Building and Strengthening Our Movement Around the Country

Bernie Sanders
7 min readOct 9, 2020

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We have just days left until the most important election in the modern history of our country.

Yes — we all must do everything we can to defeat Donald Trump who is a threat to the very future of our democracy. But it’s not just the White House or seats in the U.S. Congress that are up for grabs in this election.

In every corner of the country, strong progressives are running at the state and local level to represent our movement and lead the fight to transform this country.

These races are incredibly important — that’s why I am endorsing progressive, down-ballot candidates across the country. If you can, I hope you’ll cast your ballot for them when you vote.

We need to continue building and strengthening our movement from the ground up by electing more progressives to state and local positions. Because the truth is that the victories we accomplish in this election will lay the groundwork for the future of our political revolution. With just 25 days to go, these candidates are counting on our support.

Additional endorsements made October 29 are written in bold.

ARIZONA

  • Andres Cano for State Representative, LD 3
  • Athena Salman for State Representative, LD 26
  • Melody Hernandez for State Representative, LD 26
  • Diego Rodriguez for State Representative, LD 27
  • Reginald Bolding for State Representative, LD 27
  • Richard Andrade for State Representative LD 29
  • Raquel Teran for State Representative, LD 30
  • Juan Mendez for State Senator, LD 26
  • Martin Quezada for State Senator, LD 29
  • Adelita Grijalva for Pima County Supervisor, District 5
  • Gabriella Cázares-Kelly for Pima County Recorder
  • Laura Conover for Pima County Attorney

CALIFORNIA

  • Kansen Chu for Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, District 3
  • Abigail Medina for State Senate, District 23
  • Alex Lee for State Assembly, District 25
  • Ash Kalra for State Assembly, District 27
  • Reggie Jones-Sawyer for State Assembly, District 59
  • Fatima Iqbal-Zubair for State Assembly, District 64
  • Lacei Amodei for City Council, Hayward
  • Nestor Castillo for City Council, Hayward
  • Elisha Crader for City Council, Hayward
  • Cheryl Davila for City Council, Berkeley
  • Carroll Fife for City Council, Oakland
  • Nithya Raman for City Council, Los Angeles
  • Suely Saro for City Council, Long Beach
  • Tunua Thrash-Ntuk for City Council, Long Beach
  • Cari Templeton for City Council, Palo Alto
  • Jovanka Beckles for AC Transit Board of Directors, Ward 1
  • Holly Mitchell for Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles County
  • Al Clark for Vice-Mayor, Carpinteria
  • George Gascón for District Attorney, Los Angeles County
  • Rebecca Kaplan for Oakland City Council
  • Heidi Harman for Mayor of San Luis Obispo
  • Salvador Salorio-Ruiz for Delano City Council
  • Veronica Vasquez for Delano City Council
  • Mai Vang for Sacramento City Council
  • Dean Preston for San Francisco Supervisor, District 5

COLORADO

  • Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez for State Representative, District 4
  • Alex Valdez for State Representative, District 5
  • Emily Sirota for State Representative, District 9
  • Monica Duran for State Representative, District 24
  • Yadira Caraveo for State Representative, District 31
  • Iman Jodeh for State Representative, District 41
  • Alexis King for District Attorney, JD 1
  • Alonzo Payne for District Attorney, JD 12
  • Amy Padden for District Attorney, JD 18
  • Ilana Spiegel for CU Board of Regents

FLORIDA

  • Monique Worrell for State Attorney, 9th Circuit
  • Harold Pryor for State Attorney, 17th Circuit
  • Alton Edmond for Sheriff, Brevard County
  • Marco Lopez for Sheriff, Osceola County
  • Eliseo Santana for Sheriff, Pinellas County

GEORGIA

  • Zan Fort for State Senate, SD-39

IOWA

  • Jeff Kurtz for State Representative, District 83
  • Chris Schwartz for Chair, Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors

