers. Thank you for protecting the lives of members, staff and visitors on January 6th. Thank you for defending our democracy. Thank you for your heroism & bravery to testify before Congress and bring the truth to the American people.

Congressman Dan Kildee full interview discussing video captured during Capitol riot

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Haley Stevens MI-11

Haley Stevens MI-11

Current Position: US Representative of MI11th District since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
District: north of Detroit, comprising most of urbanized central Oakland County.   
Upcoming Election:

She worked on Hillary Clinton’s and Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns in 2008, beginning with Clinton before the primary.

In 2009, Steven Rattner hired Stevens to join the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, and she served as his chief of staff. She worked for the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute in Chicago, returning to Michigan in 2017.

Featured Quote: 
Today, my amendment with @repmeijer to the @nist reauthorization bill passed through @HouseScience. This addition to the bill will provide funding to expand MEP center’s workforce development efforts and will promote the resiliency of domestic supply chains!

Haley Stevens Gives Passionate Speech About ‘Scourge’ Of Gun Violence

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Rashida Tlaib

Rashida Tlaib MI-12

Current Position: US Representative of MI 13th District since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 2009 – 2014
District: centered around the cities of Detroit and Dearborn  
Upcoming Election:

Tlaib became the first woman of Palestinian descent in Congress, the first Muslim woman to serve in the Michigan legislature, and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress (the other being Ilhan Omar). Tlaib is a member of The Squad, an informal group of eight (four until the 2020 elections) U.S. representatives on the left wing of the Democratic Party.

After leaving the state legislature, Tlaib worked at Sugar Law Center, a Detroit nonprofit that provides free legal representation for workers.

Featured Quote: 
One time survival checks don’t cut it when the bills haven’t stopped coming in every month. We need monthly, recurring, $2,000 survival checks

Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Growing Up in Detroit, Holocaust Comments and Fighting Poverty

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Shri Thanedar MI-13

Shri Thanedar MI-13

Current Position: US Representative of MI 13th District since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
District: Wayne County, Michigan.  
Upcoming Election:

Thanedar served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023. He was also a candidate in the Democratic primary for governor of Michigan in the 2018 election. His political platform included a $15 minimum wage, public education reform, infrastructure improvements, and increased government transparency.

He took out a loan to buy Chemir in 1991 for $75,000. By 2005, Chemir’s revenues were $16 million and it employed 160 people, including 40 PhD chemists. 

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Angie Craig

Angie Craig MN-02

Current Position: US Representative of MN District 2 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
District:  south Twin Cities metro area and contains all of Scott, Dakota, and Le Sueur counties. It also contains part of northern and eastern Rice County including the city of Northfield, as well as southern Washington County including the city of Cottage Grove. Lakeville and Eagan are the largest cities in the district 
Upcoming Election:

Craig worked in journalism and corporate communications. She moved to Minnesota in 2005 for a job at St. Jude Medical. Craig first ran for Congress in 2016, losing to Jason Lewis, whom she defeated in their 2018 rematch.[1]

Craig is the first openly LGBT+ member of Congress from Minnesota and the first lesbian mother to serve in Congress.

Featured Quote: 
This week, I was proud to receive the 2021 Retiree Hero Award from @ActiveRetirees
for my 100% pro-retiree voting record in Congress. I’ll always work to ensure our nation’s seniors receive the benefits they’ve earned and deserve.

The Equality Act: Rep. Angie Craig

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Dean Phillips

Dean Phillips MN-03

Current Position: US Representative of MN District 3 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: President
Former Position: Business owner from 1991 – 2019
Other Positions:  Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight, and Regulations – Small Business committee
District:  suburbs of Hennepin and Anoka counties to the west, south, and north of Minneapolis.  
Upcoming Election:

Phillips has both owned and started several companies in addition to serving as president and CEO of his family’s liquor business, the Phillips Distilling Company.He is the former co-owner of Talenti gelato and co-owns Penny’s Coffee. On November 24, 2023, Phillips announced that he would not run for reelection.

In 2023, he announced his intent to challenge Biden for the Democratic nomination in the 2024 presidential election.

Featured Quote: 
To the community I love: If you’re feeling fearful and anxious this week, imagine feeling this way every day of your life and employ that empathy as inspiration to ensure that future American generations ALL know justice, peace, and opportunity.

Fox News: Rep. Phillips’s Mission to Inspire Collaboration in Congress

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Betty McCollum

Betty McCollum MN-04

Current Position: US Representative of MN District 4 since 2001
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 1993 – 2001
Other Positions:  Defense Subcommittee – House Appropriations Committee
District:  nearly all of Ramsey County, and part of Washington County. It includes all of St. Paul, and most of its northern and eastern suburbs   
Upcoming Election:

McCollum has worked as a high school social sciences teacher and as a sales manager. She first won election to the North St. Paul city council in 1986

Featured Quote: 
My @AppropsDems colleagues and I are currently working to ensure Congress passes funding bills that improve the lives of all Americans. Watch this video to see how we make it happen #ForThePeople

“It Is Called Apartheid” – Rep. Betty McCollum Speech at USCPR National Conference

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Ilhan Omar

Ilhan Omar MN-05

Current Position: US Representative of MN District 5 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 2017 – 2019
Other Positions:  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations –  House Foreign Affairs Committee
District:  eastern Hennepin County, including the entire city of Minneapolis, along with parts of Anoka and Ramsey counties 
Upcoming Election:

Omar serves as deputy chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and has advocated for a $15 minimum wage, universal healthcare, student loan debt forgiveness, the protection of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A frequent critic of Israel, Omar supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and has denounced Israel’s settlement policies and military campaigns in the occupied Palestinian territories,.

Featured Quote: 
We urge @POTUS to reopen the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, reissue State Department & customs guidances to clarify that settlements are inconsistent with international law, & oppose the forced expulsion of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem & throughout Palestinian territory.

Rep. Ilhan Omar shares her experience at border facility

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Bennie Thompson

Bennie Thompson MS-02

Current Position: US Representative of MS 2nd District since 1993
Affiliation: Democrat
Other Positions:  Committee on Homeland Security; Select Committee on the January 6 Attack
District: Western Mississippi. It includes most of Jackson, the riverfront cities of Greenville and Vicksburg and the interior market cities of Clarksdale, Greenwood and Clinton.   
Upcoming Election:

Thompson was a schoolteacher in Madison, Mississippi.[2] He served as an alderman (1969–1973) and then mayor of Bolton (1973–1980) before being elected to the Hinds County Board of Supervisors, on which he served from 1980 to 1993.

He is a founding member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. His legislative platform focuses mainly on homeland security, civil rights, agriculture and rural issues, equal education, and health care reform. In 1975, he became one of the original plaintiffs in the Ayers Case, which concerned the adequate funding of predominantly black educational institutes in Mississippi.

Featured Quote: 
Today, the bipartisan @January6thCmte will begin its work investigating the #January6th attack on the Capitol by hearing powerful testimony from the brave law enforcement heroes who defended the Capitol that day.

Rep. Bennie Thompson’s full opening statement in House investigation of Jan. 6

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Cori Bush

Cori Bush M0-01

Current Position: US Representative of MO 7th District since 2021
Affiliation: Democrat
District:  all of St. Louis City and much of northern St. Louis County, including the cities of Maryland Heights, University City, Ferguson and Florissant.   
Upcoming Election:

Cori Anika Bush  is an American politician, registered nurse, pastor, and activist serving as the U.S. Representative for Missouri’s 1st congressional district.

Bush defeated 10-term incumbent Lacy Clay in a 2020 U.S. House of Representatives primary election largely viewed as a historic upset, advancing to the November general election in a solidly Democratic congressional district. Bush is the first African-American woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri. She previously ran in the Democratic primary for the district in 2018 and the 2016 U.S. Senate election in Missouri. She was featured in the 2019 Netflix documentary Knock Down the House, which covered her first primary challenge to Clay.

From 2011 to 2014, she served as a pastor at Kingdom Embassy International Church.

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Emanuel Cleaver

Emanuel Cleaver MO-05

Current Position: US Representative of MO District 5 since 2005
Affiliation: Democrat
District: he inner ring of the Kansas City metropolitan area, including nearly all of Kansas City and some of its suburbs in Clay and Jackson counties, including North Kansas City, Gladstone, Independence, Lee’s Summit, and some of Blue Springs. Upcoming Election

Emanuel Cleaver II is a United Methodist pastor who has represented Missouri’s 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005. Cleaver chaired the Congressional Black Caucus from January 2011 to 2013.

Cleaver served on the Kansas City Council from 1979 to 1991, until he was elected mayor, serving from 1991 to 1999.

Source: Wikipedia

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Dina Titus

Dina Titus NV-01

Current Position: US Representative of NV- 1st District since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator from 1993 – 2009
District:   parts of communities in Clark County east of the Las Vegas Freeway and south of Nellis Air Force Base, including parts of Las Vegas, most of Henderson, Paradise, Sunrise Manor, and Winchester, as well as all of Boulder City, Nelson, and Whitney
Upcoming Election:

She served as the U.S. representative for Nevada’s 3rd congressional district from 2009 to 2011, when she was defeated by Joe Heck.

She served in the Nevada Senate and was its minority leader from 1993 to 2009. Before her election to Congress, Titus was a professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where she taught American and Nevada government for 30 years. She was the Democratic nominee for governor of Nevada in 2006.

Quotes:
As Chair of @TransportDems Subcommittee on Emergency Management it was a pleasure speaking with @FEMA
’s Youth Preparedness Council. These bright young people are doing great things to make their communities and our nation safer, more equitable, and more resilient to disasters.

Rep. Dina Titus: Biden’s $2T spending plan will ‘create jobs’

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Susie Lee

Susie Lee NV-03

Current Position: US Representative of NV 3rd District since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
District: area south of Las Vegas, including Henderson, Boulder City and much of unincorporated Clark County  
Upcoming Election:

Lee became the founding director of the Inner-City Games, now known as the After-School All-Stars, which conducts after-school programs for children. Beginning in 2010, Lee served as the president of Communities In Schools of Nevada, a dropout prevention organization.

