Blue America PAC

The money that is donated to the PAC is money that we use to run independent expenditure campaigns-- usually advertising-- in favor of the candidates we back and against their reactionary opponents.

Raised on this page: 588 10,923
Raised across ActBlue: 20,169 713,119

Chris Donovan

CT-05 (Map)

Chris is not just a progressive, he's a progressive who gets things done. He worked his way into the Connecticut House's Speaker's chair and has accomplished the kinds of things in his state that national Democrats are still trying to get to first base with-- from public financing of elections to a public option for healthcare and marriage equality. He's a natch for the open seat Chris Murphy is leaving as he goes off to the Senate.

Raised on this page: 182 2,053
Raised across ActBlue: 2,430 124,248

Alan Grayson

FL-26 (Map)

He was the best and most courageous Member of Congress when he was a Member. He'll be even better in the next session!

Raised on this page: 329 7,833
Raised across ActBlue: 1,508 20,388

Eric Griego

NM-01 (Map)

Executive Director of New Mexico Voices for Children and Albuquerque's most progressive state Senator, Eric Griego is best described as "a hard-nosed progressive fighter for families, children and workers who's ready, willing and able to take on the right wing attacks on education, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid." His record is solid and he could be another progressive leader in Congress on a level with Donna Edwards, Raul Grijalva, and Keith Ellison. As he said when he announced his candidacy, "The last thing we need to send to Washington is a Democrat who's a kinder, gentler version of the Republicans."

Raised on this page: 290 4,154
Raised across ActBlue: 8,495 167,196

Mary Jo Kilroy

OH-03 (Map)

When asked about the OccupyWallStreet movement during out chat with Mary Jo at Crooks and Liars, she responded like this: "The protests on Wall Street demonstrate the anger and discontent that remains around the country over the damage to the economy that reckless Wall Street behavior caused, the lack of accountability, the lack of jobs, and the stranglehold that corporate money has on our political process. I share that anger. And the 99% of us need a voice in Washington. I will work for jobs, to protect people's homes, their savings, their Social Security and pensions. I want to make sure young people have a future."

Raised on this page: 41 679
Raised across ActBlue: 4,567 224,157

Ed Potosnak

NJ-07 (Map)

Blue America backed Ed in 2010 when he ran in a year when not a single Democratic challenger won; he did well. This cycle, which looks like a good one for Democrats, is the election we expect him to beat healthcare hypocrite Leonard Lance and go on to serve in Congress.

Raised on this page: 305 3,966
Raised across ActBlue: 784 113,229

Nicholas Ruiz III

FL-24 (Map)

As Blue America's first endorsed candidate of 2012, Nicholas offers an extremely high standard with which we'll have to consider other candidates. He's running against a reactionary teabagger, Sandy Adams, but he isn't some kind of conservative Democrat who is looking to keep the status quo. What attracted Blue America to Nicholas is his way of thinking outside-the-box to find solutions to the problems facing the country and facing Florida's working families. Reactionaries like Adams want to demolish Social Security. Conservatives want to keep it the same or even "compromise" with reactionaries and make it "a little" worse. Progressives want to strengthen it. Take a look at Nicholas' guest post about health care reform and then try to imagine a whole Congress filled with Members of this calibre.

Raised on this page: 430 5,246
Raised across ActBlue: 547 7,851

Ilya Sheyman

IL-10 (Map)

Ilya is a former Field Director for Democracy for America and, more recently, National Mobilization Director at MoveOn. He's an unabashed progressive believer in the good government can do for every man, woman and child and he's running against a garden variety rubber stamp Republican, Robert Dold, a foe of Social Security and Medicare. This race will pit two people as different as night and day.

Raised on this page: 448 8,907
Raised across ActBlue: 4,559 59,560

Norman Solomon

CA-02 (Map)

A proven progressive leader, not a cookie cutter Democrat. Norman is the antidote to the Conservative Consensus. "You can’t beat heartless Republicans with spineless Democrats," he told us. "Paul Wellstone talked about boosting the democratic wing of the Democratic Party. I intend to strengthen the progressive wing of the Progressive Caucus... There’s no future but disaster if Democrats cave in to Republicans. And-- as a progressive Democrat-- I’m ready, willing and able to push back against the Obama administration every time the White House betrays progressive values."

Raised on this page: 390 6,371
Raised across ActBlue: 965 42,490

John Waltz

MI-06 (Map)

John Waltz is a movement progressive running for Congress in his home district around Kalamazoo, Michigan against clueless plutocrat Fred Upton, heir to the Whirlpool fortune. Whirlpool was once a major employer in Michigan but has shipped tens of thousands of jobs overseas to low-wage countries, while Upton got richer and richer. A member of the SuperCommittee, Upton is committed to more take cuts for millionaires and to the "phasing out" of Social Security and Medicare. Do yourself a favor and check out John's Q & A at Crooks and Liars on September 24, 2011.

Raised on this page: 66 1,440
Raised across ActBlue: 80 2,945