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Are You Serious About Global Warming?

Current incumbent Troy Balderson dropped out of college and went to work for his father’s car business, drove it into bankruptcy and became a career politician, jumping from o...

Endorsement Alert: Marisol Rubio For State Senate

The big news in California last night was that Adam Schiff and Republican former baseball player Steve Garvey will face off in November; Katie Porter and Barbara Lee lagged fa...

California Primary— Next Tuesday

Can you consider making a contribution to all or any of our California candidates to help with their final primary push?

Our old friend, Derek Marshall, is up against GOP hack...

Endorsement Alert In Orange County: Cheyenne Hunt

In the last two weeks, I’ve interviewed over a dozen candidates. Some of them were great and some were far from that. Cheyenne Hunt was one of the great ones— not just becau...

No, Florida Is Not A Lost Cause, Despite What Republicans Want Democrats To Think

Yesterday Kimberly Leonard and Elena Schneider reported that “A national Democratic operative, granted anonymity to speak freely about the 2024 race without ang...

Endorsement Alert: Angélica Dueñas– Here’s Why

Yesterday, Angélica told me that in the ‘90s, the Valley was full of good-paying, long-term union jobs, perfect for Mexican immigrants like her parents to build a foundation ...

Setting Our 2024 Endorsee Standard High With Susheela Jayapal

Blue America has endorsed dozens of candidates since we started in 2006. Some— like Elizabeth Warren, AOC, Bernie, Ted Lieu, Jamie Raskin, Jeff Merkley— have turned out spec...

Happy New Year from Blue America!

If you were one of the several hundred Blue America contributors who made a donation to Shenna Bellow’s campaign when she ran for Susan Collin’s Senate seat in 2014 or for t...

Blue America Endorsement Alert: Jerrad Christian (OH-12)

Ohio’s sprawling 12th district was thrown together by the gerrymanderers in the state legislature from bits and pieces of various leftover areas— from the suburbs of Columbu...

Can A Real Democrat Defeat Joe Manchin AND Jim Justice?

I’ve been speaking with dedicated West Virginia progressive, Zach Shrewsbury— politically a Bernie kind of guy, not a Joe Manchin kind of guy. In fact, Zach has just launche...

Contest time! Who do you love the most?

California is very lucky to have three candidates who would all make excellent senators— Barbara Lee, Katie Porter and Adam Schiff. 

Most of the time the best we get is a ...

This Super Progressive CA District Deserves a Super Heroine

This past week Howie used his usual “Thursdays with Howie” segment on the Nicole Sandler Show to help Maebe A Girl boost her “Super Progressive” message.

I’m with H...

BERNIE SANDERS GOTV for Aaron Regunberg in Rhode Island

Join Bernie and a fantastic line up of special guests as he rallies in Rhode Island to Get Out The Vote for a real (Blue America) progressive, Aaron Regunberg!

Broadcast will ...

Most Important 2024 House Candidate Who National Progressive Movement is Ignoring: Maebe A Girl

Konstantine tweeted this a few hours ago-- for something I originally put out MONTHS ago.

Rhode Island Special Election Coming Down To One Full-On Progressive And One Corporate Moderate

Did Matos Think She Would Get Away With Handing In Forged Signatures? Well... She Did

Rhode Island’s special election to fill the seat of David Cicilline will be decid...

North Country MAGAt Elise Stefanik Draws An Opponent: Steven Holden Is Running

NY-21, the North Country, wasn’t drastically affected by the 2020 redistricting. The district got slightly redder— from an R+14 partisan lean to an R+17 lean. The PVI i...

Aaron Regunberg Wants To Fight Exxon And Chevron So You Won’t Have To

When progressive champion David Cicilline resigned from Congress a few weeks ago, it triggered a special election in eastern Rhode Island to fill his seat. The district is safel...

In L.A.’s CA-30… Maebe For Sure

I live in a very progressive congressional district in Los Angeles, CA-30. It includes, Hollywood, Burbank, Los Feliz, Silverlake, West Hollywood, East Hollywood, Atwater, Hanco...

Blue America Endorses Democrats– Next Year In WA-02 There’s A Better Alternative: Jason Call, Green

Jason Call was one of the top Blue America candidates last cycle. This time he's running as a Green. He told us why in a guest post. It's compelling. Have a look.

Last Day Of The Green Day Contest For Virginia

Today’s the final day of our Nimrod contest. It ends tonight at midnight.

On Monday I’ll go to the post office and see if there are any more entries at the P.O. Box and th...

Win A Rare Green Day Collectible By Helping Virginia Flip Blue

We’ll get into the contest in a second; we just want to make sure that you know that the Virginia legislative elections are this year, 2023, not next year like most election...

Congress Desperately Needs More Transgender Representation As More Citizens Are Under Attack.

When she vetoed the bill, Kelly suggested it was discriminatory and said it would hurt the state’s ability to attract businesses.

The new law is part of a larger push by Repu...

Blue America Endorsement Alert— Aaron Regunberg For Congress (RI-01)

If you can, please send whatever size donation you can swing and help us rebuild America with real, fighting progressives here.

Pervez Agwan Stands For Justice, Equality And Opportunity

We’re reaching out on behalf of progressive Houstonians who need a congress member who will represent them, not pay for play corporate interests. Pervez Agwan is a progressive...

Is Chicago On The Verge Of Electing An Anti-Choice Conservative Republican Mayor?

"The choice for mayor is incredibly clear. With Brandon Johnson, you gain deep credentials and expertise, lived working families experience, robust competence from decades of pu...

The Dems Have Ignored State Legislative Races For Too Long– And Has Paid A Price– That’s Changing

In the few months they've held control, Democrats in these three states have taken action on abortion. The Michigan Legislature repealed a 1931 abortion ban triggered ...

Pervez Agwan Is Battling Big Oil And $ Head-on, In Their Own Backyard

Today Blue America has endorsed Pervez for the TX-07 congressional seat and we humbly ask you to consider chipping in to his entirely grassroots campaign here.

It’s Maebe– For Sure

Where Howie lives in Los Angeles, they’re going to have an open seat next year. Adam Schiff has served that district since ousting Republican James Rogan in 2000. Now he’s r...

