Justice Democrats

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Justice Democrats
Justice Democrats logo.svg
AbbreviationJD
FormationJanuary 23, 2017; 5 years ago (2017-01-23)
FoundersSaikat Chakrabarti
Zack Exley
Kyle Kulinski
Cenk Uygur
TypePolitical action committee
Registration no.C00630665
HeadquartersKnoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Key people
Saikat Chakrabarti
Zack Exley
Tara Reilly[1]
Alexandra Rojas, Executive Director
AffiliationsBrand New Congress
National Nurses United
Former affiliation:
The Young Turks
Revenue (2017)
$1.46 million
Disbursements$1.32 million[2]
WebsiteJusticeDemocrats.com

Justice Democrats is an American progressive political action committee[3][4] founded on January 23, 2017, by former leaders from the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign Saikat Chakrabarti and Zack Exley, as well as political commentators Kyle Kulinski and Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks.[5] The organization formed as a result of the 2016 United States presidential election[6][7] and aspires "to elect a new type of Democratic majority in Congress" that will "create a thriving economy and democracy that works for the people, not big money interests".[5] The group advocates for campaign finance reform (reducing the role of money in politics) and endorses only candidates who pledge to refuse donations from corporate PACs and lobbyists.

Kulinski and Uygur are no longer part of the group but remain active supporters. Alexandra Rojas became executive director of the organization in May 2018.[8]

During the 2018 elections, Justice Democrats ran 79 progressive candidates against Democrats, Republicans and Independents in local, state, and federal elections.[9] The seven Justice Democrats candidates who won their electoral congressional races in 2018 were Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Ro Khanna, Raúl Grijalva, and Pramila Jayapal.

The group endorsed considerably fewer candidates in 2020 than it did in 2018, a move its communications director defended as a strategy to focus the group's resources on the most promising candidates.[10][11] Marie Newman, Jamaal Bowman, and Cori Bush were elected to Congress in 2020.

History[]

After the 2016 presidential election resulted in a victory for Donald Trump, many progressives pointed to the perceived loyalty of politicians to large donors as a major contributing factor to Hillary Clinton's loss to Trump. These critics contend that a campaign finance model similar to that of Bernie Sanders, whose 2016 presidential campaign was funded by small individual donations, will increase public trust in politicians through increased accountability to their constituents.

On January 23, 2017, Cenk Uygur and Kyle Kulinski founded Justice Democrats with ten others, including former staffers from the Sanders campaign such as its Director of Organizing Technology, Saikat Chakrabarti, and MoveOn.org fundraiser Zack Exley.[12][13][14] According to the organization, it seeks to create a left-wing populist movement to support alternative Democratic candidates beginning with the 2018 midterm elections, in order to either defeat the incumbent Democrats or make them more accountable to their constituents. It requires its candidates to take a pledge to refuse financial contributions from billionaires and corporations.[6] In addition, it hoped to rebuild the Democratic Party on a national level and defeat Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

The Democrats used to represent something wonderful – voters. We want you to represent just us, not your donors... [and stand for] justice for the people

— Cenk Uygur explaining the name of the group[5][15]

On March 20, 2017, Justice Democrats reported that they had received 8,300 nominations and raised $1 million.[16] Also in March 2017, it teamed up with Brand New Congress, a PAC established by former Sanders campaign supporters, to further their goals.[14] By November 1, 2017, they had merged with fellow progressive group AllOfUs.[17][18]

On May 9, 2017, Representative Ro Khanna of California's 17th congressional district announced that he had become a Justice Democrat, the first sitting member of Congress to join the organization.[19][5] Over the following year, Ra��l Grijalva of Arizona's 3rd congressional district and Pramila Jayapal of Washington's 7th congressional district also joined, bringing the number of sitting representatives in Justice Democrats to three.[20] Khanna and Jayapal were first elected to the House in 2016 while Grijalva has been an incumbent since 2002.

During the 2018 elections, Justice Democrats ran 79 progressive candidates against Democrats, Republicans and Independents in local, state, and federal elections.[9] 26 of them advanced past the primary stage. All Justice Democrat candidates running for office were endorsed by The Young Turks, who provided them with a media platform on their interview show Rebel HQ.[21] The seven Justice Democrats candidates who won their electoral congressional races in 2018 were Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the three sitting members. All seven won districts already held by Democrats.

