Progressive Democrats of America

Who they are

Progressive Democrats of America is an American political action committee that was founded in the summer of 2004 by Kevin Spidel, the National Field Director for the Kucinich for President campaign and Tim Carpenter, the Deputy Campaign Manager for Kucinich and activists from the Howard Dean and Dennis Kucinich campaigns with the goal to make the Democratic Party more progressive.

From Wikipedia.

Where their endorsements fall

Of the 48 endorsed candidates on our ballots: 48 Democrats.

The 28 with a published academic score (Voteview, Shor–McCarty or DIME) average moderately left. This describes the candidates they endorsed, not Progressive Democrats of America themselves.

Who they endorsed

Arizona

• Elizabeth Lee (Democrat) · Arizona U.S. House District 5
• Adelita Grijalva (Democrat) · Arizona U.S. House District 7

Arkansas

• Robb Ryerse (Democrat) · Arkansas U.S. House District 3

California

• Connie Chan (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 11
• Lateefah Simon (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 12
• Aisha Wahab (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 14
• Ro Khanna (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 17
• Randy Villegas (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 22
• Judy Chu (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 28
• Michael Masuda (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 5
• Mai Vang (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 7

Colorado

• Melat Kiros (Democrat) · Colorado U.S. House District 1
• Joe Neguse (Democrat) · Colorado U.S. House District 2

Florida

• Gay Valimont (Democrat) · Florida U.S. House District 1
• Maxwell Frost (Democrat) · Florida U.S. House District 10
• Angie Nixon (Democrat) · Florida U.S. Senate (special election)

Illinois

• Jonathan Jackson (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 1
• Julie Fortier (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 12
• Paul Nolley (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 16
• Delia Ramirez (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 3
• Patty Garcia (Democrat) · Illinois U.S. House District 4

Maryland

• Jamie Raskin (Democrat) · Maryland U.S. House District 8

Massachusetts

• Jim McGovern (Democrat) · Massachusetts U.S. House District 2
• Ayanna Pressley (Democrat) · Massachusetts U.S. House District 7
• Ed Markey (Democrat) · Massachusetts U.S. Senate

Michigan

• Rashida Tlaib (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 12
• Donavan McKinney (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 13
• Debbie Dingell (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 6
• William Lawrence (Democrat) · Michigan U.S. House District 7

Montana

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

New Jersey

• 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

New York

• Brad Lander (Democrat) · New York U.S. House District 10
• Darializa Avila Chevalier (Democrat) · New York U.S. House District 13
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democrat) · New York U.S. House District 14
• Claire Valdez (Democrat) · New York U.S. House District 7

North Carolina

• Alma Adams (Democrat) · North Carolina U.S. House District 12

Ohio

• Brian Poindexter (Democrat) · Ohio U.S. House District 7

Pennsylvania

• Summer Lee (Democrat) · Pennsylvania U.S. House District 12
• Chris Rabb (Democrat) · Pennsylvania U.S. House District 3
• Bob Brooks (Democrat) · Pennsylvania U.S. House District 7

Tennessee

• Justin J. Pearson (Democrat) · Tennessee State House District 86

Texas

• Veronica Escobar (Democrat) · Texas U.S. House District 16
• Greg Casar (Democrat) · Texas U.S. House District 37

Vermont

• Becca Balint (Democrat) · Vermont U.S. House (at-large)

Washington

• Pramila Jayapal (Democrat) · Washington U.S. House District 7

West Virginia

• Vince George (Democrat) · West Virginia U.S. House District 1