Get to Know Our Endorsed Candidates
New Candidates for U.S. Senate 2026
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Illinois
Juliana Stratton proudly serves as the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, representing all residents with empathy and compassion. Before entering public office, Lieutenant Governor Stratton dedicated her career to uniting communities and redefining how the law impacts vulnerable populations. She is an experienced mediator, arbitrator, restorative justice practitioner, and trained peace circle keeper. Prior to her election in 2018, she represented the 5th District in the Illinois House of Representatives. Her first elected office was Parent Representative and, subsequently, Chair of the Kenwood Academy Local School Council. The Lieutenant Governor maintains strong connections with various programs across the state and nation. She is the past Chair of the National Lieutenant Governor’s Association and a fellow at the Hunt Institute’s Hunt-Kean Leadership Program. She is also an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; The Links, Inc.; The Chicago Network; Jack & Jill of America, Inc.; International Women’s Forum (IWF) Chicago; and The Economic Club of Chicago. Lieutenant Governor Stratton was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and DePaul University’s College of Law. She and her husband, Bryan, live in the Bronzeville community and have four daughters. In her free time, she enjoys training for marathons and triathlons, reading, and getting a dance floor started.
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Maine
Janet Mills is Maine's first female governor, elected in 2018 and again in 2022. She was also Maine's first female Attorney General, where she served four nonconsecutive two-year terms from 2009 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2019. Born in Farmington, Maine to working parents; mother was a schoolteacher and Congregationalist, while her father was a lawyer who served as U.S. Attorney for Maine in the 1950s. Mills briefly attended Colby College before moving to San Francisco where she worked as a nursing assistant in a psychiatric hospital. She later enrolled at the University of Massachusetts Boston, from which she graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in 1970. In 1973, she began attending the University of Maine School of Law, and in 1974 was a summer intern in Washington, D.C., for civil rights attorney Charles Morgan Jr. of the American Civil Liberties Union. Mills was appointed as Maine's first female criminal prosecutor and was an assistant attorney general from 1976 to 1980, prosecuting homicides and other major crimes. Mills c.o-founded the Maine Women's Lobby and was elected to its board of directors in 1998. One of Mills's first acts as governor was to sign an executive order to carry out the expansion of Maine's Medicaid program as called for by a 2017 referendum. Mills launched her campaign in the 2026 United States Senate election in Maine, seeking the Democratic nomination to face five-term incumbent Republican Susan Collins.
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U.S. Senate
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Nevada
Jacky Rosen
Elected to the U.S. House in 2016 and then the U.S. Senate in 2018, when she defeated GOP incumbent Senator Dean Heller with 50.8% of the vote, Senator Jacky Rosen is the second woman to serve Nevada in the U.S. Senate, alongside fellow Senator Catherine Cortez Masto. Jacky is known as one of the more bipartisan Senators in the chamber, and is committed to building relationships and working across the aisle. In 2021, she helped write and pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of the bipartisan group of Senators who negotiated the final landmark package, which now delivers good-paying jobs to Nevada while improving the state’s roads and highways, modernizing its airports, and making high-speed internet faster and more affordable. Jacky also served as chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s Women’s Senate Network for the 2022 election cycle. Jacky's 2024 reelection is ranked in the Top 5 most challenged races this cycle. She must be reelected to maintain the Democratic Senate majority.
Jacky sits on four Senate Committees: Armed Services; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. |
Wisconsin
Tammy Baldwin
Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012, Tammy was Wisconsin's first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate and the first openly gay member elected to the U.S. Senate. She was reelected in 2018 with 55.4% of the vote. Tammy is committed to strengthening economic security for working families through investments in education and workforce readiness, building a strong Made in Wisconsin manufacturing and agriculture economy, quality healthcare for all Americans, and protecting the retirement security of today’s seniors and future generations. Tammy has also made addressing the student debt crisis and college affordability a top priority, and introduced the America’s College Promise Act to make the skills and credentials necessary for success in today’s economy attainable for all Americans, regardless of socio-economic status. Tammy most recently played a key role in passing the Respect for Marriage Act to protect marriage equality across the U.S.