Dom Jones Is Determined To Ensure Basic Human Rights For All

The jungle primary to replace Katie Porter in California’s blue-leaning 47th congressional— Irvine and Costa Mesa plus a storied stretch of coast from Seal Beach to...

January 6— Lucas Kunce Launches His Campaign For Senate. What Better Day To Start The Process Of Removing Insurrectionist Josh Hawley?

Missouri Senator Josh Hawley was complicit in the sacking of the Capitol on January 6, 2021. He should have been removed then. Next year he’ll have to face Missouri voters and...

#DraftLucas

The report's references to Hawley begin one day before the riot at the Capitol. 

On January 5, then-President Donald Trump's executive assistant emailed Hawley, as well as S...

8 More Days

Yesterday on Twitter, Herschel Walker agreed with some far right sociopath that people born after 1990 (so anyone 32 and under), saying that-- presumably unlike himself-- “mos...

It’s all up to ‘You’ now

Recently, I shared a the story at DownWithTyranny about how I first met Madonna backstage at Madison Square Garden. She was donating the night’s concert proceeds— a million ...

Would You Prefer Democracy? Or Something Else?

By and large the candidates Blue America has endorsed for Congress this cycle have told us that they’re campaigning on a combination of issues— from basic economic issues ...

Angelica Dueñas Would Be A Way Better Representative– Here’s Why

I was very worried that Wall Street shill and New Dem ex-chairman Joe Crowley would follow Pelosi as top House Democratic Leader. Crowley was a really bad member of Congress and...

The Pivotal House Race for 2022– Meet Annette Taddeo

Florida’s 27th congressional district (Miami) has a slight Democratic lean— D+1. An uninspiring garden variety Democrat lost the seat— 51.4% to 48.6%— to a flashy Repu...

The 70 Somewhat Competitive House Seats

There are 435 congressional districts. Most of them are safe seats for one party or the other. In fact I’m only seeing 70 districts where there’s any electora...

Team Hakeem Wants Us To Believe That Progressives Can’t Win– Meet Sarahana Shrestha, Who Just Did

Hakeem Jeffries pretends to be a progressive. He’s even a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which was once a signal of belonging to the progressive tribe. H...

Long Island’s Best Congressional Candidate Is Melanie D’Arrigo

Blue America just dropped 4 new Facebook and Instagram ads on Long Island this weekend— for the open 3rd congressional district, where progressive champion Melanie D’Arrigo ...

For Orlando, For Florida, For All Of Us

This week we’re asking you to help us raise funds for Alan Grayson, who gave up his old House seat in Orlando and, since it is now open, is seeking the nomination there again...

Blue America Ad Campaign For Lucas Kunce Starts Today

Starting today, Blue America is running a series of 4 independent Facebook and Instagram ads across Missouri on behalf of Lucas’ campaign. (He doesn’t know.) 

Her...

The Kids Can Save The Democratic Party From Its Doddering Leadership… But Will They?

Running for the open Long Island congressional seat (NY-03), progressive Melanie D'Arrigo told me this morning that she has "seen a massive shift in the psyche of voters after...

There’s No Organized Effort Among Progressives In Congress To Defend Themselves From AIPAC

The US’s most powerful pro-Israel lobby group has been accused of putting support for Israel before American democracy after it declared its backing for the election...

There Is A Way To Talk To GOP Voters Without Selling Out Your Values– Meet J.R. Gaillot (D-FL)

Meet JR Gaillot, a longtime political operative who is running for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs. Born in New York, he speaks 5 languages, wrote one...

How Bad Does A Party Have To Be To Get Beaten By Terrible, Treacherous, Treasonous Republicans?

Clinton passed free trade agreements without providing millions of blue-collar workers who consequently lost their jobs a means of getting new ones that paid at least as well.

...

Help Elect More Who’ll Fight for Our Rights– Blue America Contest

Immediately after the Roe v Wade decision was announced on Friday, Data for Progress released the poll above and Mike Pence-- who has been treated as something of a media darlin...

AIPAC Is Targeting Donna Edwards

AIPAC has been one of the most venal forces in the 2022 election cycle this year, working with a handful of other shady players to launder Republican money into Democratic prima...

Congress’ Big Chill

I want you to look at this little box below from ProgressivePunch. It shows the two members of Congress who have the most progressive voting records.

They are just fractionally...

Another Red California Seat On The Line– One That No One Expects To Flip Blue?

Once the pandemic started, thousands of Angelenos moved to the outer suburbs and exurbs in San Bernardino County, already one of the fastest growing counties in the country. 

...

Feel Like We Need A New Generation Of Congressional Leadership?

The House was back in session last week. There were 3 bills that were debated and voted on in particular that I want to mention this morning:

All three passed the House and w...

The Tampon Queen? Cristina Prefers “Period Princess”

Blue America has a page called California-- Not Blue Enough, which includes 13 congressional candidates; 3 incumbents and 10 challengers. State Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia is ...

Media Repeatedly Ignores Summer Lee’s Charges Of Racism Against Her Opponent

-by Mike Elk

With Election Day on May 17th, the AIPAC-affiliated United Democracy Project super PAC and the Irwin campaign are spending over 2 million dollars to attack ...

We Are The Cavalry– Guest Post By Erica Smith

I’m-- a pro-choice pastor, educator, and former state senator running to protect a wide-open, swing seat in NC-01. And I’m facing the most anti-choice Democrat in North...

Reclaiming May Day #Solidarity2022

May Day has more than one meaning. The origin is an ancient festival marking the first day of summer in some cultures and a spring holiday in others. But in 1889 May Day was c...

How To Beat A Deceitful Corporate Dem

The Democratic primary elections in Oregon are in 3 weeks-- May 17.

There are several races that will help determine whether Congress turns in a more corporate direction or in...

Blue America’s Easter Endorsement: Doyle Canning (OR-04)

Oregon's 4th congressional district centers on Eugene. Until the current redistricting it was a swing district (R+1) and now it's safely blue (D+9), running along the coast from...

Endorsement Alert: Meet Joaquín Vázquez

California's 51st congressional district-- now CA-52-- is the very southwest corner of the continental U.S., in the San Diego area and along the Mexican border all the way to Ar...

