Mondaire for Congress Mondaire was born to a young, single mother at Nyack Hospital and raised in the working-class Village of Spring Valley, which is in Rockland County. Life wasn’t easy, but the Jones family managed. And Mondaire’s mother always encouraged him to dream big in spite of their circumstances. After Mondaire was born, his mother dropped out of college. She worked multiple jobs just to make ends meet—even with the aid of a Section 8 housing voucher from the federal government. Mondaire learned early on that, in a low-wage economy that doesn’t work for the average American, government assistance … Continue reading →

Stand for Kentucky-Charles Booker Charles Booker is a lifelong Kentuckian who was born and raised in the west end of Louisville, in one of the poorest zip codes in the state. Both of Charles’s parents had to drop out of high school to help take care of their brothers and sisters. Even with food stamps and free lunch, Charles still sometimes went hungry. After Charles found out he had diabetes, there were times when his family had to ration his insulin just to survive. Now Charles and his wife Tanesha are raising two girls in Kentucky– but they worry every … Continue reading →

Lopez for the People Born in Puerto Rico and raised in the South Bronx by a Dominican mother, Samelys grew up in the NYC family shelter system and faced many of the challenges her Bronx neighbors experience – housing scarcity, domestic violence, food insecurity, economic anxiety, underfunded public schools, and the indignities of the welfare system. As a community organizer, Samelys works with grassroots groups to turn their activism into electoral power. Samelys has dedicated her professional life to the affordable housing field, where she helped build homes in some of New York City’s most underserved communities, including her home … Continue reading →

Paula Jean Swearengin U.S. Senate 2020 A coal miner’s daughter and granddaughter, Paula Jean Swearengin has been fighting for a better West Virginia and our West Virginia values for decades. In 2018, she took on an entrenched incumbent U.S. Senator in a Democratic Primary and received the highest number of primary votes against an incumbent U.S. Senator in West Virginia in 75 years. Today Paula Jean is taking on Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito to restore economic opportunity for our entire Appalachian community, make Medicare for All a reality and bring our progressive values to the U.S. Senate. … Continue reading →