Jim McGovern for Congress in Massachusetts’ 2nd District
Our Revolution is proud to endorse Jim McGovern for re-election to Congress in Massachusetts’ 2nd District.
Jim McGovern is the kind of progressive fighter we need in Washington: unafraid to take on corporate power, relentless in the fight against hunger and poverty, and willing to stand up for human rights and peace — even when it means challenging the powerful.
And at a moment when Donald Trump and his allies are attacking working families and our democracy, Jim isn’t backing down.
Born and raised in Worcester, Jim has spent his career fighting for the people of Central and Western Massachusetts. In Congress, he has become a national leader on food security, human rights, campaign finance reform, social justice, and peace.
Jim believes nobody in the richest country on Earth should go hungry.
As co-chair of the House Hunger Caucus, he has made ending hunger a defining cause of his career. He has fought to strengthen nutrition programs at home and abroad and, every year, walks 43 miles through the Pioneer Valley to raise awareness and money to combat hunger in his own community.
He’s also taking on the Big Money corrupting our democracy.
Jim is one of Congress’ leading voices for overturning Citizens United and challenging corporate personhood. And he’s putting those values into practice: his campaign has pledged not to accept corporate PAC money.
Jim knows that democracy should belong to people — not whoever can write the biggest check.
He’s fighting for the economic security working families deserve, including Medicare for All, affordable housing, food assistance, and a government that invests in people rather than stripping away the programs families depend on.
And Jim has never been afraid to confront abuses of power.
Long before serving in Congress, he helped lead an investigation into the murders of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper, and her daughter in El Salvador. The investigation found the Salvadoran military was implicated and helped change U.S. policy by tying future military aid to improvements in human rights.
That commitment to human dignity continues to guide him today.
Jim voted against the authorization for the Iraq War and became a leading congressional voice challenging the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And when the Trump administration escalated its immigration crackdown, Jim conducted an unannounced oversight visit to an ICE facility in Massachusetts to see the conditions firsthand. He has called for ICE to be abolished.
That’s what it means to use political power to fight for people.
Jim understands that defeating the far right isn’t enough. We need a progressive vision that gives people something to fight for — healthcare, affordable housing, economic security, human rights, democracy, and a government that works for everyone.
And this November, Jim is clear about the stakes: taking back Congress so it can once again serve as a check on Trump and his administration.
Our Revolution has spent a decade building progressive power at every level of government. We need proven progressive champions in Congress who will stand with working people, challenge corporate power, defend our democracy, and keep pushing our movement forward.
Jim McGovern is one of those champions.
Our Revolution is proud to endorse Jim McGovern for Congress in Massachusetts’ 2nd District.
Let’s keep a progressive fighter for working people, peace, and democracy in Congress.
When we organize, we win.
Our Revolution