Quotes:
58% of Americans over 50 are concerned they will not be able to afford prescription drugs for themselves or their families. That is unacceptable. I’m proud to have introduced the Seniors SAVE on Prescription Drugs Act to help our seniors afford the medications they need.

Candidate Conversations: Susie Lee

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Steven Horsford

Steven Horsford NV-04

Current Position: US Representative of NV 4th District since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator from 2005 – 2013
District:   central portion of the state, it includes most of northern Clark County, southern Lyon County, most of Lincoln County, a sliver of Churchill County and all of Esmeralda, Mineral, and Nye counties.  
Upcoming Election:

Horsford was the first African American to serve as Majority Leader (2009–2013) and the first African American to represent Nevada in Congress.. Horsford was the first African American to serve as Majority Leader (2009–2013) and the first African American to represent Nevada in Congress.

Horsford was CEO of the Culinary Training Academy, a job training program. He also served on the Southern Nevada Workforce Investment Board. In 1996, he began working at R&R Partners in Las Vegas.

Quotes: 
When I was 19, my father was killed. I know the pain and trauma that gun violence brings and I’m determined to keep Nevada families safe. Recently, I spoke w/@8NewsNow about my bill to #BreaktheCycle of violence & build new opportunities for youth.

Congressman Steven Horsford talks Biden’s 1st 100 days

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Chris Pappas

Chris Pappas NH-01

Current Position: US Representative of NH House District 1
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: New Hampshire Executive Council from 2013 – 2019
Other Positions:  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations – Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
District:  eastern portion of the state. The district contains parts of Hillsborough, Rockingham, Merrimack, Grafton, and Belknap counties; and the entirety of Strafford and Carroll counties. 
Upcoming Election:

In 1974 Charlie Pappas, grandfather of Chris Pappas and co-owner of the Puritan at the time, invented the chicken tender. The business remains family-owned, and as of 2020 Chris Pappas was one of the owners.

He signed on as a volunteer for Shaheen’s campaign, marking his first foray into politics. In 2006, Pappas was elected to the first of two terms as treasurer of Hillsborough County.

Featured Quote: 
New Hampshire’s rail trails help knit communities together, support recreation, and bolster local economies. I’ve introduced legislation to provide funding to connect trail systems and revitalize active transportation infrastructure throughout the country.

New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas weighs in on the state’s primary

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Ann McLane Kuster

Annie Kuster NH -02

Current Position: US Representative of NH House District 2 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Lawyer and Lobbyist from 1984 – 2009
District:   covers the western, northern, and some southern parts of New Hampshire. It includes the state’s second-largest city, Nashua, as well as the state capital, Concord. 
Upcoming Election:

Kuster’s great-grandfather, John McLane, was governor of New Hampshire from 1905 to 1907.

After college, Kuster became the director of Concord law firm Rath, Young and Pignatelli’s education and nonprofit law practice group.Kuster was a consultant and owner of Newfound Strategies LLC, a consulting firm. Her legal practice focused on education, nonprofit, and health care policy. Kuster has also worked as an adoption attorney.

Featured Quote: 
The rise in ransomware attacks targeting American companies presents an opportunity for Congress to identify vulnerabilities & protect U.S. industry. I’ll continue working on @EnergyCommerce #SubOversight to ensure companies have the tools to protect themselves & customer data.

Working across the aisle to end sexual harassment | Ann McLane Kuster | TEDxWheelockStWomen

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Donald Norcross

Donald Norcross NJ-01

Current Position: US Representative of NJ District 1 since 2014
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator from 2010 – 2014
Other Positions:  Chair, House Armed Services Committee’s Tactical Air and Land Forces (TAL) Subcommittee
District: Includes Camden and South Jersey suburbs of Philadelphia

Featured Quote: 
There’s no excuse for 12 years to pass without a raise to the federal min. wage. No American who works full-time should live in poverty – but that’s exactly what’s happening all around us. Raising the minimum wage will allow us to build back better. https://bit.ly/MinWage12Years

Congressman Norcross on Impeachment

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Andy Kim

Andy Kim NJ-03

Current Position: US Representative of NJ District 3 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
District: Burlington County, Mercer County, and Monmouth County. [5]

Featured Quote: 
There’s a long way to go until November of next year. Maybe you’ll be the nominee. Maybe we’ll get to debate. Let’s focus on what matters. This is a job about service, it’s a job about community, and it’s a job that requires empathy. Let’s act accordingly. (END)

The district encompasses Philadelphia’s eastern suburbs along southern and central New Jersey.Andy Kim is the first Democratic member of Congress of Korean descent and the second overall after Republican Jay Kim (no relation).

Rep. Andy Kim Helps Clean Up Debris After Capitol Riots | Sunday TODAY

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Josh Gottheimer

Josh Gottheimer NJ-05

Current Position: US Representative of NJ District 5 since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
Other Positions:   Chair, Co-Chair Problem Solvers Caucus
District:  stretches across the entire northern border of the state and contains most of Bergen County, as well as parts of Passaic County and Sussex County.
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
Restoring the State and Local Tax deduction is critical to NJ, because reinstating SALT will lower taxes for our hard-working families. I’m fighting to get this done in the reconciliation package

Gottheimer was a speechwriter for Bill Clinton and served as an adviser to the presidential campaigns of Wesley Clark, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton. He has also worked for Burson Cohn & Wolfe, the Federal Communications Commission, Ford Motor Company, and Microsoft.

Rep. Josh Gottheimer on Problem Solvers Caucus’ bipartisan infrastructure proposal
June 14, 2021

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Frank Pallone

Frank Pallone NJ-06

Current Position: US Representative of NJ District 6 since 1981
Affiliation: Democrat
District:   includes the northern and eastern portions of Middlesex County and the coastal areas of Monmouth County, including towns along the Raritan Bay
Upcoming Election:

The 6th district, numbered as the 3rd district from 1988 to 1993, is in the north-central part of the state and includes New Brunswick, Woodbridge Township, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, Edison, Piscataway and Asbury Park. Pallone is the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Before being elected to the House, he was a member of the Long Branch City Council from 1982 to 1988.

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Rob Menendez NJ-08

Rob Menendez NJ-08

Current Position: US Representative of NJ District 8 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 2021 to 2023
District:    includes some of the most urban areas of New Jersey, including parts of Newark and Jersey City, as well as Elizabeth.
Upcoming Election:

Rob Menendez is the son of U.S. Senator Bob Menendez. He was a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 2021 to 2023. Menendez worked as a lawyer with Lowenstein Sandler LLP

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Bill Pascrell

Bill Pascrell NJ-09

Current Position: US Representative of NJ District 9 since 1997
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Mayor of Paterson from 1990 – 1997; State Delegate from 1988 – 1997
Other Positions:   Chair, Subcommittee on Oversight – Ways and Means
District:  consists largely of municipalities in Bergen County and Passaic County.
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
199 days ago terrorists ransacked the US Capitol and *hours later* 138-of-202 (68%) House republicans voted to make trump a dictator. They tried to finish the rioters’ job and end democracy. Never forget it.

Pascrell spent 12 years as a high school teacher in Paramus, New Jersey, teaching several subjects including psychology, before being hired as a professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He was appointed to the Paterson Board of Education, and served as president of the board.

Weekly Democratic Address — Congressman Bill Pascrell

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Donald Payne Jr.

Donald Payne Jr. NJ-10

Current Position: US Representative of NJ District 10 since 2012
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: President of the Municipal Council of Newark from 2006 – 2012
Other Positions:   Chair, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials-  Transportation & Infrastructure
District:   consists of portions of Essex, Hudson and Union counties, and includes the cities of Newark and Orange
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
Last week @HouseSmallBiz
passed a $25B generation investment in #SmallBiz as part of the #BuildBackBetter Act . I’m working to advance policy that helps small firms recover now and thrive.  Sept. 17, 2021

Following the death of his father, U.S. Representative Donald M. Payne, on March 6, 2012, Payne ran in the primary to succeed him in Congress.

COVID-19: Congressman Donald M. Payne Jr. Talks NJ’s Coronavirus Response
May 16, 2020

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Mikie Sherrill

Mikie Sherrill NJ-11

Current Position: US Representative of NJ District 11 since 2015
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: US Navy from 1994 – 2003
Other Positions:  Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Tactical Air & Land Forces – House Armed Services Committee
District:    includes portions of Essex, Morris, and Passaic Counties.[4] It is centered in Morris County
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
Today marks the anniversary of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, the meeting that launched the suffragette movement. The spirit of that first convention lives on today as we continue to fight for gender equality 173 years later.

Mikie Sherrill is a former U.S. Navy helicopter pilot, attorney, and former federal prosecutor. After leaving Kirkland & Ellis, Sherrill joined the United States Attorneys’ Office as an outreach and reentry coordinator. In 2015 Sherrill became an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, a federal prosecutor, working under U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman.

Congresswoman Sherrill Discusses Questions Sent to General Milley

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Bonnie Watson Coleman

Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ-12

Current Position: US Representative of NJ District 12 since 2015
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 1998 – 2015
Other Positions:   Chair, Subcommittee On Transportation and Maritime Security – Committee on Homeland Security
District:   covering portions of Mercer, Somerset, Union, and Middlesex counties, although the district contains the state capital of Trenton as well as the smaller city of Plainfield.
Upcoming Election:

Featured Quote: 
The #CrownAct would prohibit hair discrimination by including an individual’s style of hair that is tightly-curled, locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, Afros and other styles commonly associated with a race or national origin in the definition of racial discrimination.

Bonnie Watson Coleman is the first African-American woman to represent New Jersey in Congress. Her father, John S. Watson, served six terms in the New Jersey legislature.

Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman – A Legacy of Service

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Melanie Stansbury

Melanie Stansbury NM-01

Current Position: US Representative of NM-01 since 2021
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 2019 – 2021
District:   central area of New Mexico, including most of Bernalillo County, all of Torrance County, and parts of Sandoval, Santa Fe and Valencia counties. It includes almost three-fourths of Albuquerque. 
Upcoming Election:

Stansbury began her career as an ecology instructor at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. As a White House Fellow, she worked as a policy advisor on the Council on Environmental Quality. She was a consultant at Sandia National Laboratories and later served as a program examiner in the Office of Management and Budget during the Obama administration. She worked on the staff of the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and as an aide to Senator Maria Cantwell.

Since 2017, she has worked as a consultant and senior advisor at the Utton Transboundary Resources Center of the University of New Mexico

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Gabe Vasquez NM-02

Gabe Vasquez NM-02

Current Position: US Representative of NM-01 since 2021
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Member of the Las Cruces City Council from 2017 to 2021
District:  southern half of New Mexico, including Las Cruces, and the southern fourth of Albuquerque.  
Upcoming Election:

From 2008 to 2011, he was the business editor of the Las Cruces Bulletin. In 2011, he was the executive director of the Las Cruces Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. From 2013 to 2015, he served as a field representative for Senator Martin Heinrich.

In 2015 and 2016, Vasquez was the vice president of communications for First Focus, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy organization. From 2016 to 2018, he was the director of community relations for the New Mexico Wildlife Federation. In 2018 and 2019, he was the deputy director of New Mexico’s chapter of the Wilderness Society. From 2019 to 2021, he worked as deputy director of the Western Conservation Foundation.

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Teresa Leger Fernandez

Teresa Leger Fernandez NM-03

Current Position: US Representative of NM-03 since 2021
Affiliation: Democrat
District:  northern half of New Mexico, including the state’s Capital, Santa Fe. The district has a significant Native American presence, encompassing most of the New Mexico portion of the Navajo Nation, situated in the northwest corner of the state, and most of the Puebloan peoples reservations.[  
Upcoming Election:

After graduating from law school, Leger Fernandez returned to New Mexico to work as an attorney, specializing in community-building and tribal advocacy. She was a White House Fellow during the Clinton administration and later served on the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation during the Obama administration.

For 30 years, Leger Fernandez has operated Leger Law and Strategy, LLC in Santa Fe. The firm focuses on community development, tribal advocacy, civil rights, and social justice.[10] In 2017, she led a successful effort to implement ranked-choice voting in Santa Fe’s municipal elections.

Quotes:
Our educators are right! We must develop other reliable revenue streams to fund our public schools – but we don’t have to do it alone. I’m working to ensure that states that rely on oil & gas revenues can transition without leaving any community behind.

Meet the newest member of New Mexico’s history-making House delegation

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Gregory Meeks

Gregory Meeks NY-05

Current Position: US Representative of NY District 5 since 1998
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 1993 – 1998
Other Positions:   Ranking member, Foreign Affairs Committee
District: Queens

Gregory W. Meeks is a lawyer who  has served his district for seventeen year tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the last Congress, Meeks’s district included most of southeastern Queens, including Jamaica, Laurelton, Rosedale, Cambria Heights, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens, The Rockaways, and the John F. Kennedy International Airport.

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Grace Meng

Grace Meng NY-06

Current Position: US Representative of NY District 6 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 2009 – 2012
District: Queens

U.S. Congresswoman Grace Meng is serving her fifth term in the United States House of Representatives. Grace represents the Sixth Congressional District of New York encompassing the New York City borough of Queens, including west, central and northeast Queens.

Grace is the first and only Asian American Member of Congress from New York State and the first female Congressmember from Queens since former Vice Presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro.

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Nydia Velázquez

Nydia Velázquez NY-07

Current Position: US Representative of NY District 7 since 1993
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2021 US Senator
Former Position: New York City Council from 1993 – 2013
Other Positions:   Chair, House Small Business Committee
District:  Includes parts of Brooklyn and Queens

Velázquez chaired the Congressional Hispanic Caucus until January 3, 2011. Her district, in New York City, was numbered the 12th district from 1993 to 2013 and has been numbered the 7th district since 2013. Velázquez is the first Puerto Rican woman to serve in the United States Congress.

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Hakeem Jeffries

Hakeem Jeffries NY-08

Current Position: US Representative of NY District 8 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 2007 – 2012
Other Position:  Chair, House Democratic Caucus
District:  Borough of Brooklyn

Hakeem Jeffries, an attorney, represents the diverse Eighth Congressional District of New York, an area that encompasses large parts of Brooklyn and a section of Queens. He has served as House Minority Leader and Leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023.

In Congress, Jeffries chaired the House Democratic Caucus from 2019 to 2023. The members of the caucus unanimously elected him to succeed Nancy Pelosi as leader in November 2022. This made him the first African American to lead a party in either chamber of the United States Congress.

Hakeem Jeffries: ‘Republicans Have Adopted Voter Suppression As A Campaign Tactic’

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Yvette Clarke

Yvette Clarke NY-09

Current Position: US Representative of NY District 9 since 2007
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: New York City Council from 2002 – 2006
Other Positions:   Chair, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation – Homeland Security
District:  The district is located entirely within Brooklyn.

Before entering politics, Clarke worked as a childcare specialist and trained community residents to care for the children of working parents. Later, she served as an assistant to State Senator Velmanette Montgomery of Brooklyn and Assemblywoman Barbara Clark, of Queens.

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Dan Goldman NY-10 1

Dan Goldman NY-10

Current Position: US Representative of NY 10th District since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Lead majority counsel in the first impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump
District: Lower Manhattan and western Brooklyn neighborhoods

Daniel Sachs Goldman is an American attorney and heir, who  previously served as lead majority counsel in the first impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump and lead counsel to House Managers in Trump’s subsequent impeachment trial. Goldman is among the wealthiest members of Congress, with an estimated personal net worth of up to $253 million according to financial disclosure forms.

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Jerrold Nadler

Jerry Nadler NY-12

Current Position: US Representative of NY District 10 since 1992
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 1977 – 1992
District: Includes the Upper West Side constituency (former District 10) represented by Nadler since the 1990s, the Upper East Side, and all of Midtown Manhattan.

Nadler chaired the House Judiciary Committee from 2019 to 2023. In his 17th term in Congress, Nadler is the dean of New York’s U.S. House delegation. Before his election to Congress, he served eight terms as a New York State Assemblyman.

Trump impeachment hearing: Chairman Jerrold Nadler’s opening statement

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Adriano Espaillat

Adriano Espaillat NY-13

Current Position: US Representative of NY District 13 since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 1997 – 2010
District: Includes Upper Manhattan and parts of the West Bronx.

Featured Quote: 
Just a reminder that Mitch McConnell blocked Merrick Garland 8 months before an election but confirmed Amy Coney Barrett 8 days before an election when 65 million people had already voted. Court packing is the Republican playbook.

Adriano Espaillat is the first Dominican American and first formerly Undocumented immigrant to serve in Congress.  He challenged then-Representative Charles Rangel in the Democratic primaries in 2012 and 2014, eventually winning the Democratic nomination in 2016 after Rangel announced his retirement. Espaillat represents one of the most Democratic districts in the country, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+38.

Congressman Adriano Espaillat: State of the District Address

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez NY-14

Current Position: US Representative of NY District 14 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
District:  Eeastern part of The Bronx and part of north-central Queens.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a third-generation Bronxite, educator, and organizer. Ocasio-Cortez grew up experiencing the reality of New York’s rising income inequality, inspiring her to organize her community and run for office on a progressive platform with a campaign that rejects corporate PAC funds.

Taking office at age 29, Ocasio-Cortez is the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress.[She has been noted for her substantial social media presence relative to her fellow members of Congress.

The Courage to Change | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Ritchie Torres 1

Ritchie Torres NY-15

Current Position: US Representative of NY 15th District since 2021
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: New York City Council from 2014 – 2020
District: Most of the South Bronx.

Featured Quote: 
It’s official. We won! It is the honor of a lifetime to be able to serve our community in Washington DC. The counting took longer than expected, but today the @BOENYC
certified our victory & I want to say thank you..

Rep. Ritchie Torres:was the first openly gay candidate to be elected to legislative office in the Bronx, and the council’s youngest member. Torres chaired the Committee on Public Housing, and was a deputy majority leader.

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Jamaal Bowman

Jamaal Bowman NY-16

Current Position: US Representative of NY District 16 since 2021
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Educator from 2003 – 2020
Other Positions:  Vice Chair, Committee on Education and Labor
District:  Covers the southern half of Westchester County, including Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, and Bowman’s hometown of Yonkers

Featured Quote: 
I spent 20 years as an educator, seeing firsthand how transforming a child’s learning environment can unlock their full potential. The Green New Deal for Public Schools is about transforming our schools into cleaner spaces for our children and our planet.

Bowman is the founder and former principal of the Cornerstone Academy for Social Action, a public middle school in Eastchester, Bronx.  Bowman defeated 16-term incumbent Eliot Engel in the 2020 Democratic primary. Bowman is a member of the Squad, an informal group of progressive House Democrats
 
Rep. Jamaal Bowman: We Need Climate & Racial Justice Addressed in Broader Infrastructure Package

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Pat Ryan NY-18 1

Pat Ryan NY-18

Current Position: US Representative of NY 18th District since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat 
Former Position:  Businessman and County executive of Ulster County, New York
District: includes all of Orange County, and most of Dutchess and Ulster Counties.

Ryan served in the United States Army as a military intelligence officer from 2004 to 2009, including two tours in Iraq. He co-founded Praescient Analytics, a software company, in 2011. From 2015 to 2017, he was a senior vice president of Dataminr, an artificial intelligence platform.

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Paul Tonko

Paul Tonko NY-20

Current Position: US Representative of NY District 20 since 2009
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 1983 – 2007

Other Positions:  Ranking Chair, Subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change
District: It includes all of Albany, Saratoga, and Schenectady counties, and portions of Rensselaer county.