MAINE

  • Troy Jackson for State Senate, District 1
  • David Miramant for State Senate, District 12
  • Stacy Brenner for State Senate, District 30
  • Patricia Kidder for State House, District 19
  • Ben Collings for State House, District 42
  • Jim Handy for State House, District 58
  • Ken Morse for State House, District 71
  • Lydia Crafts for State House, District 90
  • Amy Roeder for State House, District 125
  • Lillie Lavado for State House, District 147

MASSACHUSETTS

  • Amber Hewett for State Representative, HD 1
  • Natalie Higgins for State Representative, HD 4
  • Michelle Mullet for State Representative, HD 20
  • Becca Rausch for State Senate, Norfolk-Bristol-Middlesex
  • Meg Wheeler for State Senate, Plymouth-Norfolk
  • Christine Crean for State Senate, Worcester-Norfolk

MICHIGAN

  • Abe Aiyash for State Representative, District 4
  • Abdullah Hammoud for State Representative, District 15
  • Chris Slat for State Representative, District 17
  • Julia Pulver for State Representative, District 39
  • Nicole Breadon for State Representative, District 43
  • Yousef Rabhi for State Representative, District 53
  • Felicia Brabec for State Representative, District 55
  • Tamara Barnes for State Representative, District 58
  • Lily Cheng-Schulting for State Representative, District 72
  • Chokwe Pitchford for State Representative, District 79
  • Brian Mosallam for Michigan State University Board of Trustees
  • Eli Savit for County Prosecutor, Washtenaw County

NEVADA

  • Dallas Harris for State Senate, SD-11
  • Edgar Flores for State Assembly, HD-28
  • Jenny Brekhus for Reno City Council, Ward 1
  • Wendy Stalyarov for Sparks City Council, Ward 1
  • Lola Brooks for Clark County School District Board of Trustees, District E
  • Erika Ballou for Clark County District Court Judge, Dept. 24

NEW HAMPSHIRE

  • Manny Espitia for State Representative, Nashua 4
  • Carlos Cardona for State Representative, Belknap 3
  • Sherry Frost for State Representative, Strafford 16
  • Tim Smith for State Representative, Hillsborough 17
  • Renny Cushing for State Representative, Rockingham 21
  • Mackenzie Murphy for State Representative, Hillsborough 21
  • Jan Schmidt for State Representative, Hillsborough 28
  • Mark King for State Representative, Hillsborough 33
  • Mark MacKenzie for Executive Council, District 4
  • Mindi Messmer for Executive Council, District 3
  • Catherine Sofikitis for State Representative, Hillsborough 34
  • Madalasa Gurung for State Representative, Merrimack 24

NEW YORK

  • Jessica González-Rojas for State Assembly, AD 34
  • Zohran Mamdani for State Assembly, AD 36
  • Ron Kim for State Assembly, AD 40
  • Yuh-Line Niou for State Assembly, AD 65
  • Anna Kelles for State Assembly, AD 125
  • Dia Carabajal for State Assembly, AD 126
  • Christine Pellegrino for State Senate, SD 4
  • James Sanders for State Senate, SD 10
  • Mike Gianaris for State Senate, SD 12
  • Jessica Ramos for State Senate, SD 13
  • Julia Salazar for State Senate, SD 18
  • Jabari Brisport for State Senate, SD 25
  • Luis Sepúlveda for State Senate, SD 32
  • Patrick Nelson for State Senate, SD 43
  • Samra Brouk for State Senate, SD 55
  • Joe Seeman for State Assembly, HD 112

OKLAHOMA

  • Mauree Turner for State Representative, HD-88

OREGON

  • Sarah Iannarone for Portland Mayor
  • Chloe Eudaly for Portland City Commissioner
  • Ashton Simpson for State Representative, HD-45
  • Wlnsvey Campos for State Representative, HD-28
  • Ricky Ruiz for State Representative, HD-50
  • Michael Dembrow for State Senate, SD-23
  • Lew Frederick for State Senate, SD-22

