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Oct 01
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Sarah Rascón for California State Senate (SD-26)

By ALL, CA, Endorsement

Sarah Rascón for California State Senate (SD-26)

 

Our Revolution is backing Sarah Rascón for California State Senate District 26 — an environmental advocate running a bold progressive campaign rooted in working families, environmental justice, and expanding opportunity in communities too often left behind.

Sarah was raised in El Sereno by her immigrant grandmother and became the first person in her family to graduate from college. She has spent her career expanding opportunities for young people and working to protect parks, open spaces, and the water communities depend on. 

She served as an East Area Planning Commissioner, giving her firsthand experience with the decisions that shape development in Los Angeles communities.

Her campaign puts environmental and social justice at the center — connecting the fight for a livable planet with the fight for economic opportunity and stronger communities. Sarah says she will stand up to Big Tech and billion-dollar corporations when their interests threaten communities’ water, power, and local voice.

She is also fighting for housing access and affordability, healthcare, corporate accountability, immigrant communities, and an economy that gives working families a real chance to get ahead. Sarah’s workforce agenda calls for expanding apprenticeships and community college programs while protecting good-paying union jobs and strengthening organized labor.

Sarah is running a grassroots campaign, and as a state senator would prioritize the voices of working families and underserved communities.

And voting starts soon. California counties begin mailing ballots and early voting begins Oct. 5, with the voting period running through Election Day, November 3. The first vote centers in Voter’s Choice Act counties open Oct. 24, and early in-person voting locations will be available statewide on Saturday, Oct. 31.

We are proud to endorse Sarah Rascón for California State Senate District 26.

When we organize, we win.

Our Revolution

Oct 01
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Midterms Survey: Progressive Wave Building

By Homepage Slot 3, Uncategorized

Midterms Survey: Progressive Wave Building

 

95% see the potential for a massive progressive wave as Our Revolution members put taking on oligarchy and corruption at the top of their agenda

With just over a month until Election Day, progressives aren’t thinking small.

A new survey of 1,500 Our Revolution members finds an extraordinary 95% are confident the Midterms can produce a massive progressive wave — with the potential to send as many as 22 new progressives to the House and six to the Senate.

That would mean more than a blue wave. It could mean the largest new cohort of progressives in Congress in years, with the potential to significantly expand the movement’s power in Washington.

But the survey also reveals something just as important: progressives have very clear ideas about what they expect Democrats to do with that power.

The #1 Demand: Take on Oligarchy and Corruption

Asked what Democrats should deliver if they win in November, 92% chose taking on oligarchs and corruption — the highest result of any governing priority tested.

And the rest of the list shows just how ambitious the progressive agenda remains:

85% — Medicare for All
 84% — Abolish ICE
 81% — Pause AI and data center expansion
 67% — Jobs and higher wages

One of the biggest surprises is AI and data centers.

At 81%, the issue is now just four points behind Medicare for All and ranks ahead of jobs and higher wages among the priorities tested. That’s a remarkable showing for an issue that has only recently emerged as a major national political fight — and suggests that concerns about AI, Big Tech and the rapid expansion of resource-intensive data centers are becoming deeply embedded in the progressive agenda.

What is Driving Democrats to the Polls?

When asked what they believe is motivating Democratic voters this cycle, respondents put the economy and high prices at 88%, followed by stopping Trump at 85%, the Iran war at 79%, mass deportations at 69%, and electing a blue wave of fighters at 58%.

IThat could be one of the biggest political questions coming out of November: Can electoral opposition be converted into a mandate for structural change?

Talarico, El-Sayed and Jackson Are the Senate Races Progressives Are Watching

There is also a clear hierarchy in which Senate contests have captured respondents’ attention.

James Talarico leads the field, with 75% saying they’re watching his race, followed by Abdul El-Sayed at 67% and Troy Jackson at 52%. Angie Nixon follows at 41%, while Peggy Flanagan registers 29% and Charles Booker 25%.

Those numbers give us an interesting snapshot of where progressive attention is concentrated as the final stretch begins — and which candidates are emerging as national movement figures beyond their own states.

Optimism Hasn’t Erased Anger at the Establishment

The optimism is especially striking compared with where the progressive base was not long ago.

In an earlier Our Revolution survey found just 3% very confident that Democratic leadership would effectively fight Trump’s policies. Another found 92% supporting primary challenges to establishment Democrats respondents believed weren’t generating enough grassroots energy or urgency.

