Indivisibles,

We’re in the home stretch! There are only 33 days until Election Day and
we’re doing everything we can to make sure we flip the Senate, hold the
House, and win the presidency. One of the many ways Indivisibles are
making an impact in 2020 is through our congressional endorsements
process: we’ve been working with groups, vetting candidates, and counting
votes to guarantee a victory in November. Today, we’re excited to announce
Indivisible’s seventh and final round of national endorsements for the
2020 election cycle! These national endorsements are key to elevating a
new class of leaders who are preferred by the grassroots and whose values
reflect those of our movement.

For our final round, we’ve endorsed 13 candidates for a total of 57
endorsed candidates for the 2020 cycle!

We’re so grateful to the local groups who nominated these candidates --
this process wouldn’t have been possible without their help every step of
the way. So without further ado, here’s our seventh slate of nationally
endorsed candidates:

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George Petrilli, Pat Hackett, Scott Huffman, Liam O’Mara, Desiree Tims,
Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Katie Porter, Kimberly Walker,
and Marquita Bradshaw

We’re proud to announce our endorsement of Cori Bush (MO-01), Jessica King
(WI-06), Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03), George Petrilli (IL-18), Pat
Hackett (IN-02), Scott Huffman (NC-13), Liam O’Mara (CA-42), Desiree Tims
(OH-10), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
(NY-14), Rep. Katie Porter (CA-45), Kimberly Walker (FL-12), and Marquita
Bradshaw (TN-Sen).

* [ [link removed] ]Cori Bush is running because the 1st district deserves a
congresswoman who will fight for real change. She understands what
it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck, has felt the weight of student
and medical debt, and lived unhoused as a single mother. Too many
people in St. Louis and across the country live realities of struggle
and survival, which is why Bush’s activist leadership and tireless
work ethic make her the right choice. 

* [ [link removed] ]Jessica King has spent her whole life in the 6th district and knows
that her community needs stronger advocates who will fight on their
behalf. She’s a former Wisconsin State Senator who fought for families
as they struggled to keep their homes and farms during the foreclosure
crisis. Today we’re facing hard issues that will take political
courage to address -- making King the best candidate for the job.  

* As an attorney and advocate, [ [link removed] ]Teresa Leger Fernandez has shown that
she cares about her community in the 3rd district. She’s worked
tirelessly to advance voting rights, promote tribal sovereignty,
protect New Mexico’s traditional acequia waters, promote affordable
housing, and secure funding to help build up the community. Leger
Fernandez is running to protect our communities, our democracy, our
planet, and our future. 

* Born and raised in central Illinois, [ [link removed] ]George Petrilli understands
that the good life remains out of reach for too many families. A
future of prosperity for working-class people is becoming more
difficult and people in low-income and rural areas are trapped in a
cycle of poverty. He’s dedicated to advancing meaningful public policy
that provides real solutions and improves the lives and future success
of all our citizens and communities.

* [ [link removed] ]Pat Hackett wants to make the House of Representatives the People’s
House, not the house of the monied few. As an attorney, teacher, and
small business owner, she understands the values that unite the people
of Northern Indiana. Hackett will advocate for the people in her
district by pursuing healthcare for all, just wages and worker's
rights, education reform, responsible environmental and gun laws, and
more.

* [ [link removed] ]Scott Huffman decided to enter politics when his daughter became
worried about the impact of the 2016 election on her friends. As a
community leader, he rallied his neighbors to participate and speak
out about the direction of our nation. Alongside other activists,
Huffman held town halls, raised billboards, and engaged his elected
officials. Now he’s ready to go to Congress so that he can advocate
for the people he knows and loves. 

* Growing up in a working-class union family, [ [link removed] ]Liam O’Mara knows there
are millions of Americans who work hard and can’t seem to get ahead.
He’s in this race because he wants people to have the opportunities to
succeed. O’Mara supports Medicare for All, paid sick and family leave
for all, a $15 an hour minimum wage, and tuition-free public colleges.
He’s fighting to build an America that works for all of us, not just a
lucky few. 

* [ [link removed] ]Desiree Tims is running for Congress because the 10th district
needs a leader and fighter to help expand access to healthcare,
middle-class jobs, safety, and the American Dream. She attended public
schools and was the first in her family to get a four-year college
degree. After working to elect Obama in 2008, Tims worked on Capitol
Hill to help advance policies like the reauthorization of the farm
bill, minimum wage, affordable child care, healthcare, and climate
change. 

* In just two years, [ [link removed] ]Rep. Ayanna Pressley has shown us what true
political courage looks like, and she’s become a progressive champion
Americans can count on. She believes that “the people closest to the
pain should be the closest to the power” and she’s let this idea guide
and inform her policymaking. Rep. Pressley gives a voice to those who
our government has left behind and she fights tirelessly to push our
nation back in the right direction.

* We’ve seen what [ [link removed] ]Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been able to
accomplish in just two years and she’s just getting started. As the
face of the progressive movement, she’s shown a new generation of
activists what’s possible. She fought for Medicare for All, an
equitable economy, a minimum wage hike, tuition-free college, and a
Green New Deal. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and the grassroots movement have
shown that people are yearning for progress and they’re willing to
fight hard for it. 

* When [ [link removed] ]Rep. Katie Porter won the Democratic primary in 2018 to take
on a Republican incumbent, some commentators and party leaders wrote
her off as too progressive to win this seat. Yet she proved them
wrong. Rep. Porter has spent her entire career fighting for families
against big banks and powerful interests. With her in Congress, we
know that working families in the 45th district and everywhere else
will have a champion.

* [ [link removed] ]Kimberly Walker is in this race because she knows our country is
headed in the wrong direction. The pandemic has caused millions of
Americans to lose their jobs and health insurance. As a veteran who
has served her country, Walker believes all Americans should have
access to quality healthcare as she did while serving active duty.
Walker will fight so that all people can have access to the help and
services they need to get ahead. 

* [ [link removed] ]Marquita Bradshaw is not a wealthy politician who can buy a seat
in the Senate. Instead, she’s a Tennessee native who’s fighting for
the seat like she’s fought for everything else in her life. Bradshaw
entered this race so that working-class families would have a friend
and a champion in the Senate, and we know that she’ll be a fierce
advocate for the people of Tennessee.

Your groups’ endorsements, and a subsequent national endorsement, can
really make an impact in the coming weeks, and many of these local races
have already received national press. We’re going to do everything we can
to make sure these incredible candidates get elected in November -- and
that includes getting out the vote in key states. If you’d like to get to
work for progressive candidates in the final stretch of election season,
[ [link removed] ]sign up to join our Windivisible peer to peer program. 

This cycle, we received over 130 nominations
as local groups put forth amazing candidates from across the country.
While this has been a lot of work for both groups and our staff over the
last year, there’s still one more month of investing in these critical
races ahead. To keep up with such a huge and necessary program, we've
budgeted over a million dollars to support it. [ [link removed] ]If you can, please
consider donating to support our Endorsements program and all of
Indivisible Action’s work! 

With only a few more weeks until Election Day (and many voters already
casting their ballots), we’re pushing hard to help your groups throw all
your political power behind these endorsed candidates. It’s time to bring
real progressive change to your neighborhoods, districts, and states in
November.

In solidarity,
Indivisible Team 

 

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