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Alabama

Alabama
Rep. Terri Sewell (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Alaska

Alaska
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R)
U.S. Senate
Alaska
Mary Peltola (D)
U.S. House, At Large
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Arizona

Arizona
Katie Hobbs (D)
Governor
Arizona
Sen. Mark Kelly (D)
U.S. Senate
Arizona
Rep. Tom (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Arizona
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Arizona
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
Arizona
Rep. Greg Stanton​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 9
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Arkansas

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

California

California
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)
Governor
California
Sen. Alex Padilla (D)
U.S. Senate
California
Rep. Jared Huffman (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
California
Kermit Jones (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
California
Rep. Mike Thompson (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 5
California
Rep. Ami Bera (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
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 11
California
Rep. Barbara Lee (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 12
California
Rep. Adam Gray (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 13
California
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 14
California
Rep. Kevin Mullin (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 15
California
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 16
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
Marisa Wood (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 20
California
Rep. Jim Costa (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 21
California
Rep. Rudy Salas (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 22
California
Rep. Salud Carbajal (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 24
California
Rep. Julia Brownley (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 26
California
Rep. Christy Smith (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 27
California
Rep. Judy Chu (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 28
California
Rep. Tony Cardenas (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 29
California
Rep. Adam Schiff (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 30
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. Raul Ruiz (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 36
California
Rep. Sydney Kamlager (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 37
California
Rep. Linda Sanchez (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 38
California
Will Rollins (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 41
California
Rep. Nanette Barragan (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 44
California
Jay Chen (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 45
California
Rep. Katie Porter (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 47
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
Gov. Jared Polis (D)
Governor
Colorado
Sen. Michael Bennet (D)
U.S. Senate
Colorado
Rep. Diana DeGette​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Colorado
Rep. Joe Neguse​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Colorado
Rep. Jason Crow​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
Colorado
Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
Colorado
Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 8
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Connecticut

Connecticut
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D)
U.S. Senate
Connecticut
Rep. John Larson (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
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. Charlie Crist (D)
Governor
Florida
Rep. Val Demings (D)
U.S. Senate
Florida
Rep. Kathy Castor (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 14
Florida
Jared Moskowitz (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 23
Florida
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 25
Florida
Annette Taddeo (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 27
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Georgia

Georgia
Stacey Abrams (D)
Governor
Georgia
Sen. Ralph Warnock (D)
U.S. Senate
Georgia
Rep. Sanford Bishop (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Georgia
Rep. Hank Johnson (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
Georgia
Rep. Nikema Williams (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 5
Georgia
Rep. Lucy McBath (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
Georgia
Rep. David Scott (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 13
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Hawaii

Hawaii
Josh Green (D)
Governor
Hawaii
Sen. Brian Schatz (D)
U.S. Senate
Hawaii
Sergio Alcubilla (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Hawaii
Jill Tokuda (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Idaho

Idaho
Gov. Brad Little (R)
Governor
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Illinois

Illinois
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D)
U.S. Senate
Illinois
Rep. Delia Ramirez (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Illinois
Rep. Mike Quigley (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 5
Illinois
Rep. Sean Casten (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
Illinois
Rep. Brad Schneider (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 10
Illinois
Nikki Budzinski (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 13
Illinois
Rep. Lauren Underwood (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 14
Illinois
Jonathan Logemann (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
Paul Steury (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Indiana
Rep. Andre Carson (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
Indiana
Matt Fyfe (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 9
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Iowa

Iowa
Michael Franken (D)
U.S. Senate
Iowa
Christina Bohannan (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Iowa
Liz Mathis (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Iowa
Rep. Cindy Axne (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Iowa
Ryan Melton (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Kansas

Kansas
Gov. Laura Kelly (D)
Governor
Kansas
Mark Holland (D)
U.S. Senate
Kansas
Patrick Schmidt (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Kansas
Rep. Sharice Davids (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Kentucky

Kentucky
Sen. Charles Booker (D)
U.S. Senate
Kentucky
Rep. Morgan McGarvey (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Louisiana

Louisiana
Rep. Troy Carter (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Maine

Maine
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Maine
Rep. Jared Golden (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Maryland

Maryland
Wes Moore (D)
Governor
Maryland
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D)
U.S. Senate
Maryland
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Maryland
Rep. John Sarbanes (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Maryland
Rep. Donna Edwards (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
Maryland
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 5
Maryland
Rep. David Trone​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
Maryland
Rep. Kweisi 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
Maura Healey (D)
Governor
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Michigan

Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D)
Governor
Michigan
Bob Lorinser (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Michigan
Hillary Scholten (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Michigan
Rep. Debbie Dingell​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
Michigan
Rep. Elissa Slotkin​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
Michigan
Rep. Dan Kildee​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 8
Michigan
Brian Jaye (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 9
Michigan
Carl Marlinga (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 10
Michigan
Rep. Rashida Tlaib​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 12
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Minnesota