Tammy sits on the following Senate Committees: Appropriations; Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; Commerce, Science, and Transportation. She is Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies. |
Minnesota
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar is the first woman elected to represent the State of Minnesota in the United States Senate. Throughout her public service, Amy has built a reputation of putting partisanship aside to help strengthen the economy and support families, workers, and businesses. Since arriving in the Senate, she led the effort to pass legislation to end human trafficking and combat the opioid and fentanyl epidemic. She worked to pass consumer product safety legislation, keeping foreign toxic products out of the ocean and out of consumer products. Amy also pushed cell phone companies to enact more consumer-friendly policies. She spearheaded the Freedom to Vote Act in the U.S. Senate and continues to lead on multiple voting issues, including spearheading the work to pass the bipartisan Electoral Count Reform Act. Amy has also led efforts to improve election security and prevent foreign interference in our democracy and successfully secured $1.2 billion to strengthen states’ election infrastructure and help protect them from future attacks by foreign adversaries.
Amy serves as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Joint Economic Committee, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. She is Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, chairwoman of the Joint Committee on Printing, and vice chairwoman of the Joint Committee on the Library. She was recently elected to serve as the caucus’ chair of Steering and Policy. 
Washington
Maria CantwellMaria currently serves as a United States Senator for the State of Washington. With the help of Pell Grants, Maria was the first member of her family to graduate college. Later, a successful businesswoman in Washington's hi-tech industry, she helped build a company that created hundreds of high-paying jobs from the ground up. Maria was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000, 2006, 2012, and again in 2018. She is working to create affordable opportunities for consumers, businesses and families, foster innovation for tomorrow, and to stand with parents as they educate and care for their children. When Enron officials attempted to charge Washington ratepayers for millions of dollars in undelivered electricity, Maria led the effort that successfully stopped them. She is currently leading efforts in the Senate to make America more energy independent, and has been an advocate for educational opportunities for children and less expensive, more accessible health care for families.
Maria serves as Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and is a member of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Committee on Finance, Committee on Indian Affairs, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and the Joint Committee on Taxation. |
New York
Kirsten GillibrandKirsten has represented the state of New York in the U.S. Senate since 2009. In her first term, she led the effort to repeal the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which had banned LGBTQ+ people from serving openly in the military. She passed the 9/11 health bill, which ensured that first responders and 9/11 survivors received the necessary care. More recently, she passed major legislation to give benefits to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits overseas, passed the first federal law making domestic gun trafficking a crime, and reformed the military justice system on behalf of U.S. service members. She also wrote and passed the STOCK Act to ban members of Congress and their families from insider trading. Kirsten was also the first member of Congress to post a daily report listing her official meetings, earmark requests, and personal financial disclosures online for public consumption.
She serves as a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Select Committee on Intelligence, Special Committee on Aging, the Committee on Armed Services, and is Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities. 
Hawaii
Mazie Hirono
Mazie was elected to the Senate in 2012 and sworn in as Hawaii’s first female senator and the country’s first Asian-American woman senator. Throughout her time in the Senate, Mazie has fought on behalf of Hawaii families and communities whose voices are not often heard in Congress. Born in Fukushima, Japan, Mazie was nearly eight years old when her mother brought her and her siblings to Hawaii. She served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1981 to 1994 and earned a reputation as an advocate for consumers and workers. After being elected as Hawaii’s lieutenant governor in 1994, she led efforts to support Hawaii's tourism industry through visa reform. Voters in Hawaii’s second congressional district elected Hirono to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006.
Mazie serves as a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Committee on the Judiciary, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and is Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support. |
Michigan
Elissa Slotkin worked as a Middle East analyst for the CIA, during which time she worked alongside the U.S. military for 3 tours in Iraq. After returning to the U.S., she served in various national security and intelligence positions under Presidents Bush and Obama and served in a high-ranking position at the Pentagon. As a U.S. Representative for Michigan's 7th district, she serves on the Armed Forces Committee and Homeland Security Committee. Elissa recently sponsored the Short-Term Detention Standards Act to improve the basic requirements for immigrants. In 2018, she defeated her Republican opponent by 3.8% of the vote. On February 27, 2023, Elissa announced her 2024 Senate campaign.
Maryland
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Delaware
Lisa Blunt Rochester has served as the U.S. Representative for Delaware’s District At Large since 2017. As a widow, mother, grandmother, and public servant, Lisa understands the importance of economic security and greater opportunities for families. She decided to run for Congress and commit herself to public service after the sudden and unexpected loss of her husband. Her election in 2016 marked the first time Delaware elected a woman or person of color to Congress. In Congress, she has pushed to lower seniors’ healthcare costs, passed legislation to create domestic manufacturing jobs, improve infrastructure and expand internet service to rural Delaware. Lisa also had a major role in creating safer communities and expanding access to cleaner air and water. Now, Lisa is running for the U.S. Senate to create jobs, protect senior citizens, and secure and protect women's reproductive freedoms and voting rights.
Minnesota
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