If you haven’t voted yet, be sure to give these state and local candidates a good look if you live in the selected states below.

Nebraska
Crystal Rhoades : Public Service Commission – D2:
Tim Royers: NE Legislature – LD31:
Dave Pantos: MCC Board – D3

California
Fatima Iqbal-Zubair: CA State Assembly – D64:
Jackie Fielder: CA State Senate – D11:

New York
Julie Salazar: NY State Senate – SD18:
Jabari Brisport: NY State Senate – SD25:
Zohran Mamdani: NY State Assembly – AD36:
Marcela Mitaynes: NY State Assembly – AD51:
Phara Souffrant: NY State Assembly – AD57:

Oregon
Sarah Iannarone: Portland Mayor:

Vermont
David Zucker: VT Governor:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 29th, 2020

MEDIA CONTACT: Ken Riter, Progressive Rising Founder & Spokesman

Cell: 531-205-3193, Email: ksriter@gmail.com

Progressive Rising Announces Fourth Round of Endorsements

OMAHA, NE – Progressive Rising announces 4th Round of endorsements for Congressional races. Previous rounds were announced via Facebook and Twitter. Progressive Rising is a non-connected PAC that aligns itself with the current Progressive movement emboldened by the ideas of bold, progressive leadership like Bernie Sanders and AOC.  We will support Progressive candidates around the nation who support Medicare For All Single-Payer Healthcare, a Green New Deal, Racial Justice, Rural & Ag Reform and accept NO corporate PAC money.

August 4th

Cori Bush – US House MO-01 Aug 4

*Rashida Tlaib – US House MI-13 Aug 4

Solomon RajPut – US House MI-12 Aug 4

Eva Putzova – US House AZ-01 Aug 4

August 6th

Noelle Bivens – US House TN-04 Aug 6

Keeda Haynes – US House TN-05 Aug 6

Corey Strong – US House TN-09 Aug 6

August 11th

*Ilhan Omar – US House MN-05 Aug 11

Michael Beardsley – US House WI-06 Aug 11

September Primaries – US House

Alex Morse – US House MA-01 Sept 1

*Ayanna Presley – US House MA-07 Sept 1 

September Primaries – US Senate

*Ed Markey US Senate MA – Sept 1 

Jessica Scarane US Senate DE – Sept 15

Progressive Rising also maintains a list of ALL active endorsements & alumni candidates for 2020. You can review this list at https://progressiverising.com/endorsements/.

Also, please follow us on our Facebook and Twitter pages listed below:

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Nov 5th, 2019

MEDIA CONTACT: Ken Riter, Progressive Rising Founder & Spokesman

Cell: 531-205-3193, Email: ksriter@gmail.com

Progressive Rising Endorses Kshama Sawant

OMAHA, NE – Progressive Rising is proud to announce its endorsement of Kshama Sawant for Seattle City Council, District 3.

Kshama Sawant has been fighting for the working class of Seattle, with a considerable degree of success. One example, Sawant led an effort to adopt a $15 minimum wage, and Seattle became the first major city to adopt it. The momentum caught on with worker movements across the nation. 

Progressive Rising is a nonconnected PAC that aligns itself with the current Progressive movement emboldened by the ideas of Bernie Sanders and AOC. We will work to support Progressive candidates around the nation who support Medicare For All Single-Payer Healthcare, a Green New Deal, Racial Justice, Rural & Ag Reform and accept NO corporate PAC money. 

Progressive Rising is still vetting candidates for future rounds of endorsement. We accept and review endorsement requests from our website at https://progressiverising.com/endorsements/.

For more information, please visit our Facebook and Twitter pages listed:

https://www.facebook.com/ProgressiveRising/

https://twitter.com/ProgressiRising

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Nov 1st, 2019

MEDIA CONTACT: Ken Riter, Progressive Rising Founder & Spokesman

Cell: 531-205-3193, Email: ksriter@gmail.com

Progressive Rising Endorses Bernie Sanders

OMAHA, NE – Progressive Rising is proud to announce its endorsement of Bernie Sanders for the Democratic Nomination and the Presidency! 