Progressives Don’t Write-Off Any Groups Of People

Last month, when I asked him about the morass the Democrats find themselves in rural areas like his, he told me that

"Our party needs to decide to invest in rural and small to...

Want A Collectible MAGAzine? Hurry, your chance ends Sunday March 13

America's foremost political cartoonist, Nancy Ohanian, and Howie worked on a new project-- the MAGAzine. It's gorgeous and collectible but... it's not for sale. How do you get ...

New Candidate Alert For Oregon’s New District– Meet Matt West

Our old friend, former congressional candidate Mark Gamba, introduced me to Matt West, the progressive candidate running in the new 6th district, which includes Mark's home. The...

Politicians Are Disliked As A Category– Can Lucas Kunce Change That?

"The Final Frontier" by Nancy Ohanian

If you can, please consider donating to the best #MOSen candidate out there, Lucas Kunce.

Today’s Best New Candidate: Meet Ruth Luevanos

You know how we love all of our candidates equally, right?

But it doesn't mean that we don't go crazy for the newest endorsees when we're vetting them and are reminded about w...

‘Disturbing The Peace’ Contest

Do you support Progressive candidates? Blue America wants to reward those who do: with a chance to win an autographed book, Disturbing the Peace-- 415 Records And The Rise of Ne...

Good News For Democrats In The Redistricting Front– Courts Caught GOP Cheating

[F]ederal judges last month struck down Alabama’s congressional lines and ordered Republican lawmakers to craft a new map that includes two heavily Black districts instead of ...

It Will Be Fantastic To Have Donna Edwards Back In Congress

The narrator doesn't mention anything about Ivey being a corporate lawyer; just that "He made things better for us. He’s a doer." Then Ivey's voice: "You pay too much for gas,...

Congressional Endorsement Alert In Georgia: Vincent Fort

Last month Meredith Lee, writing for Politico, tip-toed around the fact that Blue Dog reactionary David Scott is not just on the right-fringe of the Democratic Party, but ...

We Endorse Kylie Taitano For Congress

It's our duty to find excellent candidates like Kylie Taitano but it's especially wonderful when we get a really good candidate running against a really bad one-- and that's how...

Denver Endorsement Alert: Neal Walia For Congress

Colorado's first congressional district-- basically Denver-- is the most progressive in the state-- D+24. The voters there were smart enough to make Trump's share of the 2020 vo...

Cristina Garcia is the Best Candidate for CA42

CA-42 is a new, open blue district in the southeast corner of L.A. County and residents have a big decision to make between a well-funded DINO, Long Beach mayor Robert Garcia an...

You Say You Want A Revolution? Meet Matt Brown

Matt Brown is running for governor of the smallest state in the Union, but he's running on the biggest package of progressive ideas and strategy of any gubernatorial candidate i...

Progressives Are the Soul of the Democratic Party; Guest Post by Melanie D’Arrigo

"I am so proud to have Blue America join our broad coalition. As an organizer and mother, I am running to take on the lobbyists and corporate donors who block the policies we de...

Goodbye Devin Nunes– Hello Lourin Hubbard!

Devin Nunes' Central Valley district went from R+6 to D+7 and Nunes ran for his life, landing a make-believe job with Trump's make-believe media company. Good riddance. The DCCC...

Want A Great Candidate– We Have One For You– Greg Casar (D-TX)

When Texas'legislature gerrymandered the state this year, they packed Austin Democrats into 2 super-blue districts, TX-35 and TX-37. Luckily for the residents of eastern Travis ...

Daniel Wayne Lee has a plan for Beyond Bernie Sanders

I try to get to know the candidates Blue America considers endorsing as well as I can. It's not always easy. Some are quite resistant but the easiest candidates to get to know a...

Reclaiming Iowa from Grassley with Progressive Dr. Glenn Hurst

Obama won Iowa twice-- but after Bernie embarrassed Hillary in the caucuses there, Democratic consultants have been writing the state off… at least in terms of the direction t...

Congressional Endorsement Alert In Oregon– Meet Jamie McLeod-Skinner

Jamie McLeod-Skinner is the candidate running for a congressional seat that includes part of the old district reactionary Blue Dog Kurt Schrader represents. Schrader may or ma...

The DCCC & DSCC May Be Hopeless– But Progressives Can Still Hold Off A 2022 Red Wave

Republicans see Youngkin’s victory as the first of many wins to come, even facing the challenge of having to dislodge a barrage of incumbent Democratic governors across the ma...

The Rush To Stop A Progressive Agenda Is Not Just About Republicans– Not At All

Lieberman discussed his role in ACA negotiations and his work with No Labels, which has sought to constrain the Build Back Better bill. The current makeup and hyperpartisan poli...

Tom Winter– Fighting For Justice In Montana

Yesterday we took a quick look at the parameters of redistricting in Montana, which is going from one at-large seat to two seats, one, the rural east, deep red and one, most of ...

Democrats HAVE TO Win Back The Wisconsin Senate Seat. Here’s Who Can:

No one knows better than Russ Feingold, who is staying neutral in the Democratic Senate primary, how hard it will be to beat Trumpist Senator Ron Johnson.

He did, however, n...

Corrupt Conservatives Move To Kneecap Another Courageous Progressive Voice

Let me start with something uninformed and typically stupid and misleading from three Politico senior reporters about the IL-06 congressional race, pitting progressive Marie New...

Endorsement Alert In South Texas: Jessica Cisneros For Congress

Texas Blue Dog Henry Cuellar was a part of the nine conservative Democrats who worked with No Labels to oppose the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act despite the fact that th...

Turning Texas Blue Means Registering & Turning Out More Voters

Republicans in the Texas legislature rammed through a racist and ultra-partisan redistricting map that packs as many Democrats as they could into a new Austin district with th...

Endorsement Alert– Sergio Alcubilla Over Blue Dog Ed Case

Sergio Alcubilla is running for Congress to represent Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District, currently held by reactionary Blue Dog Ed Case, a weird situation in one of the blue...

