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BREAKING, John:

Today, Justice Democrats is proud to announce our eighth and final
endorsement before the new year: Junaid Ahmed in Illinois’s 8th
congressional district!

[ [link removed] ]Justice Democrats 2026 Endorsed Junaid Ahmed for U.S. Congress in IL-08

Junaid is a progressive community leader and small-business owner running
to stand up to the Trump administration and turn the page on corporate
special interests who put profit over people.

This is an open House seat, with current Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi running
for Senate, so Junaid’s running in a crowded primary full of corporate
candidates — including one former Congresswoman who has taken hundreds of
thousands of dollars from AIPAC’s friends in the Israel lobby.

[ [link removed] ]Will you join us in standing with Junaid by making a grassroots
contribution now? 100% of your donation will go toward his people-powered
campaign.

Junaid is the son of immigrant working-class parents who moved to the
Chicagoland area when he was a child. Growing up, he watched his dad work
multiple jobs to make ends meet and provide a better life for his family,
so he knows the struggle of Chicago’s working families.

After Junaid started at community college and went on to study computer
science at DePaul University, he began his career as a software developer
before building his own small business tech company, which currently
employs over 20 people in the state.

When the COVID-19 epidemic upended lives in March 2020, Junaid helped
launch a nonprofit called Chi-Care to deliver hot meals and survival
supplies directly to unhoused neighbors. What started as one truck in
Belmont now runs a daily fleet stretching from Chicago’s North Side to its
southern suburbs and has delivered over 1 million meals.

Beyond Chi-Care, Junaid has supported organizations establishing
transitional housing for women and families fleeing domestic violence and
worked for decades to organize his community around issues like healthcare
access, climate change, and immigration reform. He’s also stood up to ICE
and successfully protested an ICE detention center in 2021, a fight that
has only worsened with Trump’s second administration.

Junaid stands up and fights for what he believes in, and he’s ready to
bring that moral courage and commitment to the working class to Congress.
If we rally around Junaid in this race, he’ll join the rest of our
progressive, working-class bloc in fighting for an economy that works for
us all, healthcare as a human right, quality public education, and a just
immigration system.

On the other hand, one of his most well-funded opponents – Melissa Bean —
is a former Congresswoman who was closely aligned with AIPAC, took
hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Israel lobby, voted against 9/11
first responders' healthcare and marriage equality, and was known as “Wall
Street’s Favorite Democrat.”

[ [link removed] ]We don’t need another corporate, do-nothing Democrat backed by AIPAC in
Congress: we need Junaid. Let’s kick off our eighth primary endorsement on
a strong note and build the resources he needs to win: pitch in
$5 or more to Junaid’s campaign!



[ [link removed] ]Contribute $5



In solidarity,

Alexandra Rojas
Executive Director




 




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