Featured Quote: 
I told my mom I’d make it on a Wheaties Box one day. Proud to show her that dream come true thanks to this great honor, @scicoalition’s 2020 #ChampionofScience award! I will always fight to ensure science drives our politics and not the other way around.

Paul David Tonko Tonko has been called a staunch progressive.

Cross Boundaries to (Re)Build America’s National Climate Plan | Paul Tonko | TEDxClarksonUniversity

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Joseph Morelle

Joseph Morelle NY-25

Current Position: US Representative of NY District 25 since 2018
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 1991 – 2018
District: Monroe County and part of Orleans County, centered on the city of Rochester.

Featured Quote: 
Today marks the 12-year anniversary since the last increase to the federal minimum wage in 2009. The federal minimum wage is STILL $7.25, and working families deserve better. It’s time to #RaiseTheWage.

Joseph D. Morelle was appointed by Speaker Sheldon Silver as majority leader of the New York State Assembly in January 2013 and Morelle served as acting speaker in the Speaker’s absence. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives for New York’s 25th congressional district in November 2018 following the death of longtime Representative Louise Slaughter.

Joseph Morelle’s statement about Mayoral Control of Schools

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Brian Higgins

Brian Higgins NY-26

Current Position: US Representative of NY District 26 since 2005
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Delegate from 1999 – 2004; Buffalo Common Council from 1988 – 1993
District: Includes parts of Erie and Niagara counties.

Brian Michael Higgins was born, raised, and graduated from college in Buffalo, later obtaining graduate degrees from Buffalo State College and Harvard University.

District 26, numbered as the 27th district from 2005 to 2013 but as the 26th since 2013, includes Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Following the 2022 redistricting process, the district now stretches up to Lake Ontario, taking in all or parts of seven additional towns in Niagara County.

Friday Town Hall: Congressman Brian Higgins

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Don Davis

Don Davis NC-01

Current Position: State Senator of District 5
Affiliation: Democrat
District:   many rural areas of northeastern North Carolina, among the state’s most economically poor, as well as outer exurbs of urbanized Research Triangle. It contains towns and cities such as Greenville, Rocky Mount, Wilson, Goldsboro, Henderson, and Roanoke Rapids.
Upcoming Election:

Elected mayor of Snow Hill in 2001, Davis also chaired North Carolina’s 1st congressional district Democratic Party. He represented the 5th district in the North Carolina Senate from 2013 to 2023. Davis was first elected to the post in 2008, representing Pitt, Wayne, and Greene counties. He was defeated for reelection in 2010, but ran and won a Senate seat for the newly redrawn 5th district in the 2012 election.

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Deborah K. Ross

Deborah Ross NC-02

Current Position: US Representative of NC 2nd District since 2021
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Lawyer from 1990 – 2013
District:  The district contains most of Wake County. Prior to court-mandated redistricting in 2019, it also included northern Johnston County, southern Nash County, far western Wilson County, and all of Franklin and Harnett counties. 
Upcoming Election:

Ross was the Democratic nominee in the 2016 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina, unsuccessfully challenging Republican incumbent Richard Burr in the general election.

Ross worked for Raleigh-based Hunton & Williams as a tax litigator and municipal bond lawyer. She taught at Duke Law School as a senior lecturing fellow.

Featured Quote: 
Republicans want to pick their voters rather than have voters pick their politicians. Honored to join @TheRevAl
to discuss how we can combat GOP-led voter suppression efforts in legislatures across America. We must use every tool at our disposal to protect the right to vote.

NC Congresswoman Deborah Ross supports COVID-19 relief

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Valerie Foushee NC-04

Valerie Foushee NC-04

Current Position: US Representative for District 4 from 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: North Carolina Senate 23rd district from 2013 to 2023; North Carolina House of Representatives 50th district from 2013 to 2013
District: central region of the state. The district includes all of Alamance County, Durham County, Granville County, Orange County, and Person County, as well as a portion of Caswell County.    
Upcoming Election:

Valerie worked as an administrator for the Chapel Hill police department and served 25 years as a local and state elected official. She went from serving on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board, to being the first African American woman elected to chair the Orange County Board of Commissioners, to serving in the North Carolina State House and the North Carolina State Senate.

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Kathy Manning 1

Kathy Manning NC-06

Current Position: US Representative of NC 6th District since 2021
Affiliation: Democrat
District:  was shifted into the central Triad region and contains all of Guilford County and a portion of Forsyth County. The cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point are located in the district. 
Upcoming Election:

She was the first woman to serve as board chair of the Jewish Federations of North America, from 2009 to 2012. She also was the founding board chair of Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools in New York.

She is a partner at the law firm of Manning and Associates, Professional Limited Liability Company, 2004-present

Featured Quote: 
Today is my 100th day as your Congresswoman! Here in #NC06 my team and I have been hard at work for you. If you need assistance with a federal agency, please call my office at (336) 333-5005. For more updates, sign up for my newsletter at http://manning.house.gov

 
Kathy Manning talks COVID-19, record vote count after win in 6th Congressional District race

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Alma Adams

Alma Adams NC-12

Current Position: US Representative of District 12 since 2015
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 1994 – 2013
District:  northern and eastern portions of Charlotte as well as surrounding areas in Mecklenburg County and Cabarrus County  
Upcoming Election:

A college administrator and art professor from Greensboro, Adams is known for her many distinctive hats (she claims to own 900). She won the 2014 special election in North Carolina’s 12th congressional district to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mel Watt, becoming the 100th woman serving in the 113th Congress.

She received her Ph.D. in art education/multicultural education from Ohio State University in 1981

Other Positions:  
Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations – Committee on Agriculture
Chair, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections – Committee on Education and Labor

Featured Quote: 
#12YearChallenge The last time Congress increased the federal minimum wage, I was a North Carolina state representative who had just passed an increase in our state minimum wage. I also had fewer hats. Needless to say, 12 years is too long. It’s time to #RaiseTheWage!

US Representative Alma Adams delivers 2021 commencement address at Xavier University

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Wiley Nickel NC-13

Current Position: 2023 US Representative for District 13
Affiliation: Democrat
District:   a new map in which the 13th district included Johnston County and parts of Harnett, Wake, and Wayne Counties in the Raleigh area.
Upcoming Election:

Nickel worked for Vice President Al Gore from 1996 to 2001 as a member of his national advance staff. He is also a member of Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

Nickel later worked on Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and served on the White House national advance staff from 2008 until 2012. He is a member of the Obama Alumni Association and was part of Obama’s first wave of political endorsements in 2018. Obama endorsed six candidates in North Carolina, including Nickel, in August 2018.

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Greg Landsman OH-01

Greg Landsman OH-01

Current Position: US Representative of OH 1st District since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Cincinnati City Council from 2018 to 2022
District:   city of Cincinnati, all of Warren County and borders the state of Kentucky. 
Upcoming Election:

in 2004, Governor Ted Strickland appointed Landsman to be his director of faith-based and community initiatives in 2007. Landsman served as executive director for Strive until December 2015. He then led Preschool Promise, an initiative to make two years of preschool available to all three- and four-year-olds in Cincinnati.

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Joyce Beatty

Joyce Beatty OH-03

Current Position: US Representative of OH 3rd District since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 1999 – 2008
Other Positions:   Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion – Committee on Financial Services
District:  Franklin County and includes most of the city of Columbus. 
Upcoming Election:

Beatty has been a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association. She served on the Columbus American Heart Association Board, Ohio Democratic Committee, Women’s Fund, NAACP, and Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

She was also previously the senior vice-president for outreach and engagement at Ohio State University.

Featured Quote: 
You can arrest me. You can’t stop me. You can’t silence m

 Rep. Joyce Beatty arrested during voting rights demonstration in Washington D.C

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Marcy Kaptur

Marcy Kaptur OH-09

Current Position: US Representative of OH 9th District since 1983
Affiliation: Democrat
Other Positions:  Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development – House Appropriations
District:   northwestern part of the state, bordering Michigan, Indiana, and Ontario, Canada (via Lake Erie), and includes all of Defiance, Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Erie counties, and a portion of northern Wood County. 
Upcoming Election:

Kaptur is the longest-serving woman in congressional history.

She did doctoral studies in urban planning development finance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981. Kaptur served on the Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions from 1969 to 1975. She was director of planning for the National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs (1975–1977), founded by Geno Baroni. She later served as a domestic policy advisor during President Jimmy Carter’s administration.

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Shontel Brown OH-11

Shontel Brown OH-11

Current Position: US Representative of OH 11th District since 2008
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position:  Cuyahoga County Council from 2015 to 2021
District:  portions of Cuyahoga County in the Northeast part of the state—including all of Cleveland 
Upcoming Election:

Shontel Brown won her congressional seat in a special election on November 2, 2021, after Marcia Fudge resigned to become Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Brown founded Diversified Digital Solutions, a marketing support company. She was elected to the Warrensville Heights City Council in 2011, where she held office for three years.

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Emilia Sykes OH-13

Emilia Sykes OH-13

Current Position: US Representative of OH 13th District since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position:  Ohio House of Representatives 34th district from 2015 to 2022 & Minority Leader from 2019 to 2021
District:  portions of the Akron area.  
Upcoming Election:

Sykes grew up in the Akron area and is the daughter of state senator Vernon Sykes and former state representative Barbara Sykes, who successively held the same seat from 1982 to 2014. Between Vernon, Barbara, and Emilia, the Sykes family held the seat for 40 years.

Sykes has served as an administrative adviser in the Summit County fiscal office.[

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Suzanne Bonamici

Suzanne Bonamici 0R-01

Current Position: US Representative of OR District 1 since 2012
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Senator from 2008 – 2011; State Delegate from 2007 – 2008
District:  includes most of Portland west of the Willamette River, as well as all of Yamhill, Columbia, Clatsop, and Washington counties
Upcoming Election:

After college, she became a legal assistant at Lane County Legal Aid in Eugene. After law school, she became a consumer protection attorney for the Federal Trade Commission in the nation’s capital. She went into private practice in Portland and represented small businesses.

