This year’s midterm elections are a reckoning for fascism– the tide of public support is on our side, and we have a real shot at taking power out of the hands of people who are willing to let millions die so that a select few can get richer. They’re also a reckoning for the Democratic Party. Democrats who bend to the will of authoritarianism do not represent us, and it’s time for them to face the consequences.
Today, we’re sharing our next batch of Democratic primary endorsements for candidates who are willing to fight against the billionaires and the MAGA agenda, and for hard-working families. (You can check out our updated full slate of candidates here.)
We’re proud to endorse Randy Villegas, running in the Central Valley, CA-22, Danielle Welch in Long Island, NY-03, and Taylor Darling in NY-04, also in Long Island. They’re all three running on racial justice platforms, defunding DHS, and pushing the Democratic Party farther to deliver on things our communities desperately need.
Join us to phonebank for these working-class champions!
Randy Villegas is a 30-year-old school board trustee and immigrant rights activist running a union- and Bernie Sanders-endorsed campaign against conservative Democrat Jasmeet Bains. Bains is backed by corporate money and was the only Democrat in the state assembly to vote against Prop 50. This district has the highest number of Medicaid recipients in the country, so one of Villegas’ central campaign tenets is fighting for Medicaid for All to protect people in this working-class district.
Danielle Welch and Taylor Darling are running campaigns in neighboring districts on Long Island to oust moderate Democrats who were both among the six Democrats to vote to fund ICE and DHS. Welch is a white working-class public defender and union member, and Darling is a Black former-NY state representative– and both are running on platforms of affordability for the working class.
These two NY races are chances for us to deliver consequences to Democratic officials who fail to uphold the will of the people when it comes to ICE’s murderous rampage, and to put two progressive women willing to fight for racial justice agendas in Washington.
In all of these races, SURJ will be showing up alongside our partners to take responsibility for organizing white support for these progressive challengers.
As war rages abroad and an affordability crisis rages here at home, it is more clear than ever that we are in need of strong, visionary political leaders who will work to implement our movement’s agenda.