Staten Island Is Crying Out For Change, Not Another Status Quo Conservative– Meet Brittany

I grew up 2 blocks from the Brooklyn part of what is now NY-11, the Staten Island/Brooklyn district that keeps swinging back and forth between conservative Republicans and conse...

Goodbye Conor Lamb– Hello Chris Deluzio

There are two good things about Conor Lamb running for the Senate-- he's leaving the House and he's not going to win the Senate seat. Lamb was elected to Congress in 2018. Since...

What Does Clean Energy Actually Mean?

"We are so far past the point of incremental solutions when it comes to climate change," he told me yesterday. "The IPCC report could not have put our crisis in starker terms-- ...

Blue America’s First Incumbent Endorsement Of 2022: Marie Newman

This is the third cycle in a row we've endorsed Marie Newman-- and she's gotten better and better each time. She didn't quite manage to beat Blue Dog incumbent Dan Lipinski the ...

Endorsement Alert: Mike Ortega In Orange County

Mike Ortega is an exceptional candidate-- both an engineer and a philosopher. In a STEM school he went to to study science, he also studied Che Guevara and Pedro Albizu Campos, ...

1$ = 1 Door

Erica Smith for U.S. Senate Pledge: For Every Dollar Donated, We’ll Knock On A Door in a County That Trump Won in 2020

I’m writing to my Blue America, Down With Tyranny and...

Endorsement Alert In Kentucky– Meet Chris Preece

Other than KY-03 (Louisville), KY-06-- which includes Fayette (Lexington) and Franklin (Frankfort) counties-- is the only congressional district in Kentucky where a Democrat has...

Ohio Endorsement Alert: Morgan Harper For U.S. Senate

"This is a wide open U.S. Senate seat in one of the most competitive states in the country. But between you and me, I don’t think Democrats will flip Ohio if we nominate anoth...

Endorsement Alert In Brooklyn– Meet Queen Johnson

This race is bigger than Hakeem Jeffries. This campaign and my race are about the representation that my community deserves, as well as what our whole country needs. As a lawmak...

California Has A Special Election In 3 Weeks With The Same Dynamics As The Nina Turner Race

The special election for California's 18th Assembly district is a race much like the Nina Turner contest-- a super-blue area contested by a progressive fighter and a status quo ...

Endorsement Alert: Steven Holden for New York’s 24th

This cycle, expect NY-24 to be one of the most avidly contested congressional races in the country. Won by Obama twice, by Clinton in 2016 and last year by Biden-- 53.4% to 44.4...

There Is No Way To Pass ANY Progressive Legislation While The Filibuster Exists

Don't let your eyes glaze over when someone starts talking about reforming-- or abolishing-- the filibuster. Not doing so, means nothing we want to see passed through Congress w...

Endorsement Alert In California– Bruno Amato v Kevin McCarthy

Bruno Amato is running for Congress in California's 23rd District against Trump's spineless House minority leader Kevin McCarthy. Bruno, the son of two Italian immigrants, told ...

Freedom Anthem From North Carolina’s Erica Smith on July 4th

Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round, turn me 'round, turn me 'round, 

Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round,

I'm gonna keep on a walkin', 

keep on a-talkin',

Marching up...

Democratic Establishment Sabotaging Primaries Again

Team Blue PAC sounds good, right? Don't be fooled; it isn't. Three exceptionally bad status quo Democrats in the House started it to protect conservative incumbents being prima...

Special Contest To Celebrate Nancy Ohanian’s Best Editorial Cartoonist Of 2020 Award

Every year-- since the 1930s-- the Society of Professional Journalists celebrates excellence in its profession by handing out Sigma Delta Chi awards recognizing the year's outst...

East Bay Endorsement Alert: Janani Ramachandran

Ramachandran, endorsed today by Blue America-- you can contribute to her campaign by clicking on the state legislative thermometer on the right-- was also endorsed by the San J...

Senate Endorsement Alert: Wisconsin!

Last week Chris Larson, the most progressive state Senator in Wisconsin, the most gerrymandered state in the nation, announced his campaign against the worst sitting U.S. Sena...

Ohio Endorsement Alert: Nina Turner

And when have you ever heard me use the word "great" to describe a candidate we're endorsing? Nina really is. You want to see a more functional progressive movement inside Congr...

California Endorsement Alert: Delano Mayor Bryan Osorio For Congress

California's 21st congressional district is entirely in the San Joaquin Valley and one of the most productive agricultural districts in America. About 75% of the residents are L...

The Republican Party Is Targeting Marie Newman

A few days ago, the NRCC announced ten new targets they're working on flipping. Most of the seats are held by a pack of conservative New Dems and Blue Dogs from the Republican w...

Yes, I Will Always Send The Elevator Down– Guest Post By Rishi Kumar, CA-18

This country is a dream come true. I want to give everything I can for America and Silicon Valley, who I love dearly. I will fight for your interests, not for special interests....

Meet Jessica Mason– She’s What Congress Should Be Like Going Into The 21st Century

The Dallas progressive activist is taking on a Democratic incumbent long overdue for retirement, too comfy corporate shill, Eddie Bernice Johnson. I implore you-- I beg you-- to...

New Endorsement Alert: Charles Thompson, TX-18

$15 an hour should be the floor, not the ceiling. 

I am prepared to fight for true equity for the 18th district so future generations are provided with the same opportunitie...

Endorsement Alert: Lucas Kunce, A Crusader Against Corporate Consolidation

About a month ago, our old friend from Iowa, J.D. Scholten, introduced me to a Missouri candidate for U.S. Senate. Lucas Kunce. He may well be the candidate who runs agains...

The End Of Marco Rubio? Help Draft Alan Grayson

When we started Blue America back in 2005, there weren't many groups raising netroots campaign funds. Now there are dozens and dozens and, alas… some are scammers. You will ne...

Time To Trade Steny Hoyer In– Meet McKayla Wilkes

McKayla Wilkes was a great candidate in 2020 and she's better now.

Basically, her courageous race against Steny Hoyer was an opportunity to introduce herself to the res...

Erica Smith’s Progressive Campaign To Win Back A North Carolina Senate Seat

esterday, state Sen. Erica Smith launched her campaign for the open North Carolina U.S. Senate seat. She told me that while she was on stage., she "felt an energy I have no...

