To build true progressive power in this country, we need activists taking power at every level — local, state, and federal.

On our Power List, you’ll find some of our favorite rising stars in state and local politics…as well as candidates who are making strong, competitive runs for Republican seats.

Can you chip in $3 to help fund our work for these candidates through Election Day and beyond? You can donate on this page or by mail here.

Mari Cordes

Attica Scott: As an activist, community leader, and a mother, Attica has the experience necessary to protect women's rights, workers' rights, and fair wages in the Kentucky State Legislature, and we can't wait to see what she accomplishes in office.

Gabriel Costilla

Wenona Benally

Noel Frame

Farrah Khan

Kaniela Ing

Lori Decter Wright

Margaux Morisseau

Sammi Brown

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

Chris Rabb: was one of the original members of the progressive ‘blogosphere’; he taught at Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Drexel’s LeBow College of Business; and he ran an incubator for small urban businesses in West Philadelphia.

Ilhan Omar

Darrell Park

Brandon Thomas: At university, he established a queer-allied fraternity and fought Islamophobia, and since then, he has organized in support of a higher minimum wage, better access to health care, and an end to the prison-industrial complex — and he’s still in his 20s!

Teresa Meyer

Mike McCarthy

Shenna Bellows

Will Guzzardi

Trisha Farmer

Chris Lee: Chris has a long list of accomplishments in the Hawaii State House — from promoting solar energy and converting Hawaii schools to be energy net zero, to stepping forward as a champion for marriage equality.

Eva Bermudez Zimmerman

Darcy Burner

Eloise Reyes

Marcia Ranglin-Vassell

Melissa Sargent

Matt Lesser

Jane Kim

Mandy Wright

Katrina Shankland