American Federation of Government Employees

Who they are

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is an American labor union representing over 820,000 employees of the federal government and the District of Columbia as of 2022. AFGE is the largest union for civilian, non-postal federal employees and the largest union for District of Columbia employees who report directly to the mayor.

From Wikipedia.

Where their endorsements fall

Of the 134 endorsed candidates on our ballots: 8 Republicans, 123 Democrats, 3 other or no party.

The 109 with a published academic score (Voteview, Shor–McCarty or DIME) average slightly left. This describes the candidates they endorsed, not American Federation of Government Employees themselves.

Who they endorsed

Alabama

• Shomari Figures (Democrat) · Alabama U.S. House District 2
• Andrew Sneed (Democrat) · Alabama U.S. House District 5
• Terri Sewell (Democrat) · Alabama U.S. House District 7

Alaska

• Bill Hill (Independent) · Alaska U.S. House (at-large)
• Mary Peltola (Democrat) · Alaska U.S. Senate

Colorado

• Melat Kiros (Democrat) · Colorado U.S. House District 1
• Dwayne Romero (Democrat) · Colorado U.S. House District 3
• Eileen Laubacher (Democrat) · Colorado U.S. House District 4
• Manny Rutinel (Democrat) · Colorado U.S. House District 8

Delaware

• Sarah McBride (Democrat) · Delaware U.S. House (at-large)
• Chris Coons (Democrat) · Delaware U.S. Senate

Florida

• David Jolly (Democrat) · Florida Governor
• Angie Nixon (Democrat) · Florida U.S. Senate (special election)

Georgia

• Keisha Lance Bottoms (Democrat) · Georgia Governor
• Ceretta Smith (Democrat) · Georgia U.S. House District 12
• Jasmine Clark (Democrat) · Georgia U.S. House District 13

Hawaii

• Ed Case (Democrat) · Hawaii U.S. House District 1
• Jill Tokuda (Democrat) · Hawaii U.S. House District 2

Idaho

• Todd Achilles (Independent) · Idaho U.S. Senate

Illinois

• Jonathan Jackson (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 1
• Brad Schneider (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 10
• Bill Foster (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 11
• Nikki Budzinski (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 13
• Lauren Underwood (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 14
• Jennifer Todd (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 15
• Paul Nolley (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 16
• Eric Sorensen (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 17
• Donna Miller (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 2
• Delia Ramirez (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 3
• Mike Quigley (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 5
• Sean Casten (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 6
• La Shawn Ford (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 7
• Melissa Bean (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 8
• Daniel Biss (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 9
• Juliana Stratton (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. Senate

Iowa

• Christina Bohannan (Democrat) · Iowa U.S. House District 1
• Lindsay James (Democrat) · Iowa U.S. House District 2
• Sarah Trone Garriott (Democrat) · Iowa U.S. House District 3
• Josh Turek (Democrat) · Iowa U.S. Senate

Kansas

• Sharice Davids (Democrat) · Kansas U.S. House District 3
• Adam Hamilton (Democrat) · Kansas U.S. Senate

Maine

• Matthew Dunlap (Democrat) · Maine U.S. House District 2

Maryland

• Wes Moore (Democrat) · Maryland Governor
• Johnny Olszewski (Democrat) · Maryland U.S. House District 2
• Sarah Elfreth (Democrat) · Maryland U.S. House District 3
• Glenn Ivey (Democrat) · Maryland U.S. House District 4
• Adrian Boafo (Democrat) · Maryland U.S. House District 5
• April McClain Delaney (Democrat) · Maryland U.S. House District 6
• Kweisi Mfume (Democrat) · Maryland U.S. House District 7
• Jamie Raskin (Democrat) · Maryland U.S. House District 8

Massachusetts

• Richard Neal (Democrat) · Massachusetts U.S. House District 1
• Jim McGovern (Democrat) · Massachusetts U.S. House District 2
• Lori Trahan (Democrat) · Massachusetts U.S. House District 3
• Jake Auchincloss (Democrat) · Massachusetts U.S. House District 4
• Katherine Clark (Democrat) · Massachusetts U.S. House District 5
• Ayanna Pressley (Democrat) · Massachusetts U.S. House District 7
• Stephen Lynch (Democrat) · Massachusetts U.S. House District 8
• Bill Keating (Democrat) · Massachusetts U.S. House District 9
• Ed Markey (Democrat) · Massachusetts U.S. Senate