Blue America new Candidate Alert– Philly! Meet Alexandra Hunt

https://youtu.be/7lWx71fPKls

PA-03 is entirely within the city of Philadelphia, stretching for Chestnut Hill, West Oak Lane in the north, through Center City and Schuylkil...

Blue America Has 2 New Candidates This Week

One of the hardest things in electoral politics is to make an effective case to oust an incumbent in a primary. We've just endorsed two congressional candidates who are working ...

Fresh Representation In South Florida? Meet Christine Olivo

Florida's 24th congressional district-- northern Miami-Dade and southern Broward counties (Liberty City, Little Haiti, Miami Gardens, Opa-Locka, North Miami, Pembroke Park)...

How ARE We Going To Pay For It– A Guest Post By Shervin Aazami

As his economic justice plank on his campaign website states, "We must end corporate welfare and invest in structural reform to uplift and empower the working class, rebuild o...

Meet 2022 Progressive Senate Candidate Erica Smith (D-NC)

Trump won North Carolina's 15 electoral votes in November bit without a majority. He beat Biden 2,758,775 (49.93%) to 2,684,292 (48.59%). At the same time, though, Democrat...

New Candidate Alert: Meet Ally Dalsimer

Ally Dalsimer is a candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 11th District-- the DC suburbs in Fairfax and Prince William counties. This is a deep blue district with a PVI of D+15....

That time AOC told Ted Cruz Sit Down and STFU

This week everyone learned about the despicable new Congressional Representative from Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene when her horrific social media feeds gained national attent...

A New Beginning– Progressive Leadership In The San Fernando Valley

https://youtu.be/okPma0tKg_0

This morning San Fernando Valley's progressive congressional candidate, Shervin Aazami, released a new announcement video (above), following u...

Change Doesn’t Just Happen; We Fight To Make Change Happen– Meet Gary Chambers Jr.

Louisiana's second congressional district is extremely gerrymandered, packing as many African-Americans in southern Louisiana as possible-- most of New Orleans, the north side o...

The Anti-Insurrection Caucus

On January 6, Trump held a MAGA rally in Washington D.C. to try and illegally force Congress to block congressional certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential el...

Orange Julius Caesar’s reign is over!

The streets of every city and town in America erupted on Saturday morning when the networks (finally) announced that America had fired Donald Trump. I think Senator Bernie Sande...

Abandoned By The DCCC 2020

With a tiny handful of exceptions-- basically Kara Eastman, Joyce Elliott and Dana Balter (who is running in a D+3 district)-- Cheri Bustos and her DCCC have once again decided ...

And The Winner Is… Jon Hoadley

Our Blue America contest ended last night-- at midnight (PT). There were 426 individuals who took part. People are still contributing to the candidates on the page, although tho...

Why It’s Worth Contributing To Candidates This Late In The Cycle

Millions of Americans have already voted.

By this past Friday evening 2,647,845 Texans had voted, 2,413,292 Floridians, 2,947,941 Californians, 1,397,929 Michiganders, 1,293,12...

Here’s How You Can Help Build Our Green Coalition

Blue America is working with our allies in Congress' Sustainable Energy And Environment Coalition Caucus [SEEC PAC], including old friends we've helped get elected and reelected...

Julie And Mike– The Key To Flipping Texas

Many Texas voters-- particularly in the suburbs and exurbs around Dallas-Ft Worth, Houston, Austin and San Antonio-- are sick of Trump and giving up on his enablers. And wheth...

Florida, Florida, Florida

Florida, the ultimate swing state, has played a decisive role in too many presidential elections. Every single vote counts in any statewide election there. In 2018, Republican R...

A Look At The Future Of American Political Leadership: Mondaire Jones

This year, Mondaire Jones started to climb a hill most people thought was impossible. He began a primary campaign against one of Pelosi's most powerful allies in Congress, Nita ...

There’s Something Very Strange– And Very Dangerous– Going On In Milwaukee’s Republican Suburbs

Wisconsin is a thinking state and in 2016 both national parties nominated the worst possible contenders for people accustomed to using their brains. By the end of the ...

Google Removed Our Ad. Where Is The ‘Shocking Content’?

Blue America's IE Committee has begun purchasing ads for our candidates. The first batch went up as a YouTube pre-roll for Kara Eastman (NE-02), Liam O'Mara (CA-42), Mike Siegel...

Matt Cartwright Is A Strong Progressive In A District Trump Won. They’re coming for him hard this time.

In 2012, Matt Cartwright waged a strong primary campaign against reactionary Blue Dog Tim Holden (one of the "Democrats" who joined with the GOP to vote against ObamaCare). Hoye...

Meet Chokwe Pitchford: Charisma, Perseverance And Empathy

Southwest Michigan has been under the glassy-eyed influence of a well-oiled Republican machine due to Fred Upton’s nearly three-and-a-half-decade career as Michigan’s 6th di...

Blue America Endorses “Good Trouble” Candidate Nikema Williams

Georgia's 5th congressional district-- most of Atlanta-- hasn't been in play since 1986, the legendary John Lewis' first term. In fact, Republicans have never run a serious camp...

A Wyoming Democrat Campaigning For Senate on A Platform That Includes Keeping Public Lands In Public Hands

Merav Ben-David isn't a typical Wyoming name. She was born in Israel, grew up on a farm, served in the Israeli Air Force, and earned a PhD in Wildlife Management in Alaska. Toda...

WA-10: It’s Progressive Beth Doglio vs Corporate Conservative Marilyn Strickland

Republicans aren't competitive in Washington's 10th district-- basically most of Thurston County (Olympia) and part of Pierce County (Tacoma area). With incumbent Denny Heck ret...

Adam Christensen Won His Primary Tuesday– A better future IS possible. Can you help?

On Tuesday we had some significant victories in the Florida primaries, especially for Florida legislature candidate Angie Nixon and for FL-03 congressional candidate Adam Christ...

Some People See An Obstacle As The End Of The Road. For Florida Democrat Kathy Lewis Obstacles Have Always Been Challenges To Overcome

Kathy Lewis is a candidate for one of the most crucial of the Florida state Senate seats-- District 20, which covers parts of Hillsborough, Pasco and Polk counties in the greate...

