ENDORSED CANDIDATES
Below are Democrats Serve’s endorsed candidates for 2023-24.
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Colin Allred (TX)
Colin Allred is running for U.S. Senate in Texas. His public service background includes serving in the General Counsel's office at the Department of Housing and Urban Development during the Obama Administration.
Adam Schiff (CA)
Adam Schiff is running for U.S. Senate in California. His public service background includes serving as a Los Angeles, CA-based federal prosecutor and former professor at Glendale Community College.
Sue Altman (NJ-07)
Sue Altman is running for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District. Her public service background includes serving as a former teacher and high school basketball coach.
Lanon Baccam (IA-03)
Lanon Baccam is running for Congress in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District. His public service background includes serving as a former U.S. Department of Agriculture official and veteran.
Christina Bohannan (IA-01)
Christina Bohannan is running for Congress in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District. Her public service background includes serving as a former clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and as a law professor at the University of Iowa.
Missy Cotter Smasal (VA-02)
Missy Cotter Smasal is running for Congress in Virginia’s 2nd District. Her public service background includes serving as a Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy.
Joe Courtney (CT-02)
Joe Courtney is running for re-election in Connecticut’s 2nd Congressional District. His public service background includes serving as a former public defender and town attorney.
Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)
Rosa DeLauro is running for re-election in Connecticut’s 3rd Congressional District. Her public service background includes serving as former chief of staff to Senator Chris Dodd.
Ashley Ehasz (PA-01)
Ashley Ehasz is running for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District. Her public service background includes serving in the U.S. Army veteran as an Apache helicopter pilot.
Sam Eppler (TX-24)
Sam Eppler is running for Congress in Texas’ 24th District. His public service background includes serving as a high school principal and former teacher.
Shomari Figures (AL-02)
Shomari Figures is running for Congress in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. His public service background includes serving as a former White House aide, congressional staffer, and Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Trygve Hammer (ND-AL)
Trygve Hammer is running for Congress in North Dakota’s at large Congressional District. His public service background includes serving as a former nuclear power machinist’s mate in the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps helicopter pilot, forward air controller, Military attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, instructor and company officer at the U.S. Naval Academy, and public school teacher.
Jim Himes (CT-04)
Jim Himes is running for re-election in Connecticut’s 4th Congressional District. His public service background includes serving as a former chairman of the Greenwich Housing Authority.
John Larson (CT-01)
John Larson is running for re-election in Connecticut’s 1st Congressional District. His public service background includes serving as a former high school teacher and coach.
Johnny Olszewski Jr. (MD-02)
Johnny O is running for Congress in Maryland’s 2nd Congressional District. His public service background includes serving as a former civics teacher in Baltimore County Public Schools.
Amish Shah (AZ-01)
Amish Shah is running for Congress in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District. His public service background includes serving as a former ER doctor and University of Arizona medicine fellow.
Derek Tran (CA-45)
Democrats Serve is proud to endorse Derek Tran for Congress in California’s 45th District.
Maurice Green (Superintendent of Public Instruction, NC)
Maurice (Mo) Green is running for Superintendent of Public Instruction in North Carolina. His public service background includes serving as former superintendent of Guilford County Schools, general counsel for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, and deputy superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Derek Hawn (TN HD-41)
Derek is running for State House of Representatives in Tennessee’s 41st District. His public service background includes serving as a critical care paramedic and a firefighter.
Hunter Cain (Clark County, NV)
Hunter is running for County Commission in Clark County, Nevada. His public service background includes serving as Senior Staff to Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-03).