Get to Know Our Endorsed Candidates
*Incumbent Candidates up for Reelection in 2024
*Incumbent Candidates up for Reelection in 2024
U.S. Senate
Nevada
Jacky RosenElected 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. 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. |
Wisconsin
Tammy BaldwinElected 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. New York
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten 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. |
Maria Cantwell
Maria 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. |
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. |
New Candidates for U.S. Senate
Michigan
Elissa Slotkin
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.
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Delaware
Lisa Blunt Rochester
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.
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Florida
Debbie Mucarsel-PoweII
Debbie is running to defeat Republican Rick Scott in the U.S Senate for Florida. She was a former member of Congress in the Miami-Dade district covering the southern part of Miami-Dade as well as the Keys. Debbie flipped that seat from red to blue in 2018. Mucarsel-Powell was the first Ecuadorian American and the first South American-born immigrant to serve as a member of the U.S Congress. She came to the United States with her mother and sisters as a young girl after her father was shot down by gun violence. She was employed at the Colleges of Health and Medicine at Florida International University, where she oversaw the direction of a program at FIU that increased the number of Floridians with access to reasonably priced healthcare. In Congress, Debbie was the author of the measure that extended Medicare Advantage coverage to older citizens. She also collaborated with Republicans to obtain $200 million toward Everglades conservation and to help people and startup companies with their finances. Debbie sadly lost her dad due to homicide by firearm and has dedicated her life to fighting to lower crime rates and keep firearms from falling into the possession of violent criminals. Following the 2020 Congressional cycle, Debbie served as a Senior Advisor on GIFFORDS PAC, the gun safety organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, where she led efforts to launch GIFFORDS Florida, the first bilingual state based program. Giffords PAC has also endorsed Mucarsel-Powell for this Senate seat.
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Maryland
Angela Alsobrooks
Angela is running for the open U.S. Senate seat in Maryland being vacated by retiring Senator Ben Cardin. Endorsed by Governor Wes Moore, the other Maryland Senator Chris Van Holen is just the top of the extensive list of statewide endorsements she has gained in support in this race. Alsobrooks was the first Black woman elected to the post of County Executive in Maryland history and the first woman to hold the position of Prince George’s County Executive in 2018. She first worked as a law clerk in the Howard County Circuit Court and then the Baltimore City Circuit Court after completing Duke University's undergraduate program and attending the University of Maryland School of Law. Later, she was appointed as the first full-time Assistant State's Attorney in Prince George's County, where she handled domestic abuse cases. Prior to creating history by becoming the youngest and first female state's attorney for Prince George's County, Angela served in a number of county government positions. While holding some of the worst offenders in Maryland accountable and treating both the guilty and their victims with respect and dignity, Angela served as the highest law enforcement official in the county, standing up for families. Violent crime fell by half under her administration, and she created a unique team to look into and bring charges against officials and police misbehavior. Her priorities have included increasing economic opportunity and job creation, funding education and starting ten new schools, increasing accessibility to health care, treating addiction and mental health issues, engaging with young people, and ensuring everyone's safety.
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U.S. House of Representatives
*Frontline (listed as one of the most challenged races in 2024)
Shontel Brown
OH -11 Shontel made history as the first woman and the first Black person to serve as a Chairwoman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party in 2017. Shontel's primary issues are ending gun violence, a plan for COVID recovery and relief, lower health care costs and broader coverage, ending poverty, and advancing criminal justice reform. Shantel was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2021 and was sworn in on November 4, 2021. Shontel is a permanent member of the House Agriculture Committee. She also serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. She is an active member of several Congressional Caucuses, including the Congressional Black Caucus, the New Democrat Coalition, and the Congressional Progressive Caucus. |
Nikki Budzinski*
IL-13 Nikki Budzinski has spent her life fighting for workers and working families. She believes in the American Dream and will bring people together to level the playing field and rebuild the middle class so families have a shot to get ahead. As Governor JB Pritzker’s senior advisor on labor issues, Nikki successfully led the charge to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. By bringing workers, small businesses, and elected officials to the negotiating table Nikki worked to make sure that all working families across Illinois can maintain a decent standard of living. Also in the Governor’s office, Nikki served as the Chair of Broadband Advisory Council that expanded high-speed “broadband” internet across Illinois. |
Yadira Caraveo*
CO-08 Yadira represents Colorado’s 8th Congressional District. Prior to her election to Congress in 2022, Yadira served families across the North Denver metro area as a pediatrician and spent nearly a decade treating families and children and understanding struggles they faced such as low wages, high cost of housing, and expensive medication. In the state legislature, Yadira has worked to take on special interests and advocate for the needs of Colorado families. Yadira is a member of the House Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. |
