reprinted from RootsAction
A RootsAction.org Report
By Norman Solomon, Sam McCann and Pia Gallegos
Released on June 24, 2019
The following report is by no means exhaustive -- only illustrative. There may well be a Democratic member of Congress near you not included here who serves corporate interests more than majority interests, or has simply grown tired or complacent in the never-ending struggles for social, racial and economic justice as well as environmental sanity and peace. Perhaps you live in a district where voters are ready to be inspired by a progressive primary candidate because the Democrat in Congress is not up to the job.
It isn't easy to defeat a Democratic incumbent in a primary. Typically, the worse the Congress member, the more (corporate) funding they get. While most insurgent primary campaigns will not win, they're often very worthwhile -- helping progressive constituencies to get better organized and to win elections later. And a grassroots primary campaign can put a scare into the Democratic incumbent to pay more attention to voters and less to big donors.
Cheri Bustos (IL-17)
Jim Cooper (TN-5)
Jim Costa (CA-16)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Eliot Engel (NY-16)
Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5)
Jim Himes (CT-4)
Steny Hoyer (MD-5)
Derek Kilmer (WA-6)
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