Progressive Democrats Have Clear Shots To Flip Several Red Districts Blue

In an OpEd for the Wall Street Journal on Saturday, Rahm Emanuel celebrated the idea of "Biden Republicans," basically conservative GOP voters who have had enough of Trump and a...

Democratic candidate: Fascism Is Here For Real

Long before Trump's election, the 42nd congressional district of California (now entirely within Riverside County) was captured by a candidate who served the corrupt corporate a...

We’re gonna need a bigger Squad.

If you were able to take in Attorney General Bill Barr's House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing last week you no doubt noticed that some of the Democratic questioners were ...

ACTION ALERT: We need your signature to tell Trump what he can do with his private militia.

From the moment Donald Trump became president there has been speculation as to whether he is solely a creature of impulse or if there is a method to his madness. Does he spont...

Florida, Ultimate Swing State: Let’s Win It This Time!

Often, in politics victories are far and in between. Here at Blue America, we don't pick candidates because we assess them as having the best chance to win. We pick them becaus...

A breath of fresh air blowing through Nashville!

Tennessee is spiking really badly right now. An anti-mask governor and legislature have given the state 59,546 COVID cases-- including 1,955 new cases on Friday, 1,460 new cases...

Arizona Primary Next Month– The Most Important Race

For Blue America, primary season is rapidly coming to a close-- there are just a few left. We helped with some spectacular wins this cycle-- Kara Eastman in Omaha, Marie Newman ...

Want To Help With A NY Miracle On Tuesday?

The Establishment has tried to define the grassroots efforts in New York this week to replace corporate Democrats beholden to Wall Street and their corporate donors with reforme...

Tuesday Could Be A Big Day For Progressives In New York– Maybe Bigger Than Anyone Imagines

Through a Politico prism, the grassroots effort to elect Jamaal Bowman to Congress is a twisted power grab by "the left." Holly Otterbein wrote that "Desperate for victory after...

Racism? In Texas? Here’s Why Mike Siegel Will Never Stop Fighting It

Mike Siegel is a civil rights lawyer and former public school teacher, who nearly beat right-wing Republican Michael McCaul in 2018 in a gerrymandered district the DCCC never to...

Endorsement Alert: Mondaire Jones (NY-17) For Congress

New York’s 17th congressional district-- northern and western Westchester County plus, across the Hudson, Rockland County-- represents one of the best chance in the country to...

Blue America Endorsement: Nashville Needs A Political Change

People seem surprised when they find out that Nashville is a Democratic city and that Tennessee's 5th congressional district is safely blue. Obama won the district both times he...

Lessons From Marie Newman’s Big Win

Technically, you can't call Marie Newman "Congresswoman Newman" until January when the Speaker swears her in. But in IL-03-- a district where Trump didn't get to 40% of the vote...

Landslide Win For Kara Eastman Was Step One

It's relatively easy to point out that you don't agree with the person in power and declare your candidacy and hope more voters turn out on election day who agree with you than ...

Candidate Endorsement Alert In New Jersey: Hector Oseguera

New Jersey's 8th congressional district-- most of Hudson County, parts of Essex and Union counties and includes Hoboken, Elizabeth, Weehauken, West New York, half of Newark and ...

DCCC Lost All The Races Yesterday– But Progressives Did Well

Last night 3 important congressional races ended. Nancy Pelosi, Cheri Bustos and their DCCC need to think closely about what happened. One contest was a primary in Omaha and two...

Endorsement Alert– West Virginia Deserves Better

West Virginia was Bernie territory in the 2016 primary. Most people know that he beat Hillary in every single county, but fewer people know he also garnered more votes than Trum...

From An Economic Bottom Line To A Humanitarian Bottom Line

Marianne Williamson talks a lot about changing our country's priorities and going from an economic bottom line to a humanitarian bottom line. During her presidential campaign sh...

Candidate Mike Siegel Is Already Working For TX-10 Constituents

Some candidates-- whether incumbents or challengers-- are faring better than others during this pandemic. Candidates who have grown proficient on social media have vibrant campa...

Don’t Let Their Corruption Kill Off Our Champions

As you know, the DCCC has a rule about primaries. It was promulgated by Cheri Bustos and Nancy Pelosi: any political operative who works against an incumbent Democrat is cut off...

Jim Harper: The Pandemic Is NOT The Time To Let Up On Gun Safety

18 term Democratic Jim Visclosky is retiring from his northwest Indiana congressional seat-- a deep blue (D+8) seat where whomever wins the primary is the next member of Congres...

A Texas Progressive On The Verge– Meet Julie Oliver

Last year Julie Oliver was in the midst of a primary battle with another worthy challenger eager to take on crooked conservative incumbent Roger Williams in the gerrymandered 25...

Getting Shit Done For the People– A Guest Post By Montana Rep Tom Winter

During times of crisis we need our leaders to show up and fight for us. Not for corporations. Not for the powerful. For us, the people. Right now we are in the midst of a crisis...

Running A People-Powered Campaign, While Sheltering In Place

Progressive challengers-- especially in races against well-heeled incumbents who can write themselves big checks or appeal to corporate SuperPACs-- have two new handicaps: grass...

DCCC Plan To Destroy Progressive Campaigns Fails Miserably As Cheri Bustos’ Favorite Blue Dog Goes Down To Defeat

On Tuesday, the primary in Illinois' third congressional showed the failure of Cheri Bustos' toxic plan to defeat progressive challenges to Blue Dog incumbents who are out of sy...

Winning Back The Senate

Just as he's done in Colorado, North Carolina, Arizona, New Mexico, etc, Brooklyn's Chuck Schumer has decided to choose who Maine's U.S. Senate nominee for the Susan Collins sea...

Bland Moderates Are Not What We Need In The White House Or In The Senate– Let’s Replace Mitch McConnell With Charles Booker

If Bernie wins in November, a hostile McConnell-led Senate will be pretty deadly for all his plans. And with the Democrats very likely to lose their accidental Alabama seat, the...

Rachel Ventura Working To Unite Bernie And Elizabeth Supporters

Blue America first endorsed Rachel Ventura for Congress back in August. And now we're coming up quickly to her primary (March 17) in Illinois' 11th district, mostly suburbs sout...