Now, 95% see the potential for a progressive wave.

But that doesn’t mean tensions within the party have disappeared.

Asked how they feel about establishment organizations undermining or refusing to fund some progressive candidates, 48% said angry, 26% disappointed and 23% unsurprised.

The “unsurprised” number may be particularly revealing: nearly a quarter of respondents don’t simply dislike the dynamic — they’ve come to expect it.

Progressives Are Ready to Vote. 

Perhaps the most important finding for the final month isn’t ideological at all. It’s organizational.

A remarkable 75% of respondents plan to vote early, with another 8% still deciding whether they’ll vote early or on Election Day. Three-quarters also know other people planning to vote early.

Our Revolution made more than 5 million voter contacts during the primaries and is working toward another 5 million through November. The survey suggests the potential electorate is highly motivated — but turning that motivation into volunteer action remains a major opportunity in the closing stretch.

As Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese put it:

“We are hearing intense concern about prices and Trump, but also clear expectations about what happens after Election Day. If a record number of progressives enter the next Congress, they will arrive with a powerful base behind them expecting action on oligarchy and corruption, healthcare, wages and the growing power of AI.”

The survey captures a progressive base entering the final stretch with an unusual combination of confidence, impatience and ambition.

Respondents see the possibility of a major electoral wave. They are overwhelmingly planning to vote. And they aren’t simply thinking about Election Day — they’re already thinking about what comes next, what Democrats should deliver, and what a larger progressive bloc should fight for once it gets to Washington.

The opportunity is there. The next month will determine how much of it becomes reality.

When we organize, we win.

Our Revolution

Sep 25
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Angela Gonzales-Torres for Congress (CA-34)

By ALL, CA, Endorsement

Angela Gonzales-Torres for Congress (CA-34)

 

Angela Gonzales-Torres is housing advocate and democratic socialist running for Congress in California’s 34th District.

Born and raised in Highland Park, Angela is the daughter of a deportee and was raised by a single mother who relied on programs like SNAP and Medicaid. Those experiences are central to her agenda: welcome immigrants with a pathway to citizenship and free legal services, expand social programs to all and provide affordable housing.

Angela supports Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, tuition-free public college, student-debt cancellation, stronger protections for gig workers and expanded childcare and paid leave. She also proposes a Guaranteed Basic Income pilot for working families.

Angela brings a mix of grassroots organizing and public-service experience. She has served as President of the Highland Park Neighborhood Council, worked in the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office, and served as a regional representative on Metro’s Public Safety Advisory Committee. 

She has worked alongside communities confronting displacement, helped advance permanently affordable and intergenerational housing, and now works to help formerly incarcerated people transition from prison into higher education.

Angela’s campaign is grassroots, community-informed, and student-led — powered by people not corporations. And Our Revolution is proud to have her back!

When we organize, we win.

Our Revolution

Sep 19
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Revolution Report: September 19th, 2026

By Homepage Slot 2, Revolution Report, Revolution Report Newsletter

HEADLINES: Battle for the Midterms | Record Breaking Progressives | Greg Casar on Building Our Ranks | Jackson & Nixon on the Senate | Nina Turner: Happy Birthday Our Rev! | & MORE!

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THE BATTLE FOR THE MIDTERMS IS ON!

We are at an inflection point in American history — and the future hinges on these Midterms.

On Monday, thousands of Our Revolution activists joined us for our 2026 Battle for the Midterms Kickoff, as we fired up our grassroots operation for the final stretch to Election Day.

The opportunity in front of us is enormous: flip the House and Senate, elect a record number of progressives, and fundamentally change the balance of power in Washington.

After a decade of building progressive power from the ground up, Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese is rallying our movement to put our organizing into action:

“We’ve spent 10 years building the infrastructure, developing the leaders, and proving that grassroots organizing can overcome Big Money and the establishment. Now, we have an opportunity to put all of that experience to work in one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime.”

WATCH THE MIDTERMS BATTLE KICKOFF HERE

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FLIP CONGRESS — WITH 22 NEW HOUSE PROGRESSIVES!

Remember what a game changer it was to elect the Squad and grow it? Well now we could send a massive wave of 22 NEW progressives to the House.

Rep. Greg Casar, Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, joined us to talk about what it would mean to dramatically grow our ranks in the House — and use that power to deliver for working people.