Minnesota
Gov. Tim Walz (D)
Governor
Minnesota
Jeff Ettinger (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Minnesota
Rep. Angie Craig (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Minnesota
Rep. Dean Phillips (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Minnesota
Rep. Betty McCollum (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
Minnesota
Rep. Ilahn Omar (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 5
Minnesota
Jen Schultz (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 8
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Mississippi

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

Missouri

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

Montana

Montana
Monica Tranel (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Nebraska

Nebraska
Rep. Patty Pansing Brooks (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Nebraska
Tony Vargas (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Nevada

Nevada
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D)
U.S. Senate
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
Tom Sherman (D)
Governor
New Hampshire
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D)
U.S. Senate
New Hampshire
Rep. Chris Pappas​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
New Hampshire
Rep. Ann Kuster​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
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
New Jersey
Tim Alexander (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
New Jersey
Rep. Andy Kim (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
New Jersey
Rep. Joshua Gottheimer (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 5
New Jersey
Rep. Frank Pallone (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
New Jersey
Rep. Tom Malinowski (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
New Jersey
Robert J Menendez Jr (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 8
New Jersey
Rep. Bill Pascrell (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 9
New Jersey
Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 10
New Jersey
Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 11
New Jersey
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 12
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

New Mexico

New Mexico
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)
Governor
New Mexico
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
New Mexico
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
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D)
Governor
New York
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D)
U.S. Senate
New York
Robert Zimmerman (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
New York
Laura Gillen (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
New York
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 8
New York
Max Rose (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 11
New York
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 16
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

North Carolina

North Carolina
Sen. Cheri Beasley (D)
U.S. Senate
North Carolina
Don Davis (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
North Carolina
Rep. Deborah Ross (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
North Carolina
Valerie Foushee (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
North Carolina
Rep. Kathy Manning (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
North Carolina
Rep. Alma Adams (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 12
North Carolina
Wiley Nickel (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 13
North Carolina
Jeff Jackson (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 14
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
Nan Whaley (D)
Governor
Ohio
Rep. Tim Ryan (D)
U.S. Senate
Ohio
Greg Landsman (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Ohio
Rep. Joyce Beatty​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Ohio
Rep. Marcy Kaptur​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 9
Ohio
Rep. Shontel Brown (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 11
Ohio
Emilia Sykes (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 13
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Oklahoma

Oklahoma
Joy Hofmeister (D)
Governor
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Oregon

Oregon
Tina Kotek (D)
Governor
Oregon
Sen. Ron Wyden (D)
U.S. Senate
Oregon
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Oregon
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Oregon
Val Hoyle (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
Oregon
Jamie McLeod-Skinner (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 5
Oregon
Andrea Salinas (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 6
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania
Josh Shapiro (D)
Governor
Pennsylvania
John Fetterman (D)
U.S. Senate
Pennsylvania
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Pennsylvania
Rep. Brendan Boyle (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Pennsylvania
Rep. Dwight Evans (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
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
Rep. Susan Wild​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
Pennsylvania
Rep. Matthew Cartwright (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 8
Pennsylvania
Shamaine Daniels (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 10
Pennsylvania
Bob Hollister (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 11
Pennsylvania
Summer Lee (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 12
Pennsylvania
Dan Pastore (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 16
Pennsylvania
Chris Deluzio (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 17
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Rhode Island

Rhode Island
Gov. Dan McKee (D)
Governor
Rhode Island
Rep. David Cicilline​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Rhode Island
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. James 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
Beto O’Rourke (D)
Governor
Texas
Rep. Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
Texas
Rep. Alexander Green (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 9
Texas
Michelle Vallejo (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 15
Texas
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 16
Texas
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 18
Texas
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 20
Texas
Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 29
Texas
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 30
Texas
Rep. Colin Allred (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 32
Texas
Rep. Marc Veasey (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 33
Texas
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 34
Texas
Greg Casar (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 35
Texas
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 37
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Utah

Utah
Evan McMullin (I)
U.S. Senate
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Vermont

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

Virginia

Virginia
Rep. Elaine Luria​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Virginia
Rep. Bobby Scott​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Virginia
Rep. Donald McEachin (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
Virginia
Rep. Abigail Spanberger​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 7
Virginia
Rep. Don Beyer​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 8
Virginia
Rep. Jennifer Wexton​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 10
Virginia
Rep. Gerry Connelly​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 11
NEA has not recommended any candidates for this office at this time.

Washington

Washington
Sen. Patty Murray (D)
U.S. Senate
Washington
Rep. Suzan DelBene (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Washington
Rep. Rick Larsen (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Washington
Rep. Derek Kilmer (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
Stephanie Gallardo (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 9
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
Gov. Tony Evers (D)
Governor
Wisconsin
Mandela Barnes (D)
U.S. Senate
Wisconsin
Ann Roe (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 1
Wisconsin
Rep. Mark Pocan​ (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 2
Wisconsin
Rep. Brad Pfaff (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 3
Wisconsin
Rep. Gwen Moore (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 4
Wisconsin
Mike Van Someren (D)
U.S. House, Dist. 5
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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