Blue America Congressional Endorsement In Oklahoma: Tom Guild

You may remember our old Oklahoma friend, Tom Guild, from the yeoman's work he did in the past to flip the Oklahoma City congressional district blue. He tilled that field assidu...

Blue America Endorsement– Georgette Gómez (CA-53)

In the last 2 days San Diego City Council president Georgette Gómez has been endorsed by some of the most trusted names int progressive politics-- AOC, Ro Khanna, Jamie Raskin,...

Blue America Endorsement– Cori Bush For Congress (MO-01)

Missouri's first congressional district-- the entire city of St. Louis and the mostly black northern suburbs-- Ferguson, Florissant, Black Jack, Spanish Lake-- is the 385th poor...

Blue America Endorsement In Indiana– Jim Harper For Congress

Indiana’s 1st congressional district is a rare deep-blue territory in Mike Pence’s home state. Incumbent Democratic Congressman Pete Visclosky-- retiring after 18 terms-- wo...

Paula Jean Swearengin– A Coal Miner’s Daughter, Granddaughter, Niece And Stepdaughter

West Virginia was the ultimate blue state starting with FDR's first election in 1932. Two years earlier, the Democratic Party won the state House and held it, uninterrupted from...

Green Day/Blue Texas– A Contest

March 3 isn't just Super Tuesday for the presidential candidates, it is also the big day for many congressional candidates all over the country.

One of the best candidates Blu...

Nabilah Islam For Congress– Making Georgia Bluer And More Equitable

The most recent candidate endorsed by Blue America, Nabilah Islam, sometimes stands out from the crowd because of her name, which for old people, doesn't sound like a name from ...

Robin Wilt For Congress (NY-25)

Not every member of Congress can be AOC or even earn an A for their voting records. In fact, ProgressivePunch only has 46 "A" ratings right now. 7 of them are for New York Democ...

Ever See A Car With A Trump Bumpersticker And One For A Progressive Democrat?

Washington's 5th congressional district takes up the entire eastern end of the state, from the Canadian border to the Oregon border and right along the Idaho border. The biggest...

Montana’s Open Congressional Seat Is Ready For Progressive Dem Tom Winter

There's a red hot 2020 race for Montana's one at-large congressional district to replace pugilistic multimillionaire Greg Gianforte. State Rep. Tom Winter is the progressive in ...

Contest: Nirvana And Pramila

Our two favorite things about Seattle: grunge rock pioneers Nirvana and congressional progressive champion Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. So, when former Nirvana manager Danny G...

The Case For Political Courageousness

Howie: A couple of weeks ago, we met Liam O'Mara, through my own lens. Now lets revisit him through his own. "I am running as a progressive populist in a red district in Califor...

Blue America Endorsement: Lauren Ashcraft

We're endorsing Lauren Ashcroft in #NY-12 not just because she's on the right side of every important issue and because she's a courageous and competent candidate but because we think she will make a great and productive representative for working families in Congress.

Pelosi Picked The Right Guy To Clobber Trump

I don't want to go into-- for the 30th time-- the whole long story about how I helped my congressman first get elected in 2000 and then was mortified when he joined the Blue Dog...

Kara Eastman Doesn’t Want Tom Steyer’s Money– She Donated It To Charity

"The fight happening now for the Democratic presidential nomination," wrote Norman Solomon, "largely amounts to class warfare. And the forces that have triumphed in the past are...

Stop Frackenlooper

We got an unfortunate call the other day.

New Mexico Secretary of State, Maggie Toulouse Oliver wanted to give us a little advance warning that she was going to end her campai...

Your Zip Code Predicts How Long You’re Going To Live

This map of Chicago from The Economist on the right shocked me as the magazine makes the point that if you take a ride along Chicago's red line-- a rail service runnin...

New Dem Out– Democratic Socialist In

Derek Kilmer is the head of the Wall Street-owned and operated New Dems, part of the Republican wing of the Democratic Party. But Kilmer's district-- WA-06, the northwest corner...

We Have A New Candidate For You To Meet: Montana’s Tom Winter

Montana state Rep. Tom Winter entered politics in the aftermath of the 2016 election. He told me that his motivation was

"equal parts frustration with where we were and optimi...

The Best Member Of Congress You’ve Never Heard Of– Literally

There are 5 freshmen members of Congress whose voting records are tied for #1. The graphic above shows the 6 members of Congress with the highest lifetime crucial vote scores, a...

Senate Endorsement: Betsy Sweet To Replace Susan Collins In Maine

The road to dislodging McConnell next year runs through Maine. And that means nominating a candidate who will give a massive number of voters a reason to come out and vote. Betsy Sweet is that woman.

This Mother Of 4 Understands What It Will Take To Win Back A Red Seat

Jennifer Christie for IN-05 "It’s time we simplify the process to allow for single-payer healthcare that guarantees health care for every American without exception. We have already proven that the Medicare system works. Guaranteeing health care as a human right is simply the right thing to do."

Ungerrymandering The States– One By One

There are virtually no races in Virginia more important this cycle than the one to reelect Lee Carter in the House of Delegates and the one to replace Trumpist Richard Stuart with Qasim Rashid in the state Senate.

DNC: “We do not owe voters an impartial or evenhanded primary”

The DNC attorneys insisted to the judge that the charter requirements that elections be "impartial" and "evenhanded" were discretionary and not a requirement, in effect "We don't have to run an evenhanded primary, even if we say we're going to… To this day the DNC believes that if it wanted to 'go into back rooms' and 'pick the candidate,' this would 'have been their right,' and no one outside the organization would have any right to enforce the DNC charter or interfere in any other way."

Chicagoland House Race: New Dems Versus Real Dems

There are already too many members of Congress from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party. If you want to see action on Climate Change, the Green New Deal, banning the sale of assault weapons, a fairer tax system that requires the richest Americans to pair their fair share, we all need to step up and do what we can to replace slugs like Foster with can-do progressives like Rachel Ventura.

Austin Can Create a National Model for the Green New Deal

On September 21 at Huston-Tillotson University, a historically-black college in Austin, progressive congressional candidate Mike Siegel convenes a conference on the Green New De...