“We have to flip the House, flip the Senate, but flip it with people who actually want to fight the corporate interests that have been screwing us over for far too long and make sure we have a Democratic Party that is pro-worker and anti-billionaire.”

He laid out the dynamics of key House races like firefighter Sam Forstag in the red state of Montana, union teacher Randy Villegas in a red district in California, and other working class fighters ready to take seats in November.

Chip in any amount ASAP to power Our Revolution’s proven voter turnout machine in these exciting House races coast to coast!

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THE BATTLE FOR THE SENATE

This November we could add SIX bold new champions to join Bernie Sanders in the U.S. Senate! Chip in to elect the Super Senate Six!

On Monday, we heard from two of these great candidates ready to shake up Washington: Angie Nixon in Florida and Troy Jackson in Maine.

Angie won the primary after being outspent by the establishment Democrat 16 to 1! Now she’s mobilizing the grassroots to take on the Florida Republican machine.

“Before I became a state rep, before I became a lawmaker, before I became the Democratic nominee for United States Senate, I was an organizer.”

And she summed up the strategy behind her campaign in one powerful line: “Organized people will beat big money each and every day of the week. We just got to get the people organized.”

In Maine, Troy Jackson told us he’s seeing an extraordinary level of grassroots energy as his campaign heads into the final stretch against GOP Senator Susan Collins.

“Since 30 years ago, I’ve been waiting for the day that everyday working-class people can rise up… Right now, people are showing up like crazy.”

It’s Big Money versus people power. And we're betting on ALL OF US. Chip in a donation today to power our 5 million voter contact operation over the next SIX WEEKS!

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PEOPLE POWER CAN BEAT BIG MONEY

Newly elected Rep. Aisha Wahab knows firsthand what it means to go up against massive outside spending — and win.

After facing millions of dollars in the special election, Aisha told us the answer isn't trying to match Big Money dollar for dollar. It's about connecting directly with voters at the doors, on the phones, and delivering a clear contrast to the opposition.

“Our Revolution was with us here on the ground. Real people telling neighbors why they’re voting, what they care about, what they want to see done — that’s really the biggest part of our campaign and how we were able to push back.”

Our Revolution activists helped make tens of thousands of calls into Aisha's district — exactly the kind of grassroots operation we're now scaling up across the country heading into November. Chip in here to power our Phonebank Force.

SIGN UP TO MAKE CALLS WITH OUR TEAM

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BUILDING LOCAL POWER IN A RED STATE

Our Revolution Board Chair Megan Green joined us to show what building progressive power from the ground up can accomplish — even in a red state.

Megan serves as President of the St. Louis Board of Alders, and together we’re developing the next generation of leaders.

“We’ve been able to build a progressive majority here in the city of St. Louis — in the middle of a red state. And now we’re taking that organizing and building power at the state level.”

That's the progressive pipeline we've spent a decade building: organizers become candidates, win locally, govern, and build upward and outward.

Campaigns come and go. Our movement marches ahead.

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10 YEARS IN THE FIGHT — AND JUST GETTING STARTED

Few people have been closer to this movement than Nina Turner — former president of Our Revolution and Bernie Sanders' 2020 national co-chair.

As we celebrate 10 years since Bernie founded Our Revolution, Nina reflected on how far we've come — and the sustained organizing that made it possible.

“Ten years is a big deal. We should celebrate what Our Revolution has been able to accomplish — but understand that we have so much more work to do.”

That's the lesson of our first decade. Political power isn't built in one election. It's built by organizing year after year, developing leaders and creating a movement that doesn't disappear when Election Day is over.

Nina's prescription for the next decade? “Organize, organize, organize.” Ten years down. And we're just getting started.

If you can, invest a monthly donation to keep our movement marching forward — through the Midterms and Beyond.

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RIGHT NOW: FINISH THE FIGHT TO BAN DARK MONEY

Winning elections is only one part of building power. For 10 years, Our Revolution has also been organizing inside the Democratic Party to change the rules themselves.

Last year, that inside/outside strategy delivered a major victory: after sustained grassroots pressure, the DNC passed a resolution to ban dark and corporate money from the 2028 presidential primary process.

Now comes the real test: making sure it actually happens.