In 2020, Justice Democrat Marie Newman defeated incumbent Representative Dan Lipinski in the 2020 primary for Illinois's 3rd congressional district.[22] Jamaal Bowman defeated incumbent Representative Eliot Engel in New York's 16th congressional district's primary. Bowman was also endorsed by Justice Democrats. Another Justice Democrat-endorsed candidate won in Missouri's 1st congressional district, when Cori Bush defeated Representative Lacy Clay.

Uygur's resignation[]

On December 22, 2017, it was announced that Uygur had resigned from the organization, after the revelation of previously deleted but archived controversial blog posts he had written.[23] The next day, Kulinski announced that he had stepped down from the organization as he disagreed with staff members who pressed for Uygur's dismissal. He said his decision came as a result of a personal dilemma as he saw the posts in question upon rereading them as satirical. Kulinski noted that the decision to ask for Uygur's resignation came from Justice Democrat staff, not the candidates, and asked his supporters to continue backing the organization's candidates.[24]

In mid-November 2019, Uygur filed to run for Congress in California's 25th district, a seat recently vacated by the resignation of Katie Hill, an office also being pursued by former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos.[25][26][27] Uygur stated he would not run as a member of the Justice Democrats.

Ideology and political issues[]

According to Justice Democrats, its highest priority is to effectively eliminate the role of money and conflicts of interests in politics. As such, any candidate running with Justice Democrats must pledge to refuse donations from corporate PACs and lobbyists.[28] Declining money from corporate PACs and supporting Medicare for All have both been described as litmus tests for the organization.[29] Justice Democrats supports publicly funded elections, banning Super PACs, and banning private donations to politicians and campaigns. It also advocates for the reinstatement of provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and a ban on gerrymandering for partisan gain. Several members have voiced support for a constitutional amendment to remove money from American politics.[30]

To accompany its launch, Kulinski and Uygur published the following set of progressive founding principles for the coalition.[31] Adjustments have been made since 2017, resulting in a slightly different platform appearing on the Justice Democrats webpage at a given time.[32]

  • Creating a new infrastructure program called the "Green New Deal"[33]
  • Ending arms sales to countries that it says violate human rights such as Saudi Arabia, Israel and Egypt
  • Enacting a federal job guarantee, which would promise all Americans a job paying $15 per hour plus benefits
  • Ending the death penalty
  • Ending the practice of unilaterally waging war, except as a last resort to defend U.S. territory
  • Ending the War on Drugs in favor of legalization, regulation, and taxation of drugs, and pardoning all non-violent drug offenders and treating all drug addicts
  • Ensuring free speech on college campuses and supporting net neutrality
  • Ensuring universal education as a right, including free four-year public college and university education
  • Ensuring universal healthcare as a right
  • Establishing paid maternity leave, paid vacation leave, and free childcare
  • Expanding anti-discrimination laws to apply to LGBT people
  • Expanding background checks on firearms and banning high capacity magazines and assault weapons
  • Funding Planned Parenthood and other contraceptive and abortion services, and recognizing reproductive rights
  • Implementing electoral reform and publicly financed elections nationwide to make irrelevant and obsolete fundraising from large corporations and the wealthy
  • Implementing instant-runoff voting nationwide in an effort to make third-party and independent candidates more viable
  • Implementing the Buffett Rule, ending offshore financial centers, "chain[ing]" the capital gains and income taxes, and increasing the estate tax
  • Making the minimum wage a living wage and tying it to inflation
  • Pardoning Edward Snowden, prosecuting CIA torturers and DoD war criminals, shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and all other extrajudicial prisons, and ending warrantless spying and bulk data collection by the National Security Agency
  • Passing the Paycheck Fairness Act
  • Abolishing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE)
  • Reforming police by mandating body cameras, establishing community oversight boards, eliminating broken windows policing, ending stop and frisk, and appointing special prosecutors to hold police accountable in courts
  • Renegotiating CAFTA-DR and NAFTA, and opposing Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China and the World Trade Organization
  • Stopping any reductions to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and establishing single-payer universal healthcare
  • Stopping anthropogenic climate change through an ecological revolution and upholding the United States' participation in the Paris Climate Agreement
  • Uncompromisingly rejecting President Trump's immigration proposals and policies, particularly Executive Order 13769 and deportation of illegal immigrants, and implementing comprehensive immigration reform which will include giving non-criminal illegal immigrants a path to citizenship

Political activity[]

2018[]

Justice Democrats officially endorsed 79 candidates in the 2018 election cycle, seven of whom won general elections (three were incumbents).[34] The four first-time officeholders in the U.S. House make up "The Squad".