Quotes:
I’ve seen the power of workforce training programs in NW Oregon, & talking with workers inspired me to fight for robust investments in workforce development. The $100B workforce investment in the American Jobs Plan is what will meet the need at this time in our country’s history.

Oregon Rep. Bonamici: Federal Agents In Portland ‘Are Not Welcome’ | Hallie Jackson | MSNBC

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Earl Blumenauer

Earl Blumenauer OR-03

Current Position: US Representative of OR District 3 since 1997
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Portland City Commissioner from 1987 – 1996; State Delegate from 1973 – 1979
District:   most of Portland east of the Willamette River is in the 3rd District.
Upcoming Election:

Blumenauer previously spent over 20 years as a public official in Portland, including serving on the Portland City Council from 1987 to 1996.

Before starting law school in 1970 and until 1977, he worked as an assistant to the president of Portland State University.

Quotes:
I just announced my Securing Protections Against Carbon Emissions (SPACE) Tax Act. Space travel isn’t a tax-free holiday for the wealthy. We pay taxes on plane tickets. Billionaires flying into space—producing no scientific value—should do the same, and then some! #SPACETax

Blumenauer on House passing marijuana decriminalization bill

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Val Hoyle. OR-04

Val Hoyle OR-04

Current Position: US Representative of OR District 4 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Commissioner of Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries from 2019 to 2023;  Oregon House of Representatives from 2009 -2017
District: includes West Eugene, Junction City, and Cheshire  
Upcoming Election:

Until 2023, she served as the commissioner of Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI).

In 1999, Hoyle and her family moved to Lane County, Oregon, where she joined the education advocacy group Stand for Children. Before serving in the Oregon legislature, she worked in sales and marketing for bicycle manufacturers Burley Design and Cane Creek, and served as legislative aide and policy analyst for State Senator Floyd Prozanski. She was also a director of the United Way of Lane County.

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Andrea Salinas OR-06

Andrea Salinas OR-06

Current Position: US Representative of OR District 6 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Oregon State Representative for the 38th district
District: includes all of Yamhill and Polk counties, the part of Marion County that includes Salem and Woodburn, a small piece of Beaverton, and the suburban communities to the southwest of Portland, including Tigard, Tualatin and Sherwood.  
Upcoming Election:

In 2004, Salinas registered as a federal lobbyist on behalf of the National Treasury Employees Union. She lobbied for two years before moving to Portland, where she later lobbied from 2015 to 2017.

After graduating from Berkeley, Salinas was a legislative aide to U.S. Senator Harry Reid and U.S. Representatives Pete Stark and Darlene Hooley. She then worked as the legislative director of the Oregon Environmental Council. She left the Oregon Environmental Council to start her own legislative consulting practice.

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Brendan Boyle PA-02 1

Brendan Boyle PA-02

Current Position: US Representative of PA District 2 since 2015
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 2009 – 2015
District:   includes all of Northeast Philadelphia and parts of North Philadelphia east of Broad Street, as well as portions of Philadelphia’s River Wards. 
Upcoming Election:

After working for several years as a consultant with the United States Department of Defense, including Naval Sea Systems Command, he attended graduate school at Harvard Kennedy School, where he earned a Master of Public Policy.

Featured Quote: 
Dad immigrated to America when he was 19. Spent the next 50 years working in a warehouse and as a custodian. This week he attended the swearing-in ceremonies of both of his sons. Both @RepKevinBoyle
and I know we wouldn’t be where we are without his hard work & sacrifice.

Democratic Weekly Address — Congressman Brendan Boyle

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Dwight Evans PA-03 1

Dwight Evans PA-03

Current Position: US Representative of PA District 3 since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 1981 – 2016
District:   several areas of the city of Philadelphia, including West Philadelphia, most of Center City, and parts of North Philadelphia.
Upcoming Election:

Evans was elected as the Democratic chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in 1990 and served in that capacity until November 2010. In 2010, the Philadelphia Tribune named Evans one of the 10 most influential African-Americans in the city.

Evans ran for mayor of Philadelphia twice. In 1999, in the race to succeed Ed Rendell, he finished fifth with 4.7% of the vote in a crowded primary won by John Street. In 2007, despite Rendell’s comment that Evans was the “best qualified” for mayor, he finished fifth again, taking only 7.82% of the vote.

Featured Quote: 
will proudly co-sponsor this #WealthTax bill that would raise an estimated $2.75 TRILLION over 10 years from just 75,000 families. We could use this for badly needed, job-creating #infrastructure repairs to our schools, housing, transit, roads and more!

Business, Politics & Public Policy: Interview with Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA)

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Madeleine Dean PA-04 1

Madeleine Dean PA-04

Current Position: US House of Representatives PA-17 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Lawyer; Pennsylvania House of Representatives 153rd district from 2012 to 2018
District: the majority of Montgomery County and most of Berks County northeast of Reading in southeastern Pennsylvania.     
Upcoming Election:

After law school, Dean returned to the Philadelphia area and practiced law with the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers, going on to serve as executive director. She then opened a small, three-woman law practice in Glenside, and served as in-house counsel for her husband’s growing bicycle business.

She served 10 years as an assistant professor of English at her alma mater, La Salle University, in Philadelphia, where she taught writing and ethics.

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Mary Gay Scanlon PA-05 1

Mary Gay Scanlon PA-05

Current Position: US House of Representatives PA-17 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Lawyer
District:  all of Delaware County, an exclave of Chester County, a small portion of southern Montgomery County and a section of southern Philadelphia 
Upcoming Election:

In 1985, Scanlon represented a sexually abused 11-year-old girl in a dependency case. This experience made Scanlon decide to pursue a career in public interest law.

Scanlon served as an attorney with the Education Law Center of Philadelphia, helping implement special education laws, before joining Ballard Spahr as pro bono counsel. There she helped coordinate the provision of free legal services to low-income recipients. She partnered with the Wills for Heroes Foundation, providing legal documents free of charge to first responders. She helped a young woman from Guinea who had sickle-cell disease obtain permanent residency.

In 2006, she was appointed vice chair of the Tax Commission. The following year, she joined the board of the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District and served as its president from 2009 to 2011. She continued as a member of the board until 2015.

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Chrissy Houlahan PA-06 1

Chrissy Houlahan PA-06

Current Position: US House of Representatives PA-06 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Engineer, and former United States Air Force officer
District: portion of Berks County including the city of Reading and its southeastern suburbs.     
Upcoming Election:

Houlahan, citing her idols as Indiana Jones and Sally Ride, earned her bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Stanford University. Houlahan spent three years on United States Air Force active duty at Hanscom Air Force Base. There, she served as a project manager working on air and space defense technologies.

Houlahan went to work for the start-up sportswear company AND1 as Chief Operating Officer. Houlahan became Chief Operating Officer of B-Lab, a non-profit start-up, when AND1 was sold. She joined Springboard Collaborative, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit focusing on early childhood literacy in underserved populations nationwide serving as both president and CFO/COO

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Susan Wild PA-07 1

Susan Wild PA-07

Current Position: US House of Representatives PA-07 since 2018
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Attorney
District: parts of the Philadelphia suburbs, including most of Delaware County, along with portions of Chester, Montgomery, Berks, and Lancaster Counties
Upcoming Election:

Wild spent the last two months of 2018 as the member for Pennsylvania’s 15th congressional district after Charlie Dent resigned in 2018. From September 2022 to January 2023 , she was chair of the House Ethics Committee. She continues to sit on the committee as ranking member. She also co-chairs the New Democrat Coalition Climate Change Task Force and is vice chair of both the Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus and the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations. Wild is the first woman to represent the Lehigh Valley in Congress.

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Matt Cartwright PA-08 1

Matt Cartwright PA-08

Current Position: US House of Representatives PA-08 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Lawyer
District:   all of Wayne, Pike, and Lackawanna Counties; along with portions of Luzerne and Monroe counties anchored by Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and the Poconos.  
Upcoming Election:

For 24 years, Cartwright worked as an attorney and partner at Munley, Munley and Cartwright, a Scranton firm representing victims, consumers and small businesses in personal and business litigation.

Between 2005 and 2011, Cartwright was the on-air legal analyst for The Law & You. In the segment, aired nightly as part of NBC affiliate WBRE-TV’s evening newscast, he fielded viewer questions on legal matters.

 

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Summer Lee PA-12

Summer Lee PA-12

Current Position: US House of Representatives PA-12 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Lawyer; Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 34th district from 2019 to 2022
District:   southwestern Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh and much of Allegheny County, as well as some of Westmoreland County.
Upcoming Election:

Lee became the first black woman to represent Southwestern Pennsylvania in the state legislature. She campaigned for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic primaries after graduating.

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Chris Deluzio PA-17

Chris Deluzio PA-17

Current Position: US House of Representatives PA-17 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Lawyer, Policy Director at Pitt Cyber and previously at the Brennan Center for Justice; Officer in the Navy
District:   southwestern Pennsylvania, which includes the entirety of Beaver County and the northwestern parts of Allegheny County not part of the 12th district. 
Upcoming Election:

After graduating from the Naval Academy, Deluzio deployed to Iraq as a naval officer from 2006 to 2012. He later worked as a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York City before joining the Brennan Center of Justice to work on voting rights and election security issues.

Deluzio was then named a legal and policy scholar of the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security.

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Gabe Amo RI-01

Gabe Amo RI-01

Current Position: US House of Representatives District 1 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Deputy Director for the Biden White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
District:   all of Bristol and Newport counties, along with parts of Providence County, including most of the city of Providence.
Upcoming Election:

Before running for Congress, Amo worked in the Biden administration as the deputy director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. He has also worked in the Obama administration, on several Democratic political campaigns, and in Rhode Island governor Gina Raimondo’s administration.

