[1]Justice Democrats





John,

We can draw a direct line from the ineffective representation we have in
Congress right now to the fact that democratic competition in U.S.
elections is almost nonexistent.

[ [link removed] ]The New York Times: The Death of Competition in American Elections. A
vast majority of 2024 races for Congress and state legislatures were
decided by low-turnout or meaningless primaries. The trend is making
politics more polarized and eroding public trust.

Most members of Congress did not face a competitive general election, and
one-third of members ran unopposed in their primary. Look at deep blue New
York: last cycle, 21 of the state’s 26 House members ran unopposed in
their primary.

In 2024, while 156 million Americans voted in November, only 30 million
(less than 20 percent of general election voters) cast ballots in the
primary elections.

This lack of primary competition and voter turnout means that many
Congress members were elected by a small fraction of the people they
actually represent, which is bad for our democracy. Too many House members
are focused on fighting for corporate and wealthy donor interests instead
of the working people who make up their communities — and that includes
Democrats.

In their piece on this topic, the New York Times called out Justice
Democrats’ work leading efforts to challenge out-of-touch establishment
Democrats with progressive candidates from working-class backgrounds, and
succeeding:

“On the left, groups like Justice Democrats have had an outsized impact by
almost exclusively backing more progressive working-class candidates
against more traditional Democrats in a relative handful of carefully
chosen primary contests. The group’s first slate of candidates in 2018,
funded largely with small contributions from donors nationwide, included
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic Socialist who ousted a 10-term
incumbent in that year’s primary and who has since become one of the most
prominent House Democrats.”

And we’re actively working to do it again in 2026. As our communications
director Usamah Andrabi told the Times, our primaries are not left versus
right: they’re bottom versus top. If we have to scare corporate
politicians into fighting for working people by running primary
challengers against them, then they should be scared.

[ [link removed] ]Justice Democrats is currently in the process of recruiting
working-class candidates in deep blue districts across the country to
challenge the establishment in the 2026 Democratic primaries. Power our
work with a grassroots contribution of $5 today.



[ [link removed] ]Contribute $5



Because we rely on donations from regular people like you instead of
corporate PACs, the number of candidates we’re able to run in the 2026
midterms will depend directly on fundraising results from emails like this
one.

Thanks for anything you can give to fuel our fight to transform the
Democratic Party.

— Justice Democrats




 




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