Our Revolution Founding Chair and DNC member Larry Cohen joined us to lay out the urgency of the next two weeks as we push the DNC to put forward the implementation plan:

“Our primaries should belong to the voters in the Democratic Party — working-class people, Black, brown and white — not to the billionaires and not to the corporations.”

ADD YOUR NAME: TELL THE DNC TO GET DARK & CORPORATE MONEY OUT OF THE 2028 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

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45 DAYS. 5 MILLION VOTER CONTACTS.

Now comes the work.

Our Revolution is activating our national voter turnout machine with a goal of making 5 million voter contacts in key races before Election Day.

We’re making calls. Sending texts. Knocking doors. And mobilizing volunteers across the country to help elect progressive champions from the local level all the way to the U.S. Senate.

This is what 10 years of organizing has built.
Now it's time to use it.

CHIP IN TO THE MIDTERM BATTLE FUND

It’s all hands on deck — and on the phones. We’re training up new volunteers right now to expand our Phonebank Team. It’s a lot of fun and it’s the best way to make the biggest impact on these Midterms. Sign up today!

JOIN OUR PHONE BANK FORCE

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As Trump and his cronies attack our democracy, we’re organizing alongside the No Kings Movement for Early Vote turnout and Election Protection. DONATE TO POWER OUR NO KINGS WORK HERE

October 17 will be a MASSIVE nationwide day of action: rallies, block parties, walks to the polls, and helping neighbors get to their voting stations. SIGN UP TO HOST A NO KINGS EVENT HERE

When we organize, we win.

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It’s time to Make Trump Cry in the Midterms.

Let’s take power back from Trump and the oligarchs who are entrenching us in war, rigging our economy, and targeting our communities. Get your stickers and other merch to help power our organizing. Thanks for all of your support!

GRAB YOUR MERCH!

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Sep 18
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Progressive Slate for New York State Assembly PART 2

By ALL, Endorsement, NY

Progressives for New York State Assembly PART 2

 

The fight for progressive power in New York is heading into the General Election.

Our Revolution is proud to endorse five candidates for New York State Assembly who are ready to fight for working people in Albany: Eli Northrup, Maurice Brown, Kurtis VanWuyckhuyse, Patrick Burke, and Adam Bojak.

From Manhattan and Syracuse to Rochester and Buffalo, these candidates are taking on rising costs, fighting for affordable housing and healthcare, standing with workers, and working to build a government that delivers for everyday New Yorkers.

Eli Northrup — Assembly District 69

Eli Northrup is a public defender, policy advocate, and community leader who has spent his career fighting for justice and standing up for people. As Policy Director for the Criminal Defense Practice at The Bronx Defenders, Eli has helped lead efforts in Albany to protect due process, expand opportunities for people with criminal records, and reform New York’s criminal justice system.

Now the Democratic and Working Families Party nominee for AD-69, Eli is running on a bold affordability agenda that includes universal childcare, universal healthcare, more affordable housing, stronger tenant protections, and making corporations and the wealthiest New Yorkers pay their fair share.

Maurice Brown — Assembly District 129

Maurice “Mo” Brown is a veteran, homeowner, and Onondaga County Legislator running to deliver stronger results for working families in Central New York.

His campaign is focused on lowering costs, expanding affordable housing, reducing utility bills, improving public transportation, investing in prevention-focused public safety, and making corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share. After a people-powered primary campaign fueled by volunteers, small-dollar donors, and grassroots organizing, Mo is taking that fight to the General Election.

Kurtis VanWuyckhuyse — Assembly District 134

Kurtis VanWuyckhuyse grew up in Hamlin, attended Hilton schools, and now works as General Manager of a family-owned auto business. As a longtime renter in Greece, Kurt says the pressures of rising costs and housing insecurity aren’t abstract political issues — they’re part of his own experience.

Running on a “People Over Profit” platform and rejecting corporate PAC and special-interest money, Kurt supports living wages, stronger unions, housing stability, the New York Health Act, and greater investment in mental health and addiction treatment.

Patrick Burke — Assembly District 142

Patrick Burke is a South Buffalo native running for reelection to represent New York’s 142nd Assembly District.

After serving as an Erie County legislator, Pat was elected to the State Assembly to continue advocating for his constituents and his community in Albany. Pat’s campaign is rooted in his commitment to Western New York, its people, and the environment, and his goal of making the region a better place for his family and everyone who calls it home.