Before running for Congress, Amo has worked on several Democratic political campaigns, and in Rhode Island governor Gina Raimondo’s administration.

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Seth Magaziner RI-02

Seth Magaziner RI-02

Current Position: US House of Representatives District 2 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Investment professional and General Treasurer of Rhode Island from 2015 until 2023
District: southern and western Rhode Island. 
Upcoming Election:

Magaziner worked as a school teacher at Creswell Elementary School in Opelousas, Louisiana, from 2006 to 2008, as a Teach For America member. In 2009, he worked as an associate at Point Judith Capital, a Rhode Island-based venture capital firm. After graduate school, Magaziner worked at Trillium Asset Management as a vice president.

In February 2016, Magaziner was selected as chair of the Financial Literacy Committee for the National Association of State Treasurers.

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Jim Clyburn

Jim Clyburn SC-06

Current Position: US Representative of SC District 6 since 1993
Affiliation: Democrat
District:   all of Allendale, Bamberg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Hampton, and Williamsburg counties and parts of Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Florence, Jasper, Orangeburg, Richland and Sumter counties.
Upcoming Election:

Clyburn played a pivotal role in the 2020 presidential election by endorsing Joe Biden three days before the South Carolina Democratic primary. His endorsement came at a time when Biden’s campaign had suffered three disappointing finishes in the Iowa and Nevada caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. Biden’s South Carolina win three days before Super Tuesday transformed his campaign[citation needed]; the momentum led him to capture the Democratic nomination and later the presidency.

Featured Quote: 
I am pleased the House passed the FY2022 Legislative Branch appropriations bill today which will remove symbols of white supremacy and hate throughout the Capitol and ensure our Congressional workforce reflects our great, diverse nation.

Rep. James Clyburn endorses Joe Biden ahead of South Carolina primary

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Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen TN-09

Current Position: US Representative of TN District 9 since 2007
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator from 1983 – 2006
Other Positions:  Ranking Member, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Aviation
District: The district includes the western three-fourths of Memphis    
Upcoming Election:

Cohen contracted polio when he was five, and the disease caused him to shift his attention from sports to politics at an early age. Cohen describes Kennedy as his political hero. His father had established his private psychiatry practice in Memphis.

From 1978 to 2006, Cohen was the sole practitioner of his own law firm, practicing civil and criminal law. Cohen rose to political prominence when he was elected vice president of the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1977 at age 27.

Featured Quote: 
America has lost a hero. I have lost a hero, a dear friend, a #GoodTrouble cohort & colleague. It has been an honor to know & serve with @RepJohnLewis. He was the embodiment of Dr. King, Mahatma Gandhi, & heaven on earth. #RIPJohnLewis

Rep. Steve Cohen’s full questioning of legal experts | Trump’s first impeachment

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Lizzie Pannill Fletcher

Lizzie Fletcher TX-07

Current: US Representative of TX District 7 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
District:  a small area of southwestern Houston and Harris County, along with a northern portion of suburban Fort Bend County.
Next Election: 

History: Fletcher left Texas to attend Kenyon College in Ohio, where she earned Phi Beta Kappa honors, and attended William & Mary Law School in Virginia. She returned to Houston, where she worked for the law firm Vinson & Elkins and later at Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing and became the firm’s first female law partner.

Featured Video: Who Is Lizzie Fletcher? Democrat Gives Two-Minute ‘Elevator Pitch’ For Congress (TX 7th District)

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Al Green

Al Green TX- 09

Current:  US Representative of TX District 9 since 2005
Affiliation:  Democrat
Leadership:  Ranking member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations; Assistant Democratic Whip,
District:  The 9th district includes most of southwestern Houston and part of Fort Bend County, including most of Missouri City. It also includes western portions of Pearland.
Next Election: 

History: He received a Juris Doctor degree in 1974 from Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University. After law school, Green co-founded the law firm of Green, Wilson, Dewberry, and Fitch. He remained in Houston. In 1978, Green was elected justice of the peace in Harris County, Texas. He held this position for 26 years before retiring in 2004.

Featured Quote: 
Members of the TX Congressional Dem Delegation have sent a second letter to @POTUS, requesting a meeting w/ him and the TX legislators who are courageously fighting for the voting rights of all Texans. #StandWithTexasDems

Featured Video: Congressman Al Green Calls For Dept. Of Reconciliation To ‘Cure Racism’ | MSNBC

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Veronica Escobar

Veronica Escobar TX-16

Current: US Representative of TX District 16 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
District: includes almost all of El Paso and most of its suburbs in the state of Texas.
Next Election: 

History: Escobar worked as a nonprofit executive and as Raymond Caballero’s communications director when he was mayor of El Paso. Escobar served as an El Paso County commissioner from 2007 to 2011 and the El Paso county judge from 2011 until 2017.

Featured Quote: 
Access to the ballot box is at stake. If we don’t act with urgency, we stand to lose our democracy and millions of voices will be silenced. I’m proud to lead a letter with @RepSlotkinand @RepColinAllred urging for passage of critical voting rights legislation by August.

Featured Video: Our Border Community | Veronica Escobar | TEDxUTEP

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Sheila Jackson Lee

Sheila Jackson Lee TX-18

Current:US Representative of TX District 18 since 1995
Affiliation: Democrat
Leadership:  Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance and Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance
District:  inner city Houston and the surrounding area.
Next Election: Running for another term.

History: Jackson Lee graduated from Yale University in 1972 and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1975. In 1987, after she had moved to Houston, she was appointed as a municipal judge for the city by Kathy Whitmire.  

Sheila Jackson Lee served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council before being elected to the House. Jackson Lee announced her candidacy for the 2023 Houston mayoral election. Despite several key endorsements, Jackson Lee lost the election in a landslide to Whitmire. On December 11, she filed to run for re-election to her congressional seat.

Featured Quote: 
It is urgent for the Administration and Congress to work together to pass a reenergized VRA, HR 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. @HouseDemocrats @HouseJudiciaryHouseDPCC

Featured Video: Sheila Jackson Lee Explains Why She Was Arrested Yesterday In Front Of Senate Office

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JJoaquin Castro

Joaquin Castro TX-20

 Current: US Representative of TX District 20 since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
 Leadership: Ranking Member of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee
District:  the western half of San Antonio and Bexar County in Texas.
 Next Election: 

History: From 2003 to 2013, Castro represented the 125th district in the Texas House of Representatives. While in the state legislature, he served as vice-chair of the Higher Education Committee and was a member of the Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee.

Joaquin Castro was born a minute after his twin brother Julian, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Obama. Castro graduated from Stanford in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and communications.

After law school, the two brothers worked for the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld before starting their own firm in 2005.

In 2018, Castro was named as the Dean’s Distinguished Fellow and Fellow of the Dávila Chair in International Trade Policy at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.

Featured Quote: 
U.S. House Passed Key Investments in San Antonio Community Projects! I worked with local organizations to secure over $7 million to help San Antonio families and support our city’s economy.

Featured Video: Joaquin Castro Speaks With Witness Who Calls US Embargo Of Cuba ‘Absolutely Ineffective’

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Henry Cuellar

Henry Cuellar TX-28

Current: US Representative of TX District 28 since 2005
Affiliation: Democrat
 Leadership: Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security 
 District: deep south Texas starting in the eastern outskirts of San Antonio, and ending at the U.S.–Mexico border. Towns entirely or partially within this district include Converse, Laredo, Rio Grande City, and Universal City. 
 Next Election: 

History: Cuellar served in the Texas House of Representatives for 14 years, from 1987 to 2001, and briefly served as the Texas Secretary of State in 2001.

Cuellar earned a Master of Arts in international trade from Texas A&M International University, a Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Texas School of Law and a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. As of 2023, he is finishing a master’s in defense and strategic studies from Naval War College. v\In 1981, Cuellar opened his own law firm in Laredo and became a licensed customs broker in 1983. From 1984 to 1986 he taught at Texas A&M International University as an adjunct professor of international commercial law.

Featured Quote:  Our DHS agents, & border communities, are overwhelmed & must be prioritized. DHS will again encounter over 180,000 immigrants at the southern border during July—adding to the more than 1M immigrants that have arrived at the southern border in FY21. Something has to change!

Featured Video: Congressman Henry Cuellar Addresses Border Crossings | MSNBC

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Sylvia Garcia

Sylvia Garcia TX-29

Current: US Representative of TX District 29 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
 Leadership: 
District:   eastern portion of the Greater Houston area 
 Next Election: 

History: Garcia attended Texas Woman’s University on a scholarship. She graduated with a degree in social work and began a career as a social worker. She later received her law degree from Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law.

In the early 1980s, Houston Mayor Kathryn Whitmire appointed Garcia as presiding judge of the Houston Municipal System and served five terms under two mayors. In 1998, Garcia became Houston city controller. Garcia was elected to the Harris County Commissioner’s Court in 2002 and later for two state senate terms.

Featured Quote: 
Was ready to vote for an extension of the eviction moratorium yesterday, today or any day. We must ensure Americans have a roof over their head. Without it, we put millions of families & children at risk of being out on the streets.#EvictionMoratorium #EvictionCrisis

Featured Video: Sylvia Garcia: Voter Suppression Threatens Seniors

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Jasmine Crockett TX-30

Current: US Representative of TX District 30 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
 Leadership: 
District: most of South Dallas County and parts of Tarrant County, including Dallas Love Field Airport.
 Next Election: 

History: Crockett decided to attend law school  after she was the victim of a hate crime while attending college. She attended the University of Houston Law Center. After law school, Crockett remained in Texas and worked as a civil rights attorney. She worked as a public defender for Bowie County before establishing her own law firm. Ii January 2021, she won a special election for a Houston Texas House seat.

 In the 118th Congress, Crockett serves as the Democratic freshman class representative between the House Democratic leadership and the approximately 35 newly elected Democratic members.

