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Alabama

NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Alaska

Alaska
Mary Peltola (D)
U.S. Senate
Alaska
Bill Hill (I)
U.S. House, At Large
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Arizona

Arizona
Marlene Galan-Woods (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Arizona
Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Arizona
Rep. Greg Stanton​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
Arizona
JoAnna Mendoza (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
Arizona
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Arkansas

Arkansas
Hallie Schoffner (D)
U.S. Senate
Arkansas
Chris Jones (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Arkansas
Robb Ryerse (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

California

California
Mike McGuire (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
California
Rep. Jared Huffman (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
California
Rep. Ami Bera (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
California
Rep. Mike Thompson (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
California
Michael Masuda (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 5
California
Richard Pan (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
California
Rep. Doris Matsui (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
California
Rep. John Garamendi (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 8
California
Rep. Josh Harder (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 9
California
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 10
California
Connie Chan (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 11
California
Rep. Lateefah Simon (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 12
California
Rep. Adam Gray (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 13
California
Aisha Wahab (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 14
California
Rep. Kevin Mullin (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 15
California
Rep. Ro Khanna (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 17
California
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 18
California
Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 19
California
Rep. Jim Costa (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 21
California
Randy Villejas (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 22
California
Rep. Salud Carbajal (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 24
California
Rep. Raul Ruiz (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 25
California
Rep. George Whitesides (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 27
California
Rep. Judy Chu (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 28
California
Rep. Luz Rivas (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 29
Laura Friedman
California
Rep. Laura Friedman (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 30
California
Rep. Gil Cisneros (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 31
California
Rep. Brad Sherman (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 32
California
Rep. Pete Aguilar (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 33
California
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 34
California
Rep. Norma Torres (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 35
California
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 37
California
Rep. Mark Takano (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 39
California
Joe Kerr (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 40
California
Rep. Linda Sanchez (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 41
California
Rep. Robert Garcia (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 42
California
Rep. Derek Tran (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 45
California
Rep. Dave Min (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 47
California
Marni von Wilpert (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 48
California
Rep. Mike Levin (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 49
California
Rep. Scott Peters (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 50
California
Rep. Sara Jacobs (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 51
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Colorado

Colorado
Rep. Joe Neguse​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Colorado
Rep. Jason Crow​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
Brittany Pettersen
Colorado
Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Connecticut

Joe Courtney
Connecticut
Rep. Joe Courtney (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Connecticut
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Connecticut
Rep. Jim Himes (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
Connecticut
Rep. Jahana Hayes (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 5
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Delaware

NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Florida

Florida
Rep. Darren Soto (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 9
Maxwell Frost
Florida
Rep. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 10
Florida
Rep. Kathy Castor (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 14
Florida
Rep. Lois Frankel (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 22
Florida
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 23
Florida
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 25
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Georgia

Georgia
Rep. Lucy McBath (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Hawaii

Hawaii
Jarrett Keohokalole (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Hawaii
Rep. Jill Tokuda (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Idaho

Idaho
Todd Achilles (D)
U.S. Senate
Idaho
Kaylee Peterson (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Illinois

Illinois
Rep. Delia Ramirez (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Illinois
Rep. Sean Casten (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
Illinois
Rep. Brad Schneider (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 10
Illinois
Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 13
Illinois
Rep. Lauren Underwood (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 14
Illinois
Rep. Eric Sorensen (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 17
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Indiana

Indiana
Rep. Frank Mrvan Jr. (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Indiana
Rep. Andre Carson (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Iowa

Iowa
Christina Bohannan (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Iowa
Sarah Trone Garriatt (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Kansas

Kansas
Rep. Sharice Davids (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Kentucky

Kentucky
Zach Dembo (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Louisiana

NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Maine

Maine
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Maryland

Maryland
Rep. Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Maryland
Rep. Sarah Elfreth (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Maryland
Rep. Glenn Ivey (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
Maryland
Adrian Boafo (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 5
Maryland
David Trone​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
Maryland
Rep. Kwesi Mfume (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
Maryland
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 8
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts
Sen. Ed Markey (D)
U.S. Senate
Massachusetts
Rep. Jim McGovern (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Massachusetts
Mariah Lancaster (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
Massachusetts
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
Massachusetts
Rep. Bill Keating (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 9
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Michigan

