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:

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).

• 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. 

• 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, 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, 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.

• 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.

• 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, 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. 

• 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, 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 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 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.

• 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. 

• 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, 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. 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