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Colin Allred

Colin Allred TX-32

Current:  US Representative of TX District 32 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
 District: Suburban area of northeastern Dallas County and a sliver of Collin and Denton counties
 Next Election: Running for United States Senate 

History:Allred was a linebacker who played for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL).

He left football to pursue a degree in law, receiving his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, followed by positions in the Obama administration, first at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and later at the Executive Office for United States Attorneys. Subsequently, Allred worked as an attorney at the Perkins Coie law firm, where he was a voting rights litigator and counsel to clients including national and state political candidates and advocacy organizations.

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Every American should have access to paid family leave, so they can be with their new babies or loved ones in times of need, just like I did. Let’s #BuildBackBetter and finally get this done.

Featured Video: Congressman Colin Allred weighs in on Facebook’s suspension of Trump

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Marc Veasey

Marc Veasey TX-33

Current:US Representative of TX District 33 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
 District: Composed of two counties in Texas—Dallas County and Tarrant County 
 Next Election: 

History: He graduated from Texas Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Arts in mass communications.

From 2005 to 2013, he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives, where he served as chair pro tempore of the House Democratic Caucus.

Veasey worked as a substitute teacher and sportswriter, as well as writing scripts for an advertising agency. One summer, he volunteered for U.S. Representative Martin Frost, and was hired as a field representative

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Help is here with the #AmericanRescuePlan! The plan will get shots in arms, money in pockets, children in schools, & people in jobs. Find out about the package and more helpful #COVID19 resources by clicking the link below

Featured Video: Rep. Veasey Discusses January 6th Commission with MSNBC’s Alex Witt

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Vicente González

Vicente González TX-34

Current: US Representative of TX District 15 since 2017 and District 34 from 2023
Affiliation:  Democrat
 District:  Gulf Coast between Brownsville and Corpus Christi, the latter of which being situated in the neighboring 27th congressional district.[7] It extends westward to include the northeastern portion of McAllen and surrounds, 
 Next Election: 

History: 

Gonzalez earned his Bachelor of Science in aviation business administration from the Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University on the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. In 1996, he graduated from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (now the Texas A&M University School of Law).

Gonzalez founded his law firm, V. Gonzalez & Associates, in 1997.[citation needed] He is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court.[

Vicente González served as the representative for Texas’s 15th congressional district from 2017 to 2023.

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As a member of the @FairGrowthCmte, I am focused on providing connectivity and reliable and affordable broadband to our rural communities across the nation and in #TX15. #RuralBroadbandDay

Featured Video: Texas Congressman Vicente González on why we don’t need a border wall

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Greg Casar

Greg Casar TX-35

Current: US Representative of TX 35 since 2023
Affiliation: Democratic
 District: centered almost entirely on Austin and containing small amounts of its suburbs
 Next Election: 

History:  Casar then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and social thought from the University of Virginia in 2011. He began his activism in college, organizing with Students and Workers United for a Living Wage. Casar then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and social thought from the University of Virginia in 2011. He began his activism in college, organizing with Students and Workers United for a Living Wage

He was first elected to the Austin City Council in 2014, and reelected in 2016 and 2020. He was elected to Congress in 2022.

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Lloyd Doggett

Lloyd Doggett TX-37

Current: US Representative of TX District 35 since 1995
Affiliation: Democrat
 Leadership: 
District: predominantly in Travis County with a small portion of Williamson County, and consists of the majority of the city of Austin as well as small areas of its suburbs.
 Next Election: 

History:  Doggett received both a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where he served as student body president his senior year. 

Doggett was previously a member of the Texas State Senate and a justice of the Texas Supreme Court. Doggett authored the bill creating the Texas Commission on Human Rights

Featured Quote:  Important information for families who are eligible for Child Tax Credit: The IRS recently upgraded the Child Tax Credit Update Portal so that families can update their bank account information to receive the credit or unenroll. For more information:

Featured Video:Rep. Doggett | National Voting Rights Roundtable with Texas Legislators

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Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders – VT

Current: US Senator since 2007
Affiliation: Democrat
 Leadership:  Chair, Committee on the Budget
Next Election: 

History: Sanders is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history but has a close relationship with the Democratic Party, having caucused with House and Senate Democrats for most of his congressional career and sought the party’s presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020, coming second in both campaigns. He is often seen as a leader of the U.S. progressive movement.

While a student, he was a protest organizer for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the civil rights movement.  He was elected mayor of Burlington in 1981 as an independent and was reelected three times. He won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990, representing Vermont’s at-large congressional district, later co-founding the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Quotes: How do you feed your family, how do you pay to see a doctor, when you’re spending, 40, 50, 60% of your income on housing? You don’t! With the passage of this historic budget reconciliation bill, we can build the affordable housing that our country desperately needs. July 24, 2021/

Featured Video: Republicans are getting VERY NERVOUS!

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Becca Balint – VT01

Becca Balint VT-01

Current: US Representative of Vermont At Large since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
 Leadership: Co-Chair, Congressional Equality Caucus and Vice-Chair, Equal Rights Amendment Caucus
 Next Election: 

History: Becca Balint moved to Vermont in 1994, and worked as a teacher, rock-climbing instructor, and columnist for the Brattleboro Reformer, and was active in local politics.Balint was born in Heidelberg, West Germany, and raised in Peekskill, New York. She was educated at  Smith College, Harvard University, and University of Massachusetts Amherst. 

Balint served as a member of the Vermont Senate from Windham County from 2015 to 2023, as majority leader from 2017 to 2021, and as president pro tempore from 2021 to 2023.

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Bobby Scott

Bobby Scott VA-03

Current Position: US Representative of District 3 since 1993
Affiliation: Democrat
Other Position:  Ranking Member, Education and Labor Committee
District: Cities of Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth, and part of the independent city of Chesapeake.

In the 118th Congress, Congressman Scott serves as the Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce—his fifth term as the Committee’s Democratic leader. Throughout his tenure, he has advanced legislation that improves equity in education, frees students from the burdens of debt, protects and expands access to affordable health care, ensures workers have a safe workplace where they can earn a living wage free from discrimination, and guarantees seniors have a secure and dignified retirement. Congressman Scott also serves on the Committee on the Budget where he is a leading voice on fiscal policy.  sponsored the Neighborhood Assistance Act, which provides tax credits to businesses for donations made to approved social service and crime prevention programs.

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Jennifer McClellan VA-04

Jennifer McClellan VA-04

Current Position: US House of Representatives District 3 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 2006 – 2017
District:  All or part of the counties of Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Henrico, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, and Sussex, and all or part of the independent cities of Colonial Heights, Emporia, Hopewell, Petersburg, and Richmond.

Jennifer Leigh McClellan is an attorney who has represented the 9th district in the Virginia State Senate from 2017 to 2023 and the 71st district in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2009 to 2017. She ran in the Democratic primary for governor of Virginia in the 2021 election, losing to former governor Terry McAuliffe.

McClellan was the Democratic nominee in the 2023 Virginia’s 4th congressional district special election, and defeated Republican nominee Leon Benjamin with 74.4% of the vote. She is the first Black woman elected to Congress from Virginia.

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Abigail Spanberger

Abigail Spanberger VA-07

Current Position: US Representative since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Other Positions:  Ranking Chair, Subcommittees Europe, Eurasia, Energy, & the Environment Subcommittee
District: Central and Northern Virginia including all of Orange, Culpeper, Spotsylvania, Greene County, Madison County, Fredericksburg, Caroline County, King George County, Stafford County, and the eastern half of Prince William County, and a small sliver of Albemarle County.

Pinned Tweet: The Inflation Reduction Act will lower healthcare costs for Virginians. – Seniors will see Medicare out-of-pocket drug prices capped at $2,000/year – Insulin for Medicare patients will be capped at $35/month – Medicare will finally be able to negotiate drug prices.

Abigail Spanberger for Congress

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Don Beyer

Don Beyer VA-08

Current Position: US Representative of US House District 8 since 2015
Other Positions: Joint Economic Committee; Ranking Chair of the Subcommittee on Space; Member of the Subcommittees on Trade, Select Revenue Measures (Ways & means), and Research and Technology
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Lt. Governor from 1990 – 1998; Business owner
District:  Including all of Alexandria, Arlington, and Falls Church, as well as parts of Fairfax County.

Pinned Tweet: I am grateful to voters in Northern Virginia for again making me their Democratic nominee to represent Virginia’s 8th District. Their trust in me is humbling, and I will continue to do all I can to earn it.”

Don Beyer Interview – one minute overview

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Jennifer Wexton - VA 10

Jennifer Wexton VA-10

Current Position: US Representative since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator from 2013 – 2018
District: Includes all of Rappahannock County, Fauquier County, and Loudoun County, parts of Fairfax County and Prince William County, as well as the independent cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.

Pinned Tweet Aug 15, 2022: I’ve always fought to #ProtectSocialSecurity and have the backs of Virginia seniors who rely on this crucial program. But now it’s under greater threat than ever from extreme Republicans who have unveiled a plan to end this lifeline in just 5 years. We can’t let them win.

Jennifer Wexton 1 Minute Learn About

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Suzan DelBene

Suzan DelBene WA-01

Current:US Representative of WA District 1 since 2012
Affiliation: Democrat
 Leadership: DelBene chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and New Democrat Coalition (Former Chair); Caucus on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Technologies (Co-Chair); Digital Trade Caucus (Co-Chair); Internet of Things (IoT) Caucus (Co-Chair);Congressional Kidney Caucus (Co-Chair);MedTech Caucus (Co-Chair);Congressional Dairy Farmers Caucus; (Co-Chair);and Reality Caucus (Co-Chair)
District: Covers several cities in the north of the Seattle metropolitan area, east of Interstate 5, including parts of Bellevue, Marysville, and up north toward Arlington.
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History: DelBene went to Reed College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in biology. She then continued her education at the University of Washington, earning a master’s degree in business administration.

