Justice Democrats

Endorsed 16 candidates in 2026.

Who they are

Justice Democrats (JD) is an American progressive political action committee and caucus founded on January 23, 2017, by two leaders of Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign, Saikat Chakrabarti and Zack Exley, as well as political commentators Kyle Kulinski and Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks. The organization formed as a result of the 2016 United States presidential election and aspires "to elect a new type of Democratic majority in Congress" that will "create a thriving economy and democracy that works for the people, not big money interests". The group advocates for campaign finance reform and endorses only candidates who pledge to refuse donations from corporate PACs and lobbyists.

From Wikipedia.

Where their endorsements fall

Of the 16 endorsed candidates on our ballots: 16 Democrats.

The 8 with a published academic score (Voteview, Shor–McCarty or DIME) average moderately left. This describes the candidates they endorsed, not Justice Democrats themselves.

Who they endorsed

California

Colorado

  • Melat Kiros (Democrat) · Colorado U.S. House District 1

Illinois

Michigan

New Jersey

  • Adam Hamawy (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. House District 12

New York

Pennsylvania

  • Summer Lee (Democrat) · Pennsylvania U.S. House District 12
  • Chris Rabb (Democrat) · Pennsylvania U.S. House District 3

Tennessee

Texas

Endorsements as listed in the Endorsements sections of Wikipedia's 2026 race articles, each with its own citation there. Those lists cover federal and statewide races well and local races little, so an endorser may have endorsed others not shown here. All endorsers.

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