Katherine Clark
MA-05, Democrat Minority Whip Democratic Whip Katherine Clark serves Massachusetts’ 5th District. Throughout her career, she has been an advocate for ending wage discrimination, protecting women’s health care, access to affordable, high-quality child care, paid family leave, safer schools, and other reforms to address the challenges women and families face. In Congress, she brings her experience as a state senator, state representative, general counsel for the Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services, and policy chief for the state attorney general. In fall 2022, she was elected by her colleagues to serve as Democratic Whip of the 118th Congress after serving as the Assistant Speaker during the previous session. Rosa DeLauro
CT-03 Rosa DeLauro represents Connecticut’s 3rd Congressional District. At the core of her work is her fight for America’s working families. Rosa believes that the nation’s minimum wage must increase, and all employees should have access to paid sick days, paid family and medical leave, and ensure equal pay for equal work. She supports tax cuts for working and middle class families, has fought to expand the Child Tax Credit to provide tax relief to millions of families, and introduced the Young Child Tax Credit to give families with young children an economic lift. Rosa has also fought to stop trade agreements that lower wages and ship jobs overseas, while also protecting the rights of employees and unions. Rosa is a leader in fighting to improve and expand federal support for child nutrition and for modernizing the U.S. food safety system. Rosa is a member of the House Appropriations Committee, of which she was previously Chair. Lois Frankel
FL-21 Congresswoman Lois Frankel has spent her lifetime delivering positive change to her community as a civic leader, state legislator, mayor, and now Member of the United States House of Representatives. Currently, she sits on the House Appropriations Committee and as of this session, on the House Committee on Veteran's Affairs, which is personal to her as a proud mom of a brave Marine war veteran. A trailblazer in the Florida State Legislature, Lois served as the first woman Democratic minority leader. She became a leading force to improve the economic condition of families and seniors and protect human rights and women's reproductive freedom - fights she continues today in Congress as co-chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus. Prior to her election to Congress, Lois served as Mayor of West Palm Beach, raising her city to a new vitality and earning a reputation as an innovative problem solver. |
Angie Craig*
MN -01 Angie Craig represents Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District. Her key issues include a future with lower health care costs and opportunities for career skills and technical training for 21st century jobs. In Congress, Rep. Craig is fighting to make sure career skills and technical education is an option for every young person; to lower the cost of healthcare, and to work toward a solution that expands health care to many more Americans; for infrastructure investments that benefit our communities. Her policies are focused on rewarding people for their hard work – especially family farmers and small business owners. Her committee appointments include; the House Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce and Small Business. Angie holds regular town hall meetings in the district to hear from Minnesotans. Suzan DelBene
WA-01, DCCC Chair 2023-2024 Congresswoman DelBene has represented Washington’s 1st Congressional District since she was sworn into office in 2012. She is a leader on several key issues in Congress and her District, including technology, healthcare, trade, taxes, and environmental conservation. In December 2022, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced Congresswoman DelBene would become the new Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, bringing her “sharp political instinct, proven fundraising ability and serious management and operational experience.” Congresswoman DelBene serves as Chair of the New Democrat Coalition, Co Chair of the Women's High-Tech Coalition, Kidney Caucus, and MedTech Caucus. She is also a member of the Pro-Choice Caucus and Congressional Equality Caucus (formerly the Congressional LGBTQ+ Caucus). Jahana Hayes*
CT-05 Rep. Hayes is the first African-American woman and first African-American Democrat to represent Connecticut in Congress. She was a public school teacher for 15 years and earned the distinction of 2016 National Teacher of the Year. Rep. Hayes is a strong advocate for equitable access to quality education and sits on the Education and Labor Committee and the Agriculture Committee. She recently introduced bicameral legislation to combat food insecurity for college students. In 2018, she defeated her Republican opponent with 11.8% of the vote, but already has 2 Republican challengers, one of whom is a former assistant U.S. Attorney. |
Sharice Davids*
KS-03 Rep. Davids is one of the first two Native American women to be elected to Congress (the other, Debra Haaland NM-1, was also elected in 2018). Prior to serving in congress, Rep. Davids was an attorney, worked in community development at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and served as a White House Fellow at the Department of Transportation during the Obama Administration. She serves on the Small Business Committee and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Recently, she has introduced two new bills, that if passed, will remove hidden fees from student loans and help students scammed by faulty loans. In 2018, Rep. Davids defeated her Republican opponent by 9.7% of the vote. Lizzie Fletcher
TX-07 Rep. Fletcher is an attorney, who, prior to her election, represented Houstonians in court on a variety of issues from international law to litigation. Her district is entirely within the city of Houston and where she has been a resident her whole life. Rep. Fletcher sits on the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee and Science, Space, & Technology Committee. In the House, she has focused on bringing relief to Houston after Hurricane Harvey and ensuring her district and the nation is more prepared for future natural disasters. In 2018, she defeated her Republican opponent by 4.5% of the vote. Currently, there are already 2 Republicans running for her seat in 2020. Chrissy Houlahan
PA-06 Chrissy Houlahan is an Air Force veteran, engineer, entrepreneur, and educator who has represented Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District since 2019. She is committed to fighting for access to quality, affordable healthcare, common sense gun safety, government accountability and transparency, and working to build a strong, stable economy with good jobs and good benefits for everyone. Since becoming a member of Congress, she has been awarded the Abraham Lincoln Leadership for America Award and three Congressional Management Foundation Democracy Awards. Chrissy is a member of the House Committee on Armed Services and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. |
New Candidates for U.S. House of Representatives
Laura Gillen
NY-04
Laura is running to take back the House seat in NY-04. She served as the Hempstead Town Supervisor in 2017, where she won the first Democratic victory in the town's 112-year history. In her role as Supervisor, Laura oversaw all of the town departments' operations and managed a budget of close to $500 million. She attacked corruption and waste and improved the town government's openness, accountability, and transparency for the people who pay taxes. After several years of tax increases, the town was able to reduce resident taxes because of her cost-cutting initiatives. In her capacity as Supervisor, Laura oversaw initiatives to restore the town's infrastructure, filed a lawsuit to get compensation for pollutants found in the community's water systems, and enacted significant laws pertaining to veteran's compensation and sexual assault. Laura persisted in her community service at the Covid-19 pandemic's peak by working with the organization All Hands and Hearts delivering PPE to nearby police departments, companies, and medical facilities.
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Monica Tranel
MO-01
Monica Tranel grew up on a ranch with 11 brothers and sisters in eastern Montana. She learned about hard work feeding the pigs and stacking hay and fixing fences on her family’s ranch which led her to become a world class Olympic rower. Tranel competed in two Olympics, winning a World Class Gold for United States Women’s Rowing Team- the first U.S. Women’s eight to win gold at 2000 meters.. She earned her law degree at the University of Rutgers and then spent her career holding out-of-state billionaires and corporations accountable for ripping off millions of dollars from ranchers and small businesses in Montana. She is running to unseat the corrupt incumbent Republican Ryan Zinke who has faced 18 investigations that enriched himself and his corporate donors, putting himself before Montanans.
Monica was named to the DCCC Red to Blue Program 2024. |
Joanna Weiss
California
Joanna Weiss represents the 47th congressional district of California in the United States House of Representatives. Elected to office in 2019, Joanna has been instrumental in crafting comprehensive immigration reform and built a reputation as an advocate for bolstering California's economy. She served as a legislative aide to a California State Assembly member. Her experience in the legislative process exposed her to the intricate workings of government and inspired her to advocate for social justice, environmental sustainability, and equitable healthcare. In the early 2000s, Joanna Weiss emerged as a passionate voice for clean energy and environmental conservation. She played a pivotal role in crafting and advocating for California's ambitious clean energy goals and climate policies, positioning the state as a national and international leader in the fight against climate change. With a strong belief in the power of education to transform lives, she worked to improve the state's educational system, focusing on equity and equal opportunities for all students. Her efforts to increase funding for underprivileged schools and expand access to quality education have left an indelible mark on California's future.
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Kirsten Engel
AZ-06
Kirsten Engel is a dedicated public servant, a lawyer. a mom, and politician who served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives. Engel was the nominee for AZ-06 in 2022 for AZ-06 when she lost narrowly to Republican Juan Ciscomani. She is challenging Ciscomani to flip this seat for the Democrats. After graduating with honors from Brown University and Northwestern University’s School of Law, Kirsten held positions at the Massachusetts Office of Attorney General and U.S.Environmental Protection Agency. She saw firsthand the outsized impact that bureaucratic red tape and corporate lobbyists can have on our laws. Early in her career, Kirsten found her voice and saw the ways she could make a difference. Kirsten has been proud in past cycles to receive the endorsements of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona, NARAL, and EMILY’s List - she is eager to work on behalf of women and girls when elected to Congress.
Kirsten was named to the DCCC Red to Blue Program 2024. |
How Do We Choose Who to Endorse and Fund?
The PAC has a formal Contribution Committee that vets viable candidates through a three step process:
Candidate Questionnaire, Candidate Interview, and Committee Vote.
Candidate Questionnaire, Candidate Interview, and Committee Vote.
1. Questionnaire
Candidates must answer questions about how they will/have taken action on 5 key issues:
- Women’s Reproductive Rights
- Gun Safety
- Environmental Issues/Climate Change
- Immigration
- LGBTQ+ Rights
2. Interview
In order for our members to meet and continue vetting the candidate, we conduct a phone interview or in-person interview. This allows us to get to know the candidate personally and the issues and concerns of her district, as well as any campaign challenges.
3. Voting
The Contribution Committee then votes quarterly on new funds for contributions during primary and general elections.