Michigan
Callie Barr (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Michigan
Rep. Hillary Scholten (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Michigan
Sean McCann (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
Michigan
Rep. Debbie Dingell​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
Michigan
Bridget Brink (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
Michigan
Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 8
Michigan
Tim Greimel (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 10
Michigan
Jeremy Moss (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 11
Michigan
Rep. Rashida Tlaib​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 12
Michigan
Donovan McKinney (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 13
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Minnesota

Minnesota
Jake Johnson (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Minnesota
Rep. Kelly Morrison (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Minnesota
Rep. Betty McCollum (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
Minnesota
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 5
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Mississippi

Mississippi
Scott Colom (D)
U.S. Senate
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Missouri

Missouri
Rep. Wesley Bell (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Missouri
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 5
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Montana

NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Nebraska

Nebraska
Dan Osborn (I)
U.S. Senate
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Nevada

Nevada
Rep. Dina Titus (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Nevada
Rep. Susie Lee (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Nevada
Rep. Steven Horsford (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

New Hampshire

New Hampshire
Rep. Chris Pappas​ (D)
U.S. Senate
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

New Jersey

New Jersey
Rep. Donald Norcross (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Herb Conaway
New Jersey
Rep. Herb Conaway (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
New Jersey
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 5
New Jersey
Rep. Frank Pallone (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
New Jersey
Rep. Robert J Menendez Jr (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 8
New Jersey
Rep. Nellie Pou (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 9
Lamonica McIver
New Jersey
Rep. Lamonica McIver (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 10
New Jersey
Analilia Mejia (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 11
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

New Mexico

New Mexico
Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D)
U.S. Senate
New Mexico
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
New Mexico
Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
New Mexico
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

New York

New York
Rep. Laura Gillen (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
New York
Rep. Grace Meng (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
New York
Antonio Reynoso (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
New York
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 8
New York
Alex Bores (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 12
New York
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 14
New York
Cait Conley (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 17
New York
Aaron Gies (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 23
New York
Rep. Joe Morelle (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 25
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

North Carolina

North Carolina
Roy Cooper (D)
U.S. Senate
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

North Dakota

NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Ohio

Ohio
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D)
U.S. Senate
Ohio
Rep. Greg Landsman (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Ohio
Rep. Joyce Beatty​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Ohio
Rep. Shontel Brown (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 11
Ohio
Rep. Emilia Sykes (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 13
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Oklahoma

NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Oregon

Oregon
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D)
U.S. Senate
Oregon
Rep. Suszanne Bonamici (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Oregon
Rep. Maxine Dexter (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Oregon
Rep. Val Hoyle (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
Oregon
Rep. Andrea Salinas (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Pennsylvania
Rep. Brendan Boyle (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Pennsylvania
Rep. Madeleine Dean (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
Pennsylvania
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 5
Pennsylvania
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
Pennsylvania
Paige Cognetti (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 8
Janelle Stelson
Pennsylvania
Janelle Stelson (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 10
Pennsylvania
Rep. Summer Lee (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 12
Pennsylvania
Alan Bradstock (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 14
Pennsylvania
Rep. Chris Deluzio (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 17
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Rhode Island

Rhode Island
Sen. Jack Reed (D)
U.S. Senate
Rhode Island
Rep. Gabe Amo (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Rhode Island
Rep. Seth Magaziner (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

South Carolina

South Carolina
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

South Dakota

NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Tennessee

NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Texas

Texas
James Talarico (D)
U.S. Senate
Texas
Rep. Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
Texas
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 16
Texas
Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 29
Texas
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 30
Texas
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 34
Texas
Rep. Greg Casar (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 37
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Utah

NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Vermont

Vermont
Rep. Becca Balint (D)
U.S. House, At Large
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Virginia

Virginia
Rep. Bobby Scott​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Virginia
Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
Virginia
Rep. Eugene Vindman (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
Virginia
Rep. Suhas Subramanyan (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 10
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Washington

Washington
Rep. Suzan DelBene (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Washington
Rep. Rick Larsen (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Washington
John Duresky (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
Washington
Rep. Emily Randall (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
Washington
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
Washington
Rep. Kim Schrier (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 8
Washington
Rep. Adam Smith (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 9
Washington
Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 10
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

West Virginia

NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin
Rebecca Cooke (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Wisconsin
Brad Smith (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
Wisconsin
Fred Clark (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Wyoming

NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

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