From 1989 to 1998 DelBene worked at Microsoft, where she was director of marketing and business development for the Interactive Media Group, marketing and sales training for Microsoft’s Internet properties, and other business development and product management roles with Windows 95 and early versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser. From 2008 to 2009, she was a management consultant and strategic advisor to Global Partnerships, a nonprofit supporting microfinance and sustainable solutions in Latin America.

DelBene was named as the director for the Washington State Department of Revenue. DelBene spent $2.8 million of her own money in a race in which she raised over $4 million, in a Congressional race that became the most expensive in Washington state history

Quotes:
We’ve got to do everything in our power to prevent wildfires that are devastating the PNW. That starts by providing our firefighters with the support & resources they need to protect our communities & investing in clean-energy infrastructure & jobs thru the #AmericanJobsPlan.

Featured Video: US Rep. Suzan Delbene on Pro-Trump protests at Capitol amid election confirmation

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Gerry Connolly - VA11

Gerry Connolly VA-11

Current Position: US Representative of US House District 11 since 2009
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Board of Supervisors – Fairfax County from 1995 – 2007
District: Comprises most of Fairfax County and the entirety of Fairfax City.
Upcoming Election:

Pinned Tweet 2/24/22: Sorry, you lose the right to complain about partisanship once you’ve fanned the flames of violent insurrection.

Connolly worked from 1979 to 1989 with the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, where he managed committee oversight of international economic issues, international narcotics control, and United Nations and Middle East policies, and published reports on U.S. policy in El Salvador, Central America, Israel, and the Persian Gulf region.[2] From 1989 to 1997, he was Vice President of the Washington Office of SRI International. He was also Director of Community Relations for SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation).

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Rick Larsen

Rick Larsen WA-02

Current:: US Representative of WA District 2 since 2001
Affiliation: Democrat
 Leadership: Ranking member, Transportation & Infrastructure Committee and Co-chair of the bipartisan U.S.-China Working Group (USCWG) 
 District:   all of Island, San Juan, Skagit, and Whatcom counties, as well as western Snohomish County. It stretches from Bellingham and the Canada–US border in the north to Lynnwood and the King/Snohomish county line in the south. 
 Next Election: 

History: Larsen attended Pacific Lutheran University and the University of Minnesota, earning a master’s degree in public affairs. He formerly worked as director of public affairs for the Washington State Dental Association and as a lobbyist for the dental profession.

Quotes:  As the nation works to emerge from the pandemic, I will continue to push for robust federal investment in long-term economic development to support local jobs, boost recovery & ensure Northwest Washington remains the aerospace capital of the world.

Featured Video: Rep. Rick Larsen reacts to Senate testimony from Boeing CEO over deadly Max crashes

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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez - WA03

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez WA-03

Current:US Representative of WA District 3 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
 District:  southernmost portion of Western Washington. It includes the counties of Lewis, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clark, and Skamania; as well as a small portion of southern Thurston county
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History: Perez graduated from Reed College in 2012 with a degree in economics.She and her husband own an automobile repair shop in Portland, Oregon.

Gluesenkamp Perez served on the Washington State Democratic Party executive committee 2020-2022.[9][citation needed] Prior to her election to Congress, she was a member of the Underwood Soil and Water District Conservation board of supervisors since 2018.

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Derek Kilmer

Derek Kilmer WA-06

Current: US Representative of WA District 6 since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
 Leadership: 
District: Olympic Peninsula, the Kitsap Peninsula, and most of the city of Tacoma. 
 Next Election: 

History: Kilmer was born and raised in Port Angeles, Washington. Both his parents were public school teachers. Kilmer earned a B.A. in public affairs with a certificate in American Studies from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1996. He earned a Marshall Scholarship to obtain his Ph.D at Oxford.

Kilmer is a former business consultant for McKinsey and Company. He was also a business retention manager for the Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County, is a trustee for Tacoma Community College, and served on the board of Peninsula Schools Education Foundation.

Derek Kilmer served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 2005 to 2007 and the Washington State Senate from 2007 to 2012, representing the 26th district.

Quotes: About the RECOMPLETE ACT: The COVID-19 crisis is exacerbating existing inequities, especially for communities that were already struggling. That’s why @ChrisCoons, @HerreraBeutler & I introduced a bold plan to make a long-term federal investment & create jobs in places that are consistently left behind.

Featured Video: Derek Kilmer | U.S. Congressman | Be A Champion of Social Justice

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Pramila Jayapal

Pramila Jayapal WA-07

Current: US Representative of WA District 7 since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
 Leadership: Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus; Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus; and a Co-Chair of the Women’s Working Group on Immigration.
District: most of Seattle and Burien, and all of Vashon Island, Lake Forest Park, Shoreline, and Normandy Park.
 Next Election: 

History: Before entering electoral politics, Jayapal was a Seattle-based civil rights activist, serving until 2012 as the executive director of OneAmerica, a pro-immigrant advocacy group. She earned a BA from Georgetown University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Jayapal worked for PaineWebber as a financial analyst.

Jayapal represented the 37th legislative district in the Washington State Senate from 2015 to 2017. She is the first Indian-American woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. 

Quotes:  This is shameful. America’s ever-expanding medical debt crisis is immoral and inhumane. In the richest nation in the world, no one should go bankrupt for being sick. We urgently need Medicare for All.

Featured Video: Rep. Pramila Jayapal: Poverty Is Structural Racism

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Kim Schrier

Kim Schrier WA-08

Current: US Representative of WA District 8 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat  
 District: western Washington State. It includes the eastern portions of King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties, and crosses the Cascade mountains to include Chelan and Kittitas counties.
 Next Election: 

History: Kim Schrier earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in astrophysics. She attended the University of California Davis School of Medicine, where she earned her Doctor of Medicine degree. She continued on to a residency at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Schrier’s professional career as a pediatrician began in Ashland, Oregon, where she worked for one year before joining Virginia Mason Medical Center in Issaquah, Washington in 2001.

In 2017, Schrier was dissatisfied with Congressman Dave Reichert’s handling of the efforts to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and this, coupled with her frustration with the results of the 2016 elections, led to her decision to enter politics.

Featured Video: Why Kim Schrier left medicine to run for Congress

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Adam Smith

Adam Smith WA-09

Current: US Representative of WA District 9 since 1997
Affiliation: Democrat
 Leadership: Ranking Member, House Armed Services Committee
District:  Western Washington, through the densely populated central Puget Sound region, from Auburn and Federal Way in the south to parts of Seattle and Bellevue in the north. 
 Next Election: 

History: He completed a Juris Doctor from the University of Washington in 1990. He worked his way through college by loading trucks for United Parcel Service. After law school, Smith worked as a private practice attorney with Cromwell, Mendoza & Belur. From 1993 to 1995, he served as a prosecutor for the city of Seattle. In 1996, he worked temporarily as a pro tem judge.

Smith was elected to the State Senate in 1990; at age 25, he was the youngest state senator in the country. He ran in and won his first congressional race in 1996

Quotes: ICYMI: I reintroduced the Emergency Economic and Workforce System Resiliency Act last week. If we are going to #BuildBackBetter, we need to support workers through better training & development, layoff aversion, and more employee ownership opportunities.

Featured Video: Rep. Adam Smith on Pentagon Funding, Impeachment Hearings and USMCA

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Marilyn Strickland 1

Marilyn Strickland WA-10

Current: US Representative of WA District 10
Affiliation: Democrat
 Leadership:  Puget Sound Recovery Caucus, Co-Chair ; Middle Class Jobs Caucus, Co-Chair; Congressional Global Investment in America Caucus, Co-Chair; Small Brewers Caucus, Co-Chair ; Pro-Choice Caucus, Member Liaison
 District: entered on the state capital, Olympia, and includes portions of Thurston and Pierce counties
 Next Election: 

History: Strickland earned a degree in business from the University of Washington and an MBA from Clark Atlanta University. Strickland joined Starbucks as a manager of its online business. She then moved on to help launch the City of Tacoma’s public broadband cable service Click!, working with an advertisement agency to help grow public support.

After years in the private sector, Strickland was elected to the Tacoma City Council. She served as a council member for two years before being selected to serve as mayor from 2010 to 2018. She is the first member of the United States Congress of both Korean and African-American heritage, and the first African-American member elected from Washington.

Quotes:  I met with A Hero’s Promise to discuss the importance of addressing food insecurity among active military, their families and veterans. This is why I’m proud to have helped introduce the Military Hunger Prevention Act in April to help military families make ends meet.

Featured Video: The Backstory: Representative Marilyn Strickland

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Mark Pocan WI-02

Current: US Representative of US House District 2 since 2012
Affiliation: Democrat  
 Leadership: Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Labor Caucus and the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus and and Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus. 
District: southern Wisconsin, covering Dane County, Iowa County, Lafayette County, Sauk County and Green County, as well as portions of Richland County and Rock County. The district includes Madison, the state’s capital, its suburbs.
 Next Election: 

History: Pocan’s active years at UW–Madison in College Democrats led to his election in 1991 to the Dane County Board of Supervisors. From 1999 to 2013, Pocan served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 78th district.

Featured Quote:  2.2 billion people don’t have access to clean drinking water….but, hooray! Another billionaire just made it to the edge of space.

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Gwen Moore

Gwen Moore WI-04

Current: US Representative of US House District 4 since 2004
Affiliation: Democrat
 District:  part of Milwaukee County and including almost all of the city of Milwaukee 
 Next Election: 

History: As an organizer with AmeriCorps VISTA, Moore worked to establish the Cream City Community Development Credit Union to offer grants and loans to low-income residents to start businesses.From 1985 to 1989, she worked for the City of Milwaukee as a neighborhood development strategist and for the state Department of Employment Relations and Health and Social Services. Moore also worked for the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) as a housing officer.

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My legislation, the WRCR Act, encourages and rewards work by expanding the #EITC. It’s a bill that uplifts working people. Why does the GOP pinch pennies when it comes to policies benefiting working people while spending billions on the donor class?

Featured Video Rep. Gwen Moore’s full speech at the Democratic National Convention | 2020 DNC Night 1

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