Governor[]

Candidate State Office Primary date Primary result % General result %
Ben Jealous Maryland Maryland Governor of Maryland June 26, 2018 Won 39.8% Lost 43.5%
Abdul El-Sayed Michigan Michigan Governor of Michigan August 7, 2018 Lost 30.2% Did not qualify N/A
Cynthia Nixon New York (state) New York Governor of New York September 13, 2018 Lost 34.4% Withdrew[n 1] N/A
Matt Brown Rhode Island Rhode Island Governor of Rhode Island September 12, 2018 Lost 34.3% Did not qualify N/A
Christine Hallquist Vermont Vermont Governor of Vermont August 14, 2018 Won 48.4% Lost 40.4%

Lieutenant Governor[]

Candidate State Office Primary date Primary result % General result %
Aaron Regunberg Rhode Island Rhode Island Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island September 12, 2018 Lost 49.2% Did not qualify N/A

U.S. Senate[]

Candidate State Office Primary date Primary result % General result %
Deedra Abboud Arizona Arizona U.S. Senator from Arizona August 28, 2018 Lost 19.5% Did not qualify N/A
Alison Hartson California California U.S. Senator from California June 5, 2018 Lost 2.1% Did not qualify N/A
Kerri Evelyn Harris Delaware Delaware U.S. Senator from Delaware September 6, 2018 Lost 35.4% Did not qualify N/A
Paula Jean Swearengin West Virginia West Virginia U.S. Senator from West Virginia May 8, 2018 Lost 30.3% Did not qualify N/A

U.S. House[]

