Endorsed Candidates

Military Veteran | Healthcare Policy | Corporate Executive

<challenger><flip>Rebecca Bennett is a former U.S. Navy helicopter pilot and healthcare-innovation executive, and a graduate of Cornell University and The Wharton School. Over more than 15 years of military service she was an experimental test pilot and aircraft commander in the Navy and Air National Guard, and she later worked with startups and global companies to expand access to affordable care. Her priorities emphasize pragmatic, mission-driven leadership focused on strengthening democracy and expanding opportunity.

Educator | Engineer | Attorney

<challenger><flip>Christina Bohannan earned a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering and a J.D. from the University of Florida, and worked as an environmental engineer before becoming a law professor at the University of Iowa College of Law, where she teaches torts and intellectual-property law. She served in the Iowa House from 2021 to 2023. Her priorities center on lowering costs, protecting reproductive rights, and defending Social Security and Medicare.

Mayor | Finance & Investment | Government Reform

<challenger><flip>Paige Cognetti, mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania, is a first-generation college graduate with an MBA from Harvard Business School. From 2009 to 2012 she was a senior advisor to the Under Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Treasury, later advised the Pennsylvania Auditor General on school and elder-care oversight, and served on the Scranton School Board. As Scranton's first woman mayor she led the city out of 30 years of state-designated financial distress to an investment-grade credit rating, championing responsible budgeting and honest government.

Military Veteran | National Security | Election Administration

<challenger><flip>Cait Conley, a fourth-generation Hudson Valley native, holds degrees from West Point, Harvard, and MIT. She served 16 years in the U.S. Army with six overseas deployments, including combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, earning three Bronze Stars. She later served as Director for Counterterrorism on the National Security Council and as Senior Advisor to the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), leading its election-security work, and brings pragmatic, mission-driven leadership to the challenges facing New York families.

Small Business Owner | Nonprofit Leader | Economic Development

<challenger><flip>Rebecca Cooke, who grew up on a family dairy farm in western Wisconsin, is a small-business owner and founder of the Red Letter Grant, which funds women entrepreneurs across the region, and a graduate of the University of St. Thomas. Appointed to the board of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, she co-chaired its Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee. Her priorities focus on expanding rural opportunity, strengthening local economies, and supporting small-business growth.

Former Mayor | Attorney | Government Reform

<incumbent>Rep. Laura Gillen is a graduate of Georgetown University and NYU School of Law who began her public service as a George Baker Scholar. In 2017 she became the first Democrat elected Hempstead Town Supervisor in more than a century, overseeing a roughly $500 million budget, and she previously practiced law and taught as an adjunct professor at Hofstra University. Her priorities include affordability, government accountability, and effective local governance that restores public trust.

Small Business Owner | Skilled Trades | Rural Economy

<incumbent>Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a fifth-generation Washingtonian, attended Reed College and co-founded and co-owns an auto-repair and machine shop with her husband. She previously served on the Underwood Conservation District Board and now sits on the Agriculture and Small Business Committees, co-chairing the Blue Dog Coalition. She focuses on lowering costs, strengthening the skilled trades, and supporting the small businesses that drive local economies.

National Security | Attorney | Prosecutor

<incumbent>Rep. Maggie Goodlander holds degrees from Yale University and Yale Law School and served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve. She was a foreign-policy advisor to Senators Joe Lieberman and John McCain, clerked for Judge Merrick Garland and Justice Stephen Breyer, and served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. In the House she serves on the Armed Services and Small Business Committees, advancing economic competition, national security, and democratic institutions.

Educator | Economic Development | Nonprofit Leader

Rep. Greg Landsman earned a bachelor's degree from Ohio University and a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. A former public-school teacher, he served as executive director of the education nonprofit Strive Partnership and on the Cincinnati City Council before his election to Congress. He focuses on health care, the economy, and reproductive rights.

State Legislative Leadership | Nonprofit Leader | Education Policy

<incumbent>Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet earned a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and a master's in public administration from the University of Michigan–Flint. Before Congress she served in the Michigan Senate as assistant majority floor leader and led education and child-development organizations, including as Executive Director of Michigan Head Start and Vice President at the Skillman Foundation. She serves on the Agriculture and Transportation & Infrastructure Committees, focusing on family economic security, workforce readiness, and community resilience.

Attorney | Economic Development | Union Leader

<incumbent>Rep. Josh Riley, a fifth-generation Upstate New Yorker, graduated from William & Mary and Harvard Law School. He served as general counsel to Senator Al Franken on the Senate Judiciary Committee and as a policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Labor, clerked on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and practiced at Boies Schiller Flexner and Jenner & Block. He focuses on rebuilding infrastructure, lowering costs, and bipartisan, practical governance.