Blue Dog Jim Costa’s Strong Progressive Opponent, Kim Williams

Costa has not stayed in office all these years because he has addressed the needs of his constituents. He has stayed in office because our voters have had to choose between the party of Trump and a man who spent last Congress voting with Trump 47% of the time. This March, however, voters will finally have a choice, and this Valley will finally have a chance.

Brianna Wu: A Bolder Democratic Party

Brianna Wu is running an uphill primary campaign in a solid blue district that voted for Bernie in 2016. (PVI is D+10)

Brianna's opponent is entrenched New Dem Stephen Lynch, o...

Congress Needs More Mayors Who Get Things Done

It wasn't hard for Blue America to decide to endorse Mark Gamba for Congress. He's running for an Oregon seat held by one of the most venal Blue Dogs in the House, Kurt Sch...

Virginia Is Up For Grabs THIS November

THIS November, if If the Virginia Democrats win just a net of 3 seats in each chamber, they'll be drawing the district maps without any help from the GOP.

Whose Side Is The DCCC On?

Cheri Bustos, the anti-democracy Blue Dog running the DCCC, is determined to make sure no more progressives get into Congress. Currently she is working against the election effo...

Stopping The Koch Brothers’ Agenda In Arizona

FDR knew who the enemy was— and so does Eva Putzova. The DCCC's Cheri Bustos doesn’t and neither does #AZ01's Tom O’Halleran.

Don’t Let The Kochs Take Over The Democratic Party

No Democrats should be taking any Koch money for any reason. No one should be allowed to call him- or herself a Democrat if they do take Koch money.

Does The Democratic Party Need A Republican Wing?

"Beating Trump is not enough. We need to win up and down the ticket everywhere. To do that, we need to show what it means to be a Democrat."

Another No Nonsense, Strong Progressive Leader: Eva Putzova (AZ-01)

The actual Democrat primarying O'Halleran this cycle is Flagstaff former city councilwoman and progressive activist, Eva Putzover. Eva is literally as good as O'Halleran is bad.

Blue America’s Mothers’ Day Senate Endorsement: Jeff Merkley

Even if Bernie, Elizabeth Warren or Kamala Harris wins next year, without a strong and more progressive Congress, the issues they're campaigning on won't go anywhere. It appears...

DCCC May Be Playing Defense In 2020– Not Us… Meet Jon Hoadley

The experiment of the 1980s didn't work. It's time politicians of the past stop spinning fiction. Our future reality, together, can make a much better story.

Democratic Establishment Likes SOME Primaries– If It’s Against A Progressive

Two years ago Berniecrat and Democratic Socialist Lee Carter accomplished the impossible in Manassas (Virginia's HD-50). He ran and won-- with more hostility than support from t...

An Open Letter To Chief Justice John Roberts

Heads up: #GA07 has been a red district for a long time. Now, it's turning purple, and has become a top tier target for both parties. Blue America has found just the candidate to win this election hot house: Marqus Cole.

End Of The Quarter? Who Cares?

Today-- as you have probably been reminded dozens of times already-- is the end of the FEC's fiscal quarter. It's a big deal for candidates, as they are pressured to post winnin...

Primaries Are Essential For A Healthy Democratic Party

The DCCC raised $11.6 million last month, more than they ever raised in any February. Tragically, online donors gave nearly $3 million, at an average contribution of $18.

Most...

Only One Democrat Left In Congress Who’s Opposed To LGBTQ Equality

Equal Rights for "the Gays" used to be a contentious issue for Democrats. The DCCC and leadership know-it-alls used to quietly counsel Democrats representing-- or running in-- s...

Contest: Who is Your Favorite Progressive Champion?

This is your chance to win a signed print by this powerful, award-winning artist of some of the best progressive champions in the country.

Devin Nunes And Jim Costa Beware– We’re On The Road Again

The tweet above, (complete with a picture of the truck, THANKS RORY!) was sent by Rory Appleton, a political reporter for the Fresno Bee, the most-read newspaper in both Nunes' ...

Hey, YOU. Get Up and GOTV!

Blue America members voted last week to send $5,000 checks to Kara Eastman (NE), James Thompson (KS) and Kendra Fershee (WV), none of whom are front-runners and each of whom is ...

Help Blue America give away $15,000 to 3 candidates.

We are "making it rain" on 3 Blue America candidates -- of your choice! #Contest! Help decide who gets the BIG MONEY just in time to help their #GOTV efforts.

Progressive Candidates– Abandoned By The DCCC

In the last few days Randy Bryce debated Paul Ryan's cutout candidate to replace himself, corporate lawyer and job outsourcer Bryan Steil. Randy kicked his ass so badly that Ste...

Lying Frat Boy McDrunkface Confirmed. Now What?

Blue America slate of progressive female fighters aren’t just willing to go to battle on behalf of the vulnerable and the powerless, they are chomping at the bit to stare down these phony macho bullies once and for all. We need to have their backs.

Can A Progressive Win Over An R+11 District? Ammar Is A Special Case

Usually not worth the effort to try to flip an R+11 seat, but #CA50 has a criminal incumbent that's just been indicted and recent polling has this race even. We CAN do this!

Blue Wave– High Enough For West Virginia?

Conventional Beltway "wisdom" is that you need "GOP-lite" Democrats to win in traditionally "Red" states. The West Virginia model is proving the Villagers Wrong-- the People of WV's first district are 'woke' and want Kendra Fershèe, unabashed Progressive for Congress. Now she needs our help.

 Hot Race in my district to replace Adam Schiff– Only One Is A Worthy Replacement For Adam: Maebe… For Sure

Let me talk about my own congressional district in northeast Los Angeles for a moment. In 2000, helped Adam Schiff, our state Senator then, beat far right Republican James ...

The Most Important House Race In Michigan– Blue America Endorses Diane Young

Thanks for always doing what you can to help make this a better world,

Howie, for the entire Blue America team

Give AIPAC The Finger

AIPAC and its allies funnel Republican and (illegally) Israeli money into Democratic primaries to defeat progressives. Last cycle they spent millions of dollars to replace Andy ...

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