Candidate State Office Primary date Primary result % General result %
Mary Matiella Arizona Arizona Arizona's 2nd congressional district August 28, 2018 Lost 9.1% Did not qualify N/A
Raúl Grijalva (inc.) Arizona Arizona Arizona's 3rd congressional district August 28, 2018 Won[n 2] 100% Won 63.39%
Brianna Westbrook Arizona Arizona Arizona's 8th congressional district February 27, 2018[n 3] Lost 40.4% Did not qualify N/A
August 28, 2018 Withdrew[n 4] N/A Did not qualify N/A
Audrey Denney California California[n 5] California's 1st congressional district June 5, 2018 Advanced 17.5% Lost 43.2%
California California[n 5] California's 4th congressional district June 5, 2018 Lost 6.2% Did not qualify N/A
California California[n 5] California's 10th congressional district June 5, 2018 Withdrew 0.9% Did not qualify N/A
Ro Khanna (inc.) California California[n 5] California's 17th congressional district June 5, 2018 Advanced 59.1% Won 73.2%
Bryan Caforio California California[n 5] California's 25th congressional district June 5, 2018 Lost 18.3% Did not qualify N/A
California California[n 5] California's 48th congressional district June 5, 2018 Withdrew 1.4% Did not qualify N/A
Doug Applegate California California[n 5] California's 49th congressional district June 5, 2018 Lost 13.2% Did not qualify N/A
Ammar Campa-Najjar California California[n 5] California's 50th congressional district June 5, 2018 Advanced 16.3% Lost 48.3%
Saira Rao Colorado Colorado Colorado's 1st congressional district June 26, 2018 Lost 29.1% Did not qualify N/A
Colorado Colorado Colorado's 5th congressional district June 26, 2018 Won[n 2] 100% Lost 39.3%
Florida Florida Florida's 7th congressional district August 28, 2018 Lost 13.8% Did not qualify N/A
Florida Florida Florida's 8th congressional district August 28, 2018 Won[n 2] 100% Lost 39.5%
Pam Keith Florida Florida Florida's 18th congressional district August 28, 2018 Lost 39.7% Did not qualify N/A
Florida Florida Florida's 27th congressional district August 28, 2018 Lost 6.1% Did not qualify N/A
Georgia (U.S. state)Georgia Georgia's 1st congressional district May 22, 2018 Won 67.6% Lost 42.2%
Kaniela Ing Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii's 1st congressional district August 11, 2018 Lost 6.4% Did not qualify N/A
Marie Newman Illinois Illinois Illinois's 3rd congressional district March 20, 2018 Lost 48.8% Did not qualify N/A
Illinois Illinois Illinois's 5th congressional district August 11, 2018 Lost 23.9% Did not qualify N/A
Illinois Illinois Illinois's 7th congressional district March 20, 2018 Lost 26.1% Did not qualify N/A
Illinois Illinois Illinois's 13th congressional district March 20, 2018 Lost 14.4% Did not qualify N/A
Dan Canon Indiana Indiana Indiana's 9th congressional district May 8, 2018 Lost 30.7% Did not qualify N/A
Iowa Iowa Iowa's 1st congressional district June 5, 2018 Lost 7.5% Did not qualify N/A
Iowa Iowa Iowa's 3rd congressional district May 8, 2018 Lost 15.6% Did not qualify N/A
Brent Welder Kansas Kansas Kansas's 3rd congressional district August 7, 2018 Lost 33.9% Did not qualify N/A
James Thompson Kansas Kansas Kansas's 4th congressional district August 7, 2018 Won 65.3% Lost 40.2%
Roger Manno Maryland Maryland Maryland's 6th congressional district June 26, 2018 Lost 10.2% Did not qualify N/A
Juana Matias Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district September 4, 2018 Lost 15.2% Did not qualify N/A
Ayanna Pressley Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts's 7th congressional district September 4, 2018 Won 58.6% Won 98.2%[n 2]
Michigan Michigan Michigan's 1st congressional district August 7, 2018 Won[n 2][n 6] 100% Lost 43.7%
Michigan Michigan Michigan's 2nd congressional district August 7, 2018 Won[n 2] 100% Lost 43.0%
Michigan Michigan Michigan's 6th congressional district August 7, 2018 Lost 21.3% Did not qualify N/A
Fayrouz Saad Michigan Michigan Michigan's 11th congressional district August 7, 2018 Lost 19.4% Did not qualify N/A
Rashida Tlaib Michigan Michigan Michigan's 13th congressional district August 7, 2018[n 7] Lost 35.9% Did not qualify N/A
August 7, 2018 Won 31.2% Won 84.6%
Ilhan Omar Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota's 5th congressional district August 14, 2018 Won 48.4% Won 78.2%
Cori Bush Missouri Missouri Missouri's 1st congressional district August 7, 2018 Lost 36.9% Did not qualify N/A
Missouri Missouri Missouri's 7th congressional district August 7, 2018 Won 40.6% Lost 30.0%
Montana Montana Montana's at-large congressional district June 5, 2018 Lost 31.7% Did not qualify N/A
Kara H. Eastman Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska's 2nd congressional district May 15, 2018 Won 51.4% Lost 49.0%
Amy Vilela Nevada Nevada Nevada's 4th congressional district June 12, 2018 Lost 9.2% Did not qualify N/A
New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey's 2nd congressional district June 5, 2018 Lost 19.2% Did not qualify N/A
New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey's 7th congressional district June 5, 2018 Lost 19.1% Did not qualify N/A
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico's 1st congressional district June 5, 2018 Lost 20.6% Did not qualify N/A
New York (state) New York New York's 11th congressional district June 26, 2018 Lost 19.0% Did not qualify N/A
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez New York (state) New York New York's 14th congressional district June 26, 2018 Won 57.5% Won 78.2%
New York (state) New York New York's 19th congressional district June 26, 2018 Lost 13.2% Did not qualify N/A
New York (state) New York New York's 21st congressional district June 26, 2018 Lost 9.2% Did not qualify N/A
New York (state) New York New York's 23rd congressional district June 26, 2018 Lost 13.5% Did not qualify N/A
North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina's 5th congressional district May 8, 2018 Lost 45.6% Did not qualify N/A
Ohio Ohio Ohio's 12th congressional district May 8, 2018[n 8] Lost 16.7% Did not qualify N/A
May 8, 2018 Lost 16.3% Did not qualify N/A
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district May 15, 2018 Lost 25.6% Did not qualify N/A
Jess King Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district May 15, 2018 Won[n 2] 100% Lost 41.4%
Texas Texas[n 9] Texas's 2nd congressional district March 6, 2018
First round 		Lost 22.1% Did not qualify N/A
Lorie Burch Texas Texas[n 9] Texas's 3rd congressional district March 6, 2018
First round 		Advanced 49.6% Runoff N/A
May 22, 2018
Runoff 		Won 75.0% Lost 44.2%
Laura Moser Texas Texas[n 9] Texas's 7th congressional district March 6, 2018
First round 		Advanced 24.4% Runoff N/A
May 22, 2018
Runoff 		Lost 32.1% Did not qualify N/A
Vanessa Adia Texas Texas[n 9] Texas's 12th congressional district March 6, 2018 Won[n 2] 100% Lost 33.9%
Texas Texas[n 9] Texas's 14th congressional district March 6, 2018 Won 79.8% Lost 39.2%
Texas Texas[n 9] Texas's 21st congressional district March 6, 2018
First round 		Lost 23.1% Did not qualify N/A
Texas Texas[n 9] Texas's 21st congressional district March 6, 2018
First round 		Advanced 30.9% Runoff N/A
May 22, 2018
Runoff 		Lost 42.1% Did not qualify N/A
Texas Texas[n 9] Texas's 23rd congressional district March 6, 2018
First round 		Advanced 17.5% Runoff N/A
March 6, 2018
Runoff 		Lost 33.2% Did not qualify N/A
Texas Texas[n 9] Texas's 26th congressional district March 6, 2018 Won 52.7% Lost 39.0%
Utah Utah Utah's 4th congressional district June 26, 2018 Eliminated[n 10] N/A Did not qualify N/A
Washington (state) Washington[n 5] Washington's 3rd congressional district August 7, 2018 Lost 4.9% Did not qualify N/A
Pramila Jayapal (inc.) Washington (state) Washington[n 5] Washington's 7th congressional district August 7, 2018 Advanced 82.7% Won 83.4%
Washington (state) Washington[n 5] Washington's 9th congressional district August 7, 2018 Advanced 26.9% Lost 32.1%
Randy Bryce Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin's 1st congressional district August 14, 2018 Won 59.6% Lost 42.3%

