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Progressives to Vote For and Support in 2020

Voting is tough. There are a lot of people running with a lot of motivations. Many of which do not line up with what you may believe in.
This will hopefully help to serve as a bit of a guide to some candidates for someone that is looking to vote for the progressive left. Supporting policies like Medicare For All (Single Payer), The Green New Deal, higher marginal income taxes on the upper brackets, and potentially even wealth tax territory. Not everyone here will support all of these things, but most of them should support most of these, or at least be closer to these positions than their opponents are in cases where there is no real progressive running.

Hopefully I will add to this list as I have time. To start things off:



Isiah James

Running in NY-9

If you want to donate, fundraise, phone bank, or organize for Isiah James, check out his website.
Website: Isiah For Congress





Jose Caballero

Running in CA-53

Website: Jose’s Facebook Campaign Page

Ballotpedia





Jen Perelman

Running in FL-23

Website: Jen Perelman for Congress

Ballotpedia







Kara Eastman

Running in NE-02

Website: Kara Eastman Facebook Campaign Page

Ballotpedia





Jessica Cisneros

Running in TX-28

Website: Jessica Cisneros, Fighting to Protect our Families Website2: Jessica Cisneros Campaign Facebook Page

Endorsed by AOC





Shahid Buttar

Running in CA-12

Website: Shahid for Change

Ballotpedia







Rebecca Parson

Running in WA-06

Website: Rebecca Parson for Congress Website2: Rebecca Parson Facebook Campaign Page

Ballotpedia





Progressive Incumbents

Voting in primaries is important, perhaps even more so than in the general election.
Of course those are important as well, so let’s not forget about progressive incumbents like Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), Mark Pocan, and others.

Remember, many of these candidates may not be perfect, but they’re what we’ve got, so let’s be somewhat pragmatic here. They’re head and shoulders above many of their party fellows, not to mention far preferable to pratically anyone with the Republicans. That doesn’t mean that we can’t push back when they make bad votes. For instance, Ro Khanna is a pretty good progressive on most issues, and yet he voted for the anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) bill, thereby limiting free speech in favor of kowtowing to the interests of a far right Israeli government that regularly violates human rights. Despite this, he is the campaign manager for Bernie Sanders, the only 2020 presidential candidate that has stated he is absolutely willing to use economic pressure via suspending aid as a tool to try and prevent Israel from engaging in more human rights abuses and flagrant violations of international law.

And let’s not forget the biggest primary candidate:

Bernie 2020!

Website: Not Me. Us. Website2: Bernie Sanders YouTube

The real deal, the OG, the one that was fighting for progressive values before I was born.

Endorsed by Rashida Tlaib, AOC, Ilhan Omar, Michael Moore, Ben & Jerry (you know, the icecream guys, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield).

Heart attack? All treated and done with, Bernie’s Back!

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