Bernie Sanders has been fighting for the same policies for decades! His support of Medicare For All, Single Payer Healthcare has a long documented history among his many policy objectives which include a Green New Deal, a Living Wage, and College For ALL. We know Bernie Sanders is the right person to defeat Trump. Sanders currently leads with donors, volunteers and donations. He’s the only Democrat running who has more donors than Trump.

Progressive Rising is a nonconnected PAC that aligns itself with the current Progressive movement emboldened by the ideas of Bernie Sanders and AOC. We will work to support Progressive candidates around the nation who support Medicare For All Single-Payer Healthcare, a Green New Deal, Racial Justice, Rural & Ag Reform and accept NO corporate PAC money. 

Progressive Rising is still vetting candidates for future rounds of endorsement. We accept and review endorsement requests from our website at https://progressiverising.com/endorsements/.

For more information, please visit our Facebook and Twitter pages listed:

https://www.facebook.com/ProgressiveRising/

https://twitter.com/ProgressiRising

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Oct 31th, 2019

MEDIA CONTACT: Ken Riter, Progressive Rising Founder & Spokesman

Cell: 531-205-3193, Email: ksriter@gmail.com

Progressive Rising Announces First Round of Endorsements

OMAHA, NE – Progressive Rising announces 1st Round of endorsements for Congressional races. Progressive Rising is a nonconnected PAC that aligns itself with the current Progressive movement emboldened by the ideas of Bernie Sanders and AOC. We will work to support Progressive candidates around the nation who support Medicare For All Single-Payer Healthcare, a Green New Deal, Racial Justice, Rural & Ag Reform and accept NO corporate PAC money. 

US House:

Kara Eastman – NE02: A Progressive from Omaha, when Kara Eastman wins her Primary, she’ll get a chance for a rematch with one of Congress’ most vulnerable GOP incumbents, Trump rubberstamper Congressman Don Bacon.

Nathan Clay – CO07: A Progressive for Colorado’s 7th, Clay wants to take his New American Dream to DC once he defeats fracking-lover Congressman Perlmutter.

Rebecca Parson – WA06: A Progressive & Queer DSA member from Tacoma, Parson is working to take out a corporate Democrat and create a #HomeForAllOfUs.

Shahid Buttar – CA12: The strongest Progressive challenger against Pelosi yet, Buttar is the best chance yet to take out corporate Democrat and current Speaker, Nancy Pelosi.

Marie Newman – IL03: A Progressive from Illinois’ 3rd, Newman is a champion for the poor, LGBT people & women against one of Congress’ anti-LGBT, anti woman Dems.

Russ Cirincione – NJ06: A Progressive from New Jersey, Cirincione, Cirincione will fight to feed the hungry, for a Green New Deal & Medicare For ALL when he defeats Democratic Incumbent Frank Pallone.

Barbara Ramsey – NE01: A Progressive transwoman from Bellevue, Ramsey is running to protect farmers, women & LGBTQIA+ people. When Ramsey wins her Primary, she’ll face GOP do-nothing and Trump enabler, Congressman Jeff Fortenberry.

Emmanuel Morel – FL20: A Progressive from Florida, Morel wants to fight for the working class and the less fortunate when he defeats Democratic Incumbent Alcee Hastings, a former judge who was impeached in the late 1980s.

US Senate:

Yana Ludwig – WY: A Progressive candidate for Wyoming’s first open Senate seat in two decades, Ludwig will fight for the working poor, a Green New Deal and a living wage once she wins in 2020.

Progressive Rising is still vetting candidates for future rounds of endorsement. We accept and review endorsement requests from our website at https://progressiverising.com/endorsements/.

For more information, please visit our Facebook and Twitter pages listed:

https://www.facebook.com/ProgressiveRising/

https://twitter.com/ProgressiRising

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