VICTORY: DFA calls Valenzuela’s TX-24 run-off success an “important win for progressives”
July 14, 2020
Candace Valenzuela just won an upset victory in the Democratic runoff in Texas’ 24th Congressional District.
Democracy for America endorsed Valenzuela early last month.
DFA CEO Yvette Simpson on Candace Valenzuela run-off win in TX-24:
Read More…“Candace Valenzuela’s victory tonight is an important win for progressives and anyone who believes that it’s critical to build a more representative democracy while fighting to hold the Democratic…
Democracy for America endorses Paulette Jordan for U.S. Senate in Idaho
July 9, 2020
Today, Democracy for America (DFA) announced its endorsement of Paulette Jordan for U.S. Senate in Idaho. Jordan is the Democratic nominee opposing Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Risch in November.
DFA proudly supported Jordan in her race for governor in 2018, when she became the first woman nominated for Governor by a major party in Idaho and the first Native American woman nominated for Governor in U.S. history. When elected, Jordan will…
VICTORY: DFA cheered by Dana Balter’s “clear cut victory” in NY-24 primary
June 30, 2020
Dana Balter just won the Democratic primary for the second time in New York’s 24th Congressional District setting her up for a rematch that will end three-term incumbent Rep. John Katko’s career in the U.S. House this November.
DFA, which also strongly supported her in her 2018 race, made Balter one of its first 2020 congressional endorsements in June 2019.
DFA CEO Yvette Simpson on Dana Balter’s primary victory in New York’s 24th…
Read More…VICTORY: Jamaal Bowman’s win NY-16 “one of the biggest upsets in recent progressive history”
June 24, 2020
In a major upset, Jamaal Bowman just won the Democratic primary in New York’s 16th Congressional District over 16-term corporate Democrat Rep. Eliot Engel.
Democracy for America endorsed Bowman’s bid for Congress in April.
DFA CEO Yvette Simpson on Jamaal Bowman’s upset primary victory in New York’s 16th Congressional District:
Read More…"Jamaal Bowman delivered one of the biggest upsets in recent progressive history in a victory that…
VICTORY: DFA celebrates Mondaire Jones’ potentially “history-making” primary victory in NY-17
June 24, 2020
Mondaire Jones just won a wide-open Democratic primary in New York’s 17th Congressional District, setting him on the path to becoming the first Black openly gay man in Congress.
Democracy for America was an early Jones supporter, backing his run for Congress in December 2019.
DFA CEO Yvette Simpson on Mondaire Jones’s primary victory in New York’s 17th Congressional District:
Read More…“Tonight’s primary victory not only sets Mondaire Jones on…
VICTORY: AOC’s decisive win proves she’s “no fluke,” establishes her as a “political powerhouse”
June 23, 2020
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just handily won the Democratic primary in New York’s 14th Congressional District setting her on the path to another general election victory this Fall.
DFA, which also supported AOC ahead of her historic 2018 primary victory, made Ocasio-Cortez’s reelection effort one of its first endorsements of the 2020 election cycle in March 2019.
DFA CEO Yvette Simpson on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s primary reelection…
Read More…As his campaign surges, DFA endorses Charles Booker for U.S. Senate in Kentucky
June 17, 2020
Today, Democracy for America (DFA) announced its endorsement of Charles Booker for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
Booker is running against 2018 congressional candidate Amy McGrath in the June 23 primary that will determine Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Democratic opponent in November.
Statement from DFA CEO Yvette Simpson on the grassroots group’s endorsement of Charles Booker for U.S. Senate in Kentucky:
Read More…“Democracy…
Democracy for America backs Candace Valenzuela for Congress in TX-24
June 11, 2020
Today, Democracy for America (DFA) announced its endorsement of Candace Valenzuela for Congress in Texas’ 24th Congressional District, a major Democratic target in the 2020 election.
Born and raised in Texas, Candace Valenzuela beat an eighteen-year incumbent in 2017 to become the first Latina and African-American woman to serve on the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school board.
When she’s elected to the U.S. House, Valenzuela will be the…
Democracy for America endorses Tishaura Jones’ reelection bid for St. Louis (MO) Treasurer
May 14, 2020
Today, Democracy for America (DFA) announced its endorsement of Tishaura Jones in her race for reelection as Treasurer of the City of St. Louis, MO.
Democracy for America proudly supported Jones in her 2017 bid for St. Louis Mayor.
In 2020, the grassroots progressive political action committee is supporting Jones for reelection to a third term as St. Louis’ Treasurer as she works to build on her success banning the box, increasing the…
Read More…Democracy for America endorses Keeda Haynes for Congress in TN-5
May 13, 2020
Today, Democracy for America (DFA) announced its endorsement of Keeda Haynes in her Democratic primary fight against Rep. Jim Cooper, a corporate Democrat running for his 16th non-consecutive term in Congress in Tennessee’s 5th, a congressional district so blue it hasn’t elected a Republican since 1875.
A former Assistant Public Defender in the Metro Nashville Public Defender’s office, Keeda Haynes is passionate about her fight to fix…
Read More…Democracy for America backs Jim Harper for Congress in IN-1
May 7, 2020
Today, Democracy for America (DFA) announced its endorsement of Jim Harper for Congress in the open seat in Indiana’s firmly Democratic First Congressional District.
Born and raised in Northwest Indiana, Jim Harper has spent much of his professional career serving his community, from fighting to protect veterans seeking disability benefits for injuries they sustained during their service through the national non-profit he founded, to…
Read More…Democracy for America endorses Royce West for U.S. Senate in Texas
May 5, 2020
Today, Democracy for America (DFA) announced its endorsement of Royce West for U.S. Senate in Texas. West is running against 2018 congressional candidate M.J. Hegar in the July 14 primary run-off that will determine Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s Democratic opponent in November.
Statement from DFA CEO Yvette Simpson on the grassroots group’s endorsement of Royce West for U.S. Senate in Texas:
Read More…“Only one candidate in July’s Senate…
Democracy for America endorses William Cunningham for Congress in NJ-2
April 29, 2020
Today, Democracy for America (DFA) announced its endorsement of William Cunningham in his fight to defeat Rep. Jeff Van Drew, who is now running for reelection as a Trump Republican after winning as Democrat in 2018.
While William Cunningham grew up poor in South Jersey and spent half of his high school career homeless, he went on to earn an Ivy League degree, spent two years as a policy staffer for Sen. Cory Booker, and served as a…
Read More…Democracy for America endorses Yvonne Lewis Holley for Lt. Governor in North Carolina
April 28, 2020
Today, Democracy for America (DFA) announced its endorsement of Yvonne Lewis Holley for Lieutenant Governor in North Carolina.
Holley’s endorsement is DFA’s first endorsement in a race for Lieutenant Governor in the 2020 election cycle and one of the grassroots organization’s key endorsements in the critical swing state of North Carolina ahead of November’s election.
A Raleigh native and the member of one of the first desegregated…
Read More…Democracy for America endorses Jamaal Bowman for Congress NY-16 primary
April 22, 2020
Today, Democracy for America (DFA) announced its endorsement of Jamaal Bowman in his Democratic primary fight against Rep. Eliot Engel, the 16-term corporate Democrat who currently represents New York’s deep blue 16th Congressional District.
Born and raised in New York City, Jamaal Bowman is a champion for social justice, children, and working families who serves as the founding principal of Cornerstone Academy for Social Action…
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