2020[]

Justice Democrats endorsed 17 candidates in the Democratic primaries for president, Senate and House. Twelve House candidates made it to the general election (7 incumbents, 5 newcomers). All the incumbents and three newcomers won.

U.S. President[]

Candidate Office Primaries Primary result % General result %
Bernie Sanders President of the United States 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries Withdrew 27% Did not qualify N/A

U.S. Senate[]

Candidate State Office Primary date Primary result % General result %
Betsy Sweet Maine Maine U.S. Senator from Maine July 14, 2020 Lost 23.2% Did not qualify N/A

U.S. House[]

Candidate State Office Primary date Primary result % General result %
Raúl Grijalva (inc.) Arizona Arizona Arizona's 3rd congressional district August 4, 2020 Won[n 2] 100% Won 64.6%
Ro Khanna (inc.) California California[n 5] California's 17th congressional district March 3, 2020 Advanced 65.3% Won 71.3%
Georgette Gómez California California[n 5] California's 53rd congressional district March 3, 2020 Advanced 20% Lost 40.5%
Marie Newman Illinois Illinois Illinois's 3rd congressional district March 17, 2020 Won 47.3% Won 56.4%
Alex Morse Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts's 1st congressional district September 1, 2020 Lost 41.2% Did not qualify N/A
Ayanna Pressley (inc.) Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts's 7th congressional district September 1, 2020 Won[n 2] 100% Won 86.6%
Rashida Tlaib (inc.) Michigan Michigan Michigan's 13th congressional district August 4, 2020 Won 66.3% Won 78.1%
Ilhan Omar (inc.) Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota's 5th congressional district August 11, 2020 Won 57.4% Won 64.5%
Cori Bush Missouri Missouri Missouri's 1st congressional district August 4, 2020 Won 48.6% Won 78.9%
Kara Eastman Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska's 2nd congressional district May 12, 2020 Won 61.8% Lost 46.2%
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (inc.) New York (state) New York New York's 14th congressional district June 23, 2020 Won 72.6% Won 71.6%
Jamaal Bowman New York (state) New York New York's 16th congressional district June 23, 2020 Won 55.5% Won 84.0%
Morgan Harper Ohio Ohio Ohio's 3rd congressional district April 28, 2020 Lost 31.7% Did not qualify N/A
Texas Texas[n 9] Texas's 28th congressional district March 3, 2020 Lost 48.2% Did not qualify N/A
Pramila Jayapal (inc.) Washington (state) Washington[n 5] Washington's 7th congressional district August 4, 2020 Advanced 80.3% Won 83.0%