Adam Bojak — Assembly District 149

Adam Bojak is a Family Court and housing-rights attorney who has spent nearly a decade representing everyday Western New Yorkers. Now, he’s running to bring a working-class, democratic socialist vision to Albany.

Adam is running for a “healthy, housed and affordable Western New York” with a platform that includes stronger tenant protections and social housing, the New York Health Act, universal childcare, stronger labor rights, public ownership of utilities, and a moratorium on data center construction. His campaign rejects developer and corporate money and is powered by working people.

Building Progressive Power Across New York

These candidates represent the kind of leadership Our Revolution is working to elect across the country: leaders rooted in their communities who are ready to take on powerful interests and fight for working people.

This November, we have an opportunity to build progressive power in Albany and elect champions who will fight for affordable housing and healthcare, workers and unions, strong public services, and communities where working families can thrive.

Our Revolution is proud to stand with Eli Northrup, Maurice Brown, Kurtis VanWuyckhuyse, Patrick Burke, and Adam Bojak for New York State Assembly.

Let’s finish the job in November.

When we organize, we win.

Our Revolution

Sep 15
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Progressive Slate for New York State Assembly PART 1

By ALL, Endorsement, NY

Progressive Slate for New York State Assembly PART 1

 

New York progressives are heading into November ready to build power in Albany.

Our Revolution is proud to endorse a slate of candidates for New York State Assembly who are taking on the status quo and fighting for working people — from Queens and Brooklyn to Manhattan and Western New York.

These candidates are organizers, advocates, working parents, attorneys, and community leaders running on the issues New Yorkers feel every day: housing, affordability, healthcare, childcare, workers’ rights, immigrant protections, and making government work for ordinary people.

Meet Our Revolution’s New York Assembly slate:

Samantha Kattan — Assembly District 37

Samantha Kattan is a working parent, longtime tenant organizer, daughter of Mexican and Syrian immigrants, and democratic socialist running to represent Long Island City, Maspeth, Ridgewood, Sunnyside, and Woodside.

Through her work organizing tenants, Samantha says she has seen both the housing conditions New Yorkers are forced to endure and the power people have when they organize together. She is running on social housing, stronger tenant protections, universal healthcare, free childcare, immigrant rights, and greener, healthier neighborhoods.

David Orkin — Assembly District 38

David Orkin is an immigrant workers’ rights attorney, union organizer, and democratic socialist running in Queens.

David has dedicated his career to defending workers and immigrants, and he’s running to take that fight to Albany. His campaign is focused on taxing the rich to fund childcare, housing, transit, and healthcare; protecting immigrant communities from ICE; and strengthening labor protections so workers can organize, earn fair wages, and hold employers accountable. His campaign also rejects corporate lobby, fossil fuel, and real estate money.

Christian Celeste Tate — Assembly District 54

Christian Celeste Tate is a community organizer and democratic socialist running to represent Bushwick and parts of East New York, including Cypress Hills and City Line.

Christian is running to build what her campaign calls a city where everyone has access to housing, healthcare, safety, and dignity. Her platform puts fighting displacement and keeping people in their homes at the center of the campaign, and she rejects corporate, fossil-fuel, and real-estate money.

Eon Huntley — Assembly District 56

Eon Huntley is an organizer running to represent Brooklyn’s 56th Assembly District on a campaign built around putting people over profit.

His campaign emphasizes organizing, coalition-building, direct action, and housing justice. Eon also pledges to reject corporate donations, including money from real estate interests, as he works to build a grassroots movement for working people in Brooklyn.

Illapa Sairitupac — Assembly District 65

Illapa Sairitupac is a tenant organizer and anti-ICE activist running to represent Lower Manhattan.

Illapa says New York is becoming unaffordable for everyone but the wealthy, and he’s running to make New York more affordable for working people, defend renters, and stand up to ICE. His campaign is rooted in the working-class and immigrant communities of Chinatown and the Lower East Side and the belief that the people who built these neighborhoods should be able to afford to remain in them.

David Siffert — Assembly District 66

David Siffert is an NYU School of Law professor seeking to represent lower Manhattan and become the first non-binary member of the NY state legislature.

After several years in private practice, David returned to NYU Law to serve as the director of research and projects at the school’s Center on Civil Justice – an initiative that advocates for more efficient procedures in local and federal courts and broader access to legal services for all Americans. Their campaign is rooted in issues like affordable housing, immigrants’ rights, and artificial intelligence regulation. 

