After scanning the nation for the top progressive rockstars, today we’re announcing four new bold progressive congressional endorsements!
Kara, Jess, Kaniela, and Rashida can flip red districts blue in Nebraska and Pennsylvania and fill retirements with true heroes who will fight by our side for years in Hawaii and Michigan.
Let’s flip the House! And elect a wave of progressives to Congress! Can you check them out below and chip in $4 directly to their grassroots campaigns today?
Kara Eastman (NE-02). Kara Eastman decided to run for Congress after watching her mom, dying of cancer, struggle to afford medicine that cost $2,500 per pill. She is a community leader and social worker who runs the Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance, working on issues like getting lead out of drinking water and standing up to the big corporations on fracking and pipelines. The current congressman voted to repeal people’s health care and is one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the nation -- having won by just 1% in 2016. But first, Kara has to win the primary — where she’s running against an old-time politician who was recently a Republican and is endorsed by the corporate New Dems and conservative Blue Dogs. Kara can win this seat and is campaigning on Medicare For All, debt-free college, a $15 minimum wage, and combating climate change and gun violence. Her primary is May 15. Donate here.
Jess King (PA-11). Jess is running against the top NRA recipient in the nation. She was born and raised in her district -- and runs a nonprofit that trains and lends money to people in the community trying to start small businesses. She and her husband, a Mennonite minister, have two daughters, and she makes a strong moral argument about her progressive values. She supports “guarding our farms, homes, and planet” and is campaigning on Medicare For All, debt-free college, banning fracking, and getting big money out of politics. She’s running an amazing grassroots campaign — she’s raising more money than her Republican opponent, and has hundreds of volunteers mobilized to knock doors and make phone calls. She’s unopposed in the primary. Please donate here.
Jess and Kara can flip these House seats from red to blue! Please chip in $4 to help them along.
Kaniela Ing (HI-01). Kaniela is one of the top progressive legislators in Hawaii, running for an open Democratic seat vacated by a moderate Democrat -- a great opportunity to elect a hero to Congress! He first started working in the pineapple fields as a teenager after his father unexpectedly passed away, and then became the first in his family to graduate college. When he was 23 years old, he ran against a Tea Party millionaire in a Republican state legislative district. He was outspent 10-to-1, and he still won. Kaniela is a powerful voice for Medicare For All and fighting the climate crisis. As he says, “People are being left behind, and need a representative who understands today’s struggle of paying for college, buying a home, and raising a family.” His primary is August 11. Please donate here.
Rashida Tlaib (MI-13). Rashida is a longtime progressive activist, leader, and legislator who is running to fill John Conyers’ vacant seat. She was born and raised in Detroit, the daughter of working-class immigrants and the oldest of 14 kids. She became the first Muslim woman ever to serve in the Michigan legislature -- where she fought predatory lenders, big polluters, and big corporations. She also fought for free health clinics and Meals on Wheels. Rashida talks about “taking on corporate billionaires, crony capitalists, industrial polluters, and government officials who would prefer to be unaccountable.” Her primary is August 7. Donate here.
Each of these amazing candidates will be a real game changer in Congress — fighting each day for progressive priorities. Please chip in $4 to help boost each of these campaigns.
They join 8 other great progressives we’re supporting for U.S. House: Randy Bryce (WI-1), Katie Porter (CA-45), Andy Kim (NJ-3), Greg Edwards (PA-7), Mike Levin (CA-49), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Liz Watson (IN-9), and Brent Welder (KS-3).
A blue wave is coming, and will be bigger if we nominate inspiring progressive candidates. Let’s make sure we maximize progressive victories in 2018. And stay tuned for a lot more endorsements soon!
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- Stephanie Taylor, PCCC co-founder