2021[]

U.S. House[]

Candidate State Office Primary date Primary result % General result %
Nina Turner Ohio Ohio Ohio's 11th congressional district August 3, 2021[37] Lost 44.5% Did not qualify N/A

2022[]

U.S. House[]

Candidate State Office Primary date Primary result % General result %
Kina Collins Illinois Illinois Illinois's 7th congressional district June 28, 2022[38] Pending Pending Pending
Summer Lee Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district[n 11] May 17, 2022[39] Pending Pending Pending
Rana Abdelhamid New York (state) New York New York's 12th congressional district June 28, 2022[40] Pending Pending Pending
Odessa Kelly Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee's 5th congressional district August 2, 2022[41] Pending Pending Pending
Texas Texas Texas's 28th congressional district March 1, 2022[42] Pending Pending Pending
Greg Casar Texas Texas Texas's 35th congressional district March 1, 2022 Pending Pending Pending

Summer for Progress[]

In July 2017, several progressive organizations, including Our Revolution, Democratic Socialists of America, National Nurses United, Working Families Party, and Brand New Congress, announced a push to encourage House Democrats to sign on to a #PeoplesPlatform, which consists of supporting "eight bills currently in the House of Representatives that will address the concerns of everyday Americans."[43] These eight bills and the topics they address are:

  1. Medicare for All: H.R. 676, the Medicare For All Act[44]
  2. Free College Tuition: H.R. 1880, the College for All Act of 2017[45]
  3. Worker Rights: H.R. 15, the Raise the Wage Act[46]
  4. Women's Rights: H.R. 771, the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2017[47]
  5. Voting Rights: H.R. 2840, the Automatic Voter Registration Act[48]
  6. Environmental Justice: H.R. 4114, the Environmental Justice Act of 2017[49]
  7. Criminal Justice and Immigrant Rights: H.R. 3227, the Justice Is Not for Sale Act of 2017[50]
  8. Taxing Wall Street: H.R. 1144, the Inclusive Prosperity Act[51]

Congressional members[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Despite losing the primary, Nixon had a slot in the general election as the nominee of the Working Families Party. On October 3, the Working Families Party offered their party's ballot line to the incumbent governor (and winner of the Democratic primary), Andrew Cuomo, and he accepted on October 5.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ran unopposed
  3. ^ Special election to replace Trent Franks, who resigned on December 8, 2017
  4. ^ Running for the Arizona Senate in the 22nd district
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n California and Washington use a nonpartisan blanket primary system, where all candidates run on one primary ballot, regardless of party affiliation, and the top two finishers advance to the general election.
  6. ^ Due to a logistical error in his campaign filing, Morgan was unable to appear on the primary ballot. As he was the only Democrat to file to run in this district, he was able to win the primary with write-in votes.
  7. ^ Special election to replace John Conyers, who resigned on December 5, 2017
  8. ^ Special election to replace Pat Tiberi, who resigned on January 15, 2018
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Texas uses a two-round primary system. If a candidate receives above 50% of the vote in the first round, they become the party's nominee; otherwise, the top two finishers advance to a second round.
  10. ^ In Utah, a state convention was held on April 21; of the 381 delegates present from the 4th district, McDonald won 25% of the votes and Salt Lake County mayor Ben McAdams won 72%. Since McAdams cleared the 60% threshold, he became the party's nominee, with no primary election taking place on June 26.[35][36]
  11. ^ Lee is running to succeed Mike Doyle, but the district she is running in will not exist in 2022 due to redistricting, so this will change.

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