Building Progressive Power in Albany

These races represent what Our Revolution has always been about: building progressive power from the ground up.

From tenant organizers and union organizers to public defenders and community advocates, these candidates are taking the fights happening in their neighborhoods directly to Albany.

This November, we have an opportunity to elect a new generation of progressive leaders who will fight for working people and help build a stronger progressive bloc in the New York State Assembly.

Our Revolution is proud to stand with Samantha Kattan, David Orkin, Christian Celeste Tate, Eon Huntley, Illapa Sairitupac, and David Siffert. 

When we organize, we win.

Our Revolution

Sep 15
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Progressives for Illinois State Senate

By ALL, Endorsement, IL

Progressives for Illinois State Senate

 

Our Revolution is proud to endorse Marsie Geldert-Murphey in Illinois Senate District 56 and Ben McAdams in Senate District 24 — two candidates ready to bring new leadership to Springfield and fight for an Illinois where working families can afford to live, thrive, and build a future.

Marsie Geldert-Murphey — Senate District 56

Marsie Geldert-Murphey is a builder — literally.

A civil engineer with more than 30 years of experience, Marsie has spent her career building the roads, bridges, and infrastructure communities depend on. Now, this political newcomer wants to put that experience to work building a stronger future for downstate Illinois.

Marsie understands that investing in infrastructure means creating good jobs and expanding economic opportunity. She wants smart, inclusive growth that allows young people to stay and succeed in their communities — while strengthening public schools, early childhood education, and school nutrition programs.

She’s also committed to protecting access to healthcare, including fighting for robust Medicaid funding and strengthening the healthcare workforce so families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities can get the care they need.

Marsie believes real change starts in our communities — by listening, bringing people together, and putting people and progress at the center of public policy.

Our Revolution is proud to endorse Marsie Geldert-Murphey for Illinois Senate District 56.

Ben McAdams — Senate District 24

Ben McAdams is running with a bold progressive vision: healthcare and housing should be rights, working families deserve an economy that works for them, and corporations and the ultra-wealthy should pay their fair share.

A lifelong Illinois resident, Ben got his start in local activism and community organizing before studying public interest law and working with legal nonprofits to help people who couldn’t afford representation.

Ben believes healthcare is a human right and wants Illinois to invest in public healthcare, protect reproductive and mental healthcare, and defend communities from Medicaid cuts.

He also wants to shift the tax burden off working and middle-class families by making corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay more — including through a billionaire wealth tax, closing corporate tax loopholes, and taxing digital advertising by Big Tech.

On climate, Ben supports public investment toward a 100% green energy economy, regulating AI and data centers, and making polluters pay. He’s also committed to protecting immigrants from ICE overreach, defending LGBTQ+ rights and voting rights, and ensuring due process for everyone.

From affordable healthcare and good-paying jobs to climate action and economic justice, Ben is running to build an Illinois that works for everyday people — not just those with the most wealth and power.

Marsie and Ben bring different experiences to this fight, but they share a commitment to building an Illinois where government delivers for working people.

🗳️ Early voting: Sept. 24–Nov. 2
Election Day: Tuesday, Nov. 3

When we organize, we win.

Our Revolution

Sep 15
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Aber Kawas for NY State Senate SD-12

By ALL, Endorsement, NY

Aber Kawas for NY State Senate (SD-12)

 

Our Revolution is proud to endorse Aber Kawas for New York State Senate District 12 — a community organizer and democratic socialist who has spent more than 15 years fighting alongside working-class New Yorkers.

The daughter of Palestinian refugees and raised in a working-class New York City family, Aber’s politics are deeply rooted in her own experience.

When she was young, her father was detained by ICE and deported. Her family struggled to make ends meet while he was detained — an experience Aber says shaped her commitment to building power for poor and working people.

And she has spent years putting that commitment into action.

Aber has organized in the Fight for $15, fought police surveillance and harassment, worked for immigration reform, and helped develop and launch the Not On Our Dime campaign. Now, she’s running to bring that organizing experience to Albany.

Fighting for Working Families in Queens

Aber is running on a bold platform centered on making New York affordable and ensuring working people can live with dignity.

She supports passing the New York Health Act to provide comprehensive healthcare to every New Yorker, creating tens of thousands of permanently affordable, union-built social housing units, strengthening tenant protections, and making MTA buses fast and free.

