To secure checks and balances to Trump's authoritarian steps and damaging agenda, it is critical that Democrats retake either the House or the Senate in the upcoming midterm elections.
The House remains the easier lift -- and donations to House candidates can have a bigger impact since their budgets are smaller. Thus, the recommendations are just for Democratic candidates for the House.
The candidates were screened to only include those who are at a resource disadvantage, after the advertising buys of Democratic and Republican SuperPACs -- including Trump's SuperPAC MAGA Inc. -- are considered.
A second screen is that every recommended candidate is in one of the intensively competitive races likely to determine whether or not the Democrats secure a majority.
A final screen is that each of the candidates has been endorsed by the group J Street, whose balanced approach on Israel seems sensible to me.
The House recommendations are:
This list will be updated periodically to reflect significant election year developments and if other candidates become higher funding priorities.
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