PENNSYLVANIA

  • Sara Innamorato for State Representative, District 21
  • Summer L. Lee for State Representative, District 34
  • John Padora for State Representative, District 37
  • Nicole Miller for State Representative, District 87
  • Tara Shakespeare for State Representative, District 88
  • Tara Zrinski for State Representative, District 138
  • Elizabeth Fiedler for State Representative, District 184
  • Rick Krajewski for State Representative, District 188
  • Nikil Saval for State Senate, District 1
  • Amanda Cappelletti for State Senate, District 17
  • Shanna Danielson for State Senate, District 31

RHODE ISLAND

  • Brandon Potter for State House, District 16
  • Megan Cotter for State House, District 39
  • Leonela Felix for State House, District 61
  • Michelle McGaw for State House, District 71
  • Kendra Anderson for State Senate, District 31
  • Jen Volpe Douglas for State Senate, District 34
  • Charmaine Webster for City Council, Woonsocket
  • Marlene Guay for City Council, Woonsocket
  • Vaughan Miller for City Council, Woonsocket
  • Alex Kithes for City Council, Woonsocket
  • Adamaris Villar for City Council, Central Falls

SOUTH CAROLINA

  • Terry Alexander for State Representative, District 59
  • Leon Howard for State Representative, District 76
  • Ivory Thigpen for State Representative, District 79
  • Justin Bamberg for State Representative, District 90
  • Cezar McKnight for State Representative, District 101
  • Wendell Gilliard for State Representative, District 111
  • Krystle Matthews for State Representative, District 117
  • Michael Rivers for State Representative, District 121

TEXAS

  • Alex Annello for City Council, El Paso District 2
  • Greg Casar for City Council, Austin District 4
  • Erin Zwiener for State Representative, District 45
  • José Garza for District Attorney, Travis County
  • Jasmine Crockett for State Representative, HD-100
  • Veronica Carbajal for El Paso Mayor

VERMONT

  • David Zuckerman for Governor
  • TJ Donovan for Attorney General
  • Jim Condos for Secretary of State
  • Beth Pearce for State Treasurer
  • Doug Hoffer for Auditor
  • Chris Pearson for State Senate
  • Cheryl Hooker for State Senate
  • Anthony Pollina for State Senate
  • Andrew Perchlik for State Senate
  • Tanya Vyhovsky for State Representative
  • Mari Cordes for State Representative
  • Matt Birong for State Representative
  • Jubilee McGill for State Representative
  • Joseph “Chip” Troiano for State Representative
  • Scott Campbell for State Representative
  • Dennis LaBounty for State Representative
  • Emily Hecker for State Representative
  • Emma Mulvaney-Stanak for State Representative
  • Selene Colburn for State Representative
  • Taylor Small for State Representative
  • Bob Hooper for State Representative
  • Brian Cina for State Representative
  • Martha Allen for State Representative
  • Mike McCarthy for State Representative
  • Dennis Williams for State Representative
  • Jo Sabel Courtney for State Representative
  • Dave Yacovone for State Representative
  • Avram Patt for State Representative
  • Susan Hatch Davis for State Representative
  • Larry Satcowitz for State Representative
  • Katherine Sims for State Representative
  • Robin Chesnut-Tangerman for State Representative
  • Mollie Burke for State Representative
  • Kevin “Coach” Christie for State Representative
  • Elizabeth Burrows for State Representative
  • Heather Surprenant for State Representative
  • Mary Howard for State Representative

WEST VIRGINIA

  • Rusty Williams for House of Delegates, District 35

WISCONSIN

  • Supreme Moore Omokunde for State Assembly, AD 17
  • Sarah Yacoub for State Assembly, AD 30
  • Kristina Shelton for State Assembly, AD 90
  • Kriss Marion for State Assembly, AD 51
  • Dan Schierl for State Assembly, AD 55
  • Emily Berge for State Assembly, AD 68
  • Samba Baldeh for AD 48

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