She also wants to tax the rich to fund public services, expand public renewable energy, create union jobs, protect immigrant communities from ICE, and invest in the infrastructure working families depend on.

And Aber is running the same way she has organized throughout her career: from the grassroots up. Her campaign says it is powered by working people, not corporations or billionaires.

Building Progressive Power in Albany

Aber is running to represent communities across Queens, including parts of Astoria, Sunnyside, Woodside, Ridgewood, Maspeth, Long Island City, Elmhurst, Glendale, and Jackson Heights.

Her campaign represents exactly the kind of progressive pipeline Our Revolution is working to build across the country: grassroots organizers taking the fights happening in their communities directly into the halls of power.

This November, Queens has an opportunity to send a working-class organizer to Albany who will fight for affordable housing, healthcare for all, workers, immigrants, climate action, and a government that puts people before corporations and billionaires.

Our Revolution is proud to endorse Aber Kawas for New York State Senate District 12.

When we organize, we win.

Sep 15
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Progressives Building Local Power Across California

By ALL, CA, Endorsement

Progressives Building Local Power Across California

 

Our Revolution is proud to endorse a new slate of candidates fighting to build people-powered government from the ground up across California.

From county government and city councils to school boards and the local agencies that manage essential public resources, these races are where decisions that directly shape people’s lives get made. And they’re exactly where our movement needs strong, accountable leaders ready to put working people and their communities first.

Flo Cofer — Sacramento County Supervisor, District 1

Our Revolution is excited to endorse Dr. Flojaune “Flo” Cofer for Sacramento County Supervisor, District 1.

Flo is an epidemiologist, policy leader, and longtime community advocate running to bring bold, people-centered leadership to county government. Her campaign is 100% corporate-free, rejecting contributions from corporate PACs, law-enforcement unions, real-estate interests, and the fossil-fuel industry.

Her platform brings together economic, housing, health, labor, and climate justice under three powerful priorities: Protect Our People. Keep People Housed. Green Jobs, Good Pay.

Flo is fighting to prevent evictions and displacement, expand affordable and supportive housing, strengthen behavioral health care, protect immigrant communities, defend workers’ right to organize, and create union jobs through a just transition to clean energy. She supports CalCare single-payer healthcare, a local public banking strategy, stronger protections against privatization, and participatory budgeting that gives residents a greater voice in how public dollars are spent.

She’s also calling for a halt to the unchecked expansion of AI data centers unless strong protections are in place for workers, water, energy, the environment, and surrounding communities.

Flo understands that county government shouldn’t simply manage crises — it should solve problems, protect people, and create the conditions for everyone to thrive.

Marisol Rubio — San Ramon City Council, District 4

Our Revolution is proud to endorse Marisol Rubio for San Ramon City Council, District 4.

Local government has enormous power over the affordability, sustainability, and quality of life of our communities. Marisol represents the kind of people-powered leadership our movement is working to strengthen in cities across California.

We’re proud to stand with her as she fights to keep District 4 moving forward and ensure working people have a strong voice in San Ramon City Hall.

Conan Moats — Diablo Water District, Ward 2

Our Revolution is proud to endorse Conan Moats for Diablo Water District, Ward 2.

Water is a public resource — and the people making decisions about its future matter.

As corporations and major new developments place growing demands on California’s water and infrastructure, communities deserve leaders who will put residents and responsible stewardship at the center of those decisions.

That’s why we’re proud to support Conan and the fight for accountable, community-centered leadership at the Diablo Water District.

Brandon Dawkins — Antioch Unified School District Board, Trustee Area 5

Our Revolution is proud to endorse Brandon Dawkins for Antioch Unified School District Board, Trustee Area 5.

Strong public schools are the foundation of strong communities, and school-board elections are a critical part of building progressive power from the bottom up.

Brandon is running under a simple but important vision: “Whole Student, Whole Community.”

We’re proud to stand with Brandon and his campaign to bring a community-centered voice to the Antioch school board.

Building Progressive Power From the Ground Up

These may be local races, but their impact is anything but small.

For ten years, Our Revolution has worked to build a progressive pipeline from the grassroots up — supporting movement leaders who are ready to serve their communities, challenge entrenched power, and make government work for working people.

That’s how lasting political change happens: school board by school board, city council by city council, county by county.

This November, let’s keep building that power across California.

When we organize, we win.

Our Revolution

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