Justice Democrats
American progressive political action committee
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| 2025 | Raúl Grijalva's tenure as a Justice Democrats representative ends due to his death after serving from 2003 to 2025. |
| 2024 | Summer Lee (Pennsylvania) won her primary with 60.6% and won the general election with 56.4% of the vote. |
| 2024 | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York) won her primary with 82.1% and won the general election with 69.2% of the vote. |
| 2024 | Ro Khanna (California) advanced in his primary with 62.9% and won the general election with 67.7% of the vote. |
| 2024 | Greg Casar (Texas) won his primary with 100% and won the general election with 67.4% of the vote. |
| 2024 | Rashida Tlaib (Michigan) won her primary with 100% and won the general election with 69.7% of the vote. |
| 2024 | Justice Democrats endorsed 12 incumbent candidates for U.S. House races, with 10 candidates winning their primaries and general elections, while Cori Bush (Missouri) and Jamaal Bowman (New York) did not qualify for the general election. |
| 2024 | Ayanna Pressley (Massachusetts) won her primary with 100% and won the general election with 97.1% of the vote. |
| 2024 | Raúl Grijalva (Arizona) won his primary with 100% support and won the general election with 63.5% of the vote. |
| 2024 | Pramila Jayapal (Washington) advanced in her primary with 79.8% and won the general election with 83.9% of the vote. |
| 2024 | Delia Ramirez (Illinois) won her primary with 100% and won the general election with 67.3% of the vote. |
| 2024 | Ilhan Omar (Minnesota) won her primary with 56.2% and won the general election with 74.4% of the vote. |
| 2024 | Delia Ramirez is endorsed by and joins Justice Democrats. |
| 2023 | Greg Casar, Summer Lee, and Delia Ramirez begin their tenure as Justice Democrats representatives in the United States House of Representatives. |
| 2022 | Some endorsed candidates did not win, including Marie Newman (Illinois), Kina Collins (Illinois), Rana Abdelhamid (New York), Odessa Kelly (Tennessee), and Jessica Cisneros (Texas). |
| 2022 | Justice Democrats endorsed 10 incumbents and 6 newcomers in U.S. House primary and general elections, with all but one incumbent winning and two newcomers successfully elected. |
| 2022 | Successfully re-elected incumbent congressional candidates including Raúl Grijalva (Arizona), Ro Khanna (California), Ayanna Pressley (Massachusetts), Rashida Tlaib (Michigan), Ilhan Omar (Minnesota), Cori Bush (Missouri), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York), Jamaal Bowman (New York), and Pramila Jayapal (Washington). |
| 2022 | Greg Casar and Summer Lee are elected to the House, while Marie Newman loses her reelection in the Democratic primary after facing a House Ethics Committee investigation. |
| 2021 | Nina Turner ran as a Justice Democrats-backed candidate for Ohio's 11th congressional district, but lost the primary with 44.5% of the vote and did not qualify for the general election. |
| 2021 | Jamaal Bowman begins his tenure as a Justice Democrats representative, set to end in 2025 after losing a primary election. |
| 2021 | Cori Bush begins her tenure as a Justice Democrats representative, set to end in 2025 after losing a primary election. |
| 2021 | Marie Newman begins and ends her tenure as a Justice Democrats representative, losing her primary election. |
| January 3 2021 | Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush, and Marie Newman were sworn in as Justice Democrats representatives. |
| 2020 | Justice Democrats supported Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, where he ultimately withdrew from the race after winning 27% of the primary vote. |
| 2020 | Jamaal Bowman defeats incumbent Eliot Engel in New York's 16th congressional district primary. |
| 2020 | Cori Bush defeats Representative Lacy Clay in Missouri's 1st congressional district. |
| 2020 | Marie Newman defeats incumbent Dan Lipinski in Illinois's 3rd congressional district primary. |
| 2020 | Justice Democrats endorses fewer candidates compared to 2018, focusing resources on the most promising candidates. Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush, and Marie Newman are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| November 2019 | Cenk Uygur files to run for Congress in California's 25th district, not as a Justice Democrats member. |
| January 3 2019 | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib were sworn in as members of the House of Representatives and Justice Democrats, forming 'The Squad'. |
| 2018 | Justice Democrats endorsed 79 candidates during the election cycle, with seven candidates winning general elections, including four first-time officeholders who formed 'The Squad' in the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| 2018 | Justice Democrats runs 79 progressive candidates in local, state, and federal elections, with seven candidates winning congressional races: Raúl Grijalva, Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib. |
| May 2018 | Alexandra Rojas becomes the organization's executive director. |
| April 16 2018 | Justice Democrats announced Pramila Jayapal of Washington's 7th congressional district had joined the group. |
| 2017 | Ro Khanna and Pramila Jayapal begin their tenure as Justice Democrats representatives in the United States House of Representatives. |
| December 23 2017 | Kyle Kulinski steps down from Justice Democrats in solidarity with Uygur and disagreement with staff's decision. |
| December 22 2017 | Cenk Uygur resigns from Justice Democrats after controversial archived blog posts are revealed. |
| December 6 2017 | Justice Democrats announced Raúl Grijalva of Arizona's 3rd congressional district had joined the group. |
| July 2017 | Progressive organizations launch the Summer for Progress initiative, pushing for eight bills addressing key social and economic issues. |
| May 9 2017 | Representative Ro Khanna of California becomes the first sitting member of Congress to join Justice Democrats. |
| March 20 2017 | Justice Democrats report receiving 8,300 nominations and raising $1 million. They also team up with Brand New Congress PAC to further their progressive goals. |
| January 23 2017 | Justice Democrats is founded by Saikat Chakrabarti, Zack Exley, Kyle Kulinski, and Cenk Uygur following the 2016 United States presidential election, with the goal of electing a progressive Democratic majority in Congress. |
| 2016 | After the presidential election, progressives critique campaign finance models and perceived politician loyalty to large donors. |
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