Michigan

• Callie Barr (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 1
• Christina Hines (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 10
• Jeremy Moss (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 11
• Rashida Tlaib (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 12
• Donavan McKinney (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 13
• Benjamin Ambrose (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 2
• Hillary Scholten (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 3
• Sean McCann (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 4
• Christian Vukasovich (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 5
• Debbie Dingell (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 6
• William Lawrence (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 7
• Kristen McDonald Rivet (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 8
• Ray Pooley (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 9
• Abdul El-Sayed (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. Senate

Minnesota

• Matt Little (Democrat) · Minnesota U.S. House District 2
• Kelly Morrison (Democrat) · Minnesota U.S. House District 3
• Betty McCollum (Democrat) · Minnesota U.S. House District 4
• Ilhan Omar (Democrat) · Minnesota U.S. House District 5

Mississippi

• Bennie G. Thompson (Democrat) · Mississippi U.S. House District 2

Missouri

• Wesley Bell (Democrat) · Missouri U.S. House District 1
• Emanuel Cleaver (Democrat) · Missouri U.S. House District 5

Montana

• Sam Forstag (Democrat) · Montana U.S. House District 1

Nebraska

• Denise Powell (Democrat) · Nebraska U.S. House District 2
• Dan Osborn (Independent) · Nebraska U.S. Senate

New Hampshire

• Chris Pappas (Democrat) · New Hampshire U.S. Senate

New Jersey

• Donald Norcross (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. House District 1
• LaMonica McIver (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. House District 10
• Analilia Mejia (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. House District 11
• Adam Hamawy (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. House District 12
• Herb Conaway (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. House District 3
• Chris Smith (Republican) · New Jersey U.S. House District 4
• Josh Gottheimer (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. House District 5
• Frank Pallone (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. House District 6
• Thomas Kean Jr. (Republican) · New Jersey U.S. House District 7
• Rob Menendez (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. House District 8
• Nellie Pou (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. House District 9

New Mexico

• Melanie Stansbury (Democrat) · New Mexico U.S. House District 1
• Gabe Vasquez (Democrat) · New Mexico U.S. House District 2
• Teresa Leger Fernández (Democrat) · New Mexico U.S. House District 3
• Ben Ray Luján (Democrat) · New Mexico U.S. Senate

New York

• Nick LaLota (Republican) · New York U.S. House District 1
• Micah Lasher (Democrat) · New York U.S. House District 12
• Mike Lawler (Republican) · New York U.S. House District 17

North Carolina

• Don Davis (Democrat) · North Carolina U.S. House District 1
• Jamie Ager (Democrat) · North Carolina U.S. House District 11
• Valerie Foushee (Democrat) · North Carolina U.S. House District 4
• Richard Ojeda (Democrat) · North Carolina U.S. House District 9
• Roy Cooper (Democrat) · North Carolina U.S. Senate

Ohio

• Amy Acton (Democrat) · Ohio Governor
• Greg Landsman (Democrat) · Ohio U.S. House District 1
• Mike Turner (Republican) · Ohio U.S. House District 10
• Shontel Brown (Democrat) · Ohio U.S. House District 11
• Emilia Sykes (Democrat) · Ohio U.S. House District 13
• David Joyce (Republican) · Ohio U.S. House District 14
• Don Leonard (Democrat) · Ohio U.S. House District 15
• Joyce Beatty (Democrat) · Ohio U.S. House District 3
• Brian Poindexter (Democrat) · Ohio U.S. House District 7
• Marcy Kaptur (Democrat) · Ohio U.S. House District 9
• Sherrod Brown (Democrat) · Ohio U.S. Senate (special election)

Oregon

• Val Hoyle (Democrat) · Oregon U.S. House District 4

Pennsylvania

• Brian Fitzpatrick (Republican) · Pennsylvania U.S. House District 1
• Rob Bresnahan (Republican) · Pennsylvania U.S. House District 8

South Carolina

• Jim Clyburn (Democrat) · South Carolina U.S. House District 6

Texas

• Gina Hinojosa (Democrat) · Texas Governor
• James Talarico (Democrat) · Texas U.S. Senate

Utah

• Ben McAdams (Democrat) · Utah U.S. House District 1

Virginia

• Shannon Taylor (Democrat) · Virginia U.S. House District 1
• Suhas Subramanyam (Democrat) · Virginia U.S. House District 10
• James Walkinshaw (Democrat) · Virginia U.S. House District 11
• Elaine Luria (Democrat) · Virginia U.S. House District 2
• Bobby Scott (Democrat) · Virginia U.S. House District 3
• Jennifer McClellan (Democrat) · Virginia U.S. House District 4
• Tom Perriello (Democrat) · Virginia U.S. House District 5
• Eugene Vindman (Democrat) · Virginia U.S. House District 7
• Don Beyer (Democrat) · Virginia U.S. House District 8