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Progressive group launches candidate recruitment effort after brutal cycle

  • The Justice Democrats have launched a candidate recruitment effort to primary centrist Democrats after a challenging election cycle in 2024, where only one of their candidates won.
  • The group aims to find working-class candidates to run for Congress, as less than 2 percent of current members come from working-class backgrounds.
  • AIPAC spent nearly $7 million in the 2024 elections, making it the highest spending organization in a congressional campaign cycle, which affects candidate accessibility.
  • Alexandra Rojas stated that the Democratic Party must win back working-class voters with real working-class leaders to be successful.
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Common DreamsCommon Dreams

Progressive Group Launches House Recruitment Drive to Defeat Corporate Dems

"Our mission is clear: We must usher in a new generation in the Democratic Party, led for and by the working class, to take on billionaires and corporate power," said the head of Justice Democrats.

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The HillThe Hill

Progressive group launches candidate recruitment effort after brutal cycle

Progressive group Justice Democrats is expanding its 2026 midterm recruitment of working class, left-wing candidates, undeterred by President-elect Trump’s victory and emboldened by a desire to change how Democrats elect new talent under a GOP Washington.  A new memo released on Tuesday, first reported by Punchbowl News, outlines the organization’s plans to play in all 50…

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Mother JonesMother Jones

The group that helped the Squad is recruiting working class candidates for 2026

In 2024, some progressives lost in primaries, especially where AIPAC spent big. Can the Justice Democrats fight back?

·United States
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SalonSalon

Progressives plan wave of Democratic primary challenges ahead of 2026 midterm elections

The group behind "the Squad" is recruiting candidates to run for open seats and challenge Democratic incumbents

·San Francisco, United States
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Left-wing group Justice Democrats mounts new effort to unseat House Dems - News Facts Network

Justice Democrats, the group behind progressive wins like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s 2018 upset, is shifting... The post Left-wing group Justice Democrats mounts new effort to unseat House Dems appeared first on News Facts Network.

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MN GOP vows recall efforts as Dem lawmakers threaten to skip work for two weeks – CLG News

MN GOP vows recall efforts as Dem lawmakers threaten to skip work for two weeks | 13 Jan 2025 | The Minnesota Republican Party vowed to pursue constitutional recalls against any Democratic legislator who refuses to show up at the state legislature’s first day of session on Monday. Democrats have threatened to boycott the first two weeks of the session in an effort to block Republicans from taking advantage of a narrow and temporary majority in t…

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