Military Veteran | Former Mayor | Entrepreneur

<incumbent>A West Point graduate with a master's degree from Georgetown University, Rep. Pat Ryan served as an Army intelligence officer with two combat tours in Iraq before co-founding the data-analytics firm Praescient Analytics. He later served as Ulster County Executive, where he led economic-development and public-safety initiatives. In Congress he serves on the Armed Services Committee and focuses on veterans, small businesses, and resilient infrastructure.

Former Journalist | Healthcare Policy | Economic Development

<challenger>Janelle Stelson holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Puget Sound and studied at the Austro-American Institute in Vienna. She spent roughly 37 years as a television news anchor and reporter in the Harrisburg area, primarily at WGAL News 8, before entering politics. Her priorities emphasize pocketbook issues such as the rising costs of housing and health care.

State Legislative Leadership | Attorney | Healthcare Policy

<incumbent>Rep. Emilia Sykes holds degrees from Kent State University and the University of Florida. She served eight years in the Ohio House, including two as Minority Leader, working across the aisle on public safety and economic development. She serves on the Transportation & Infrastructure and Science, Space & Technology Committees and belongs to the New Democrat Coalition and Problem Solvers Caucus, focusing on lowering costs, expanding opportunity, and accountable government.

Faith Leader | Nonprofit Leader | Economic Development

Sarah Trone Garriott holds a bachelor's degree from the College of St. Scholastica, a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, and a Master of Divinity from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. An ordained minister who has worked as a hospital chaplain and interfaith nonprofit coordinator, she has served in the Iowa Senate since 2021. Her priorities emphasize lowering costs for working families, protecting health-care access, and defending reproductive rights.

Former Corporate Executive | Engineer | Climate & Clean Energy

<incumbent>Rep. George Whitesides holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Tunisia. He served as Chief of Staff of NASA and as CEO of Virgin Galactic, helping advance U.S. commercial spaceflight, and co-chaired the Antelope Valley COVID-19 task force. In Congress he serves on the Armed Services and Science, Space & Technology Committees, focusing on national security, advanced manufacturing, and good jobs for the future.

Former Mayor | Veteran | Government Reform

Luke Bronin holds a B.A. from Yale College, an M.Sc. from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and a J.D. from Yale Law School, and served as a U.S. Navy Reserve officer, including a deployment to Afghanistan on an anti-corruption task force. He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, as general counsel to Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, and as mayor of Hartford from 2016 to 2024, and he currently lectures at Yale Law School. His work has centered on municipal finance, economic development, and effective governance.

Election Administration | Civil & Voting Rights | Government Reform

Jocelyn Benson holds a bachelor's degree from Wellesley College, a graduate degree from the University of Oxford, and a law degree from Harvard Law School. She served as dean of Wayne State University Law School, becoming the youngest woman to lead a top-100 accredited U.S. law school, and has been Michigan Secretary of State since 2019. Her priorities include voting rights and election administration, government transparency, and expanding economic opportunity, and she authored a book on the office of secretary of state.

Doctor | Public Health Leader | Ohio Families Advocate

Amy Acton, a physician, earned her bachelor's degree from Youngstown State University, her medical degree from Northeast Ohio Medical University, and a master's in public health. She served on the faculty at Ohio State University and directed the Ohio Department of Health from 2019 to 2020, where she led the state's early COVID-19 response and became a nationally recognized public-health voice. Her priorities center on the affordability of health care and everyday costs, including tools such as Medicaid and caregiver tax credits.

Lawyer | Former Party Chair | Public Servant

David Pepper earned his bachelor's degree and law degree from Yale University. He served on the Cincinnati City Council and the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners, chaired the Ohio Democratic Party, and has written books on American democracy, including “Laboratories of Autocracy.” His focus centers on democracy reform, voting rights, and state-level accountability.

Government Reform | Prosecutor | Finance & Investment

Rob Sand earned a bachelor's degree from Brown University, where he was named a Truman Scholar, and a law degree from the University of Iowa. As an assistant attorney general he served as Iowa's chief public-corruption prosecutor, notably prosecuting the largest lottery-rigging scheme in U.S. history, before being elected State Auditor in 2018. His priorities include lowering costs, expanding education such as universal all-day pre-K, and an “Accountability for All” agenda featuring term and age limits, a ban on lawmaker stock trading, and restoring auditor oversight powers.

Arizona State Legislature | Democratic Majority

The Arizona Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (ADLCC) is the organization dedicated solely to electing Democrats to the Arizona state House and Senate. Its mission is to build Democratic majorities in both chambers through data-driven investments in competitive races and viable candidates. It recruits, trains, vets, and supports legislative candidates, working in coordination with the national Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC).