MoveOn Announces 21 U.S. House Endorsements
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After resoundingly endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president, MoveOn members have officially endorsed 21 Democratic candidates for U.S. House seats in key target races across the country. This is part of the group’s $ 32 million 2024 election program to protect our futures and our democracy against the planned Project 2025 takeover from MAGA extremists in the U.S. Capitol and the White House.
MoveOn members endorsed the following candidates in races crucial to protecting the U.S. House from Republican control:
- Kirsten Engel (Arizona, District 6)
- Adam Gray (California, District 13)
- Rudy Salas (California, District 22)
- Will Rollins (California, District 41)
- Derek Tran (California, District 45)
- Dave Min (California, District 47)
- Adam Frisch (Colorado, District 3)
- Dr. Yadira Caraveo (Colorado, District 8)
- Jahana Hayes (Connecticut, District 5)
- Lanon Baccam (Iowa, District 3)
- Eric Sorensen (Illinois, District 17)
- Tony Vargas (Nebraska, District 2)
- Susan Altman (New Jersey, District 7)
- Gabe Vasquez (New Mexico, District 2)
- Laura Gillen (New York, District 4)
- Josh Riley (New York, District 19)
- John Mannion (New York, District 22)
- Janelle Bynum (Oregon, District 5)
- Andrea Salinas (Oregon, District 6)
- Missy Cotter Smasal (Virginia, District 2)
- Katrina Shankland (Wisconsin, District 3)
“MoveOn members know that Donald Trump’s extremism spreads from the top of the ballot to the bottom, and we have to secure our majority in the U.S. House to protect working people from more Republican chaos,” said MoveOn Political Action spokesperson Britt Jacovich. “Our members endorsed 21 progressive champions who will prioritize a people-first agenda to empower our communities while ensuring our rights and freedoms do not collapse at the hands of Trump’s Republican Party and their Project 2025 plan.”
As mentioned in Axios, MoveOn has previously endorsed Summer Lee (PA, District 12) for her primary election for her U.S. House race, as well as Andy Kim (New Jersey) and Angela Alsobrooks (Maryland) for U.S. Senate.
Read MoveOn’s 2024 election plan memo in full here, with key excerpts below.
- In 2024, our democracy, abortion access, and fundamental freedoms are at stake like never before, and MoveOn is meeting the moment. To secure a Democratic trifecta, we are strategically addressing the enthusiasm gap among Democratic voters by narrowing in on young surge voters in battleground states and House districts.
- Within this surge voter population of more than 11 million across our target geographies, MoveOn is focusing on young voters and voters who need to be moved to turn out again for the anti-Trump coalition. These surge voters are often motivated to vote through tailored appeals on issues that impact their day-to-day lives.
- MoveOn will continue to utilize voter contact tactics that have proven to be successful from previous cycles, including house parties, targeted digital ads, and direct voter contact through phone-banking, canvassing, and vote tripling, where committed voters remind friends and family to GOTV.
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MoveOn is celebrating 25 years of people-powered progress this year. For more than a generation, MoveOn has built independent political power and mobilized the left to elect Democrats and enact progressive change. MoveOn is a bulwark against the radical right, channeling our collective voices to drive progressive foreign policy, protect democracy, and advance justice for all.
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