Democracy for America

From KeyWiki

Democracy for America was formed in March of 2004.^[1]

About

The DFA endorses candidates at all levels of office from School Board to the Presidency. The organization will only support candidates who will "move the progressive movement forward in their community".^[2]

Progressive Democrats for Delaware

In Spring, 2004, Democracy for America together with the Democratic Party of Delaware founded Progressive Democrats for Delaware, and is a "grassroots, volunteer organization".^[3]

Personnel

The following work for the organization:^[4]

Jim Dean, Chair
Governor Howard Dean, Founder, and senior adviser for the healthcare campaign
Arshad Hasan, Executive Director
Mia Moore, Chief of Staff
Charles Chamberlain, Political Director
Michael Langenmayr, Deputy Political Director
Matt Blizek, National Field Director
Nick Passanante, Deputy National Field Director
Dan Mulligan, National Field Organizer
Jay Henderson, National Field Organizer
Matt Segal, National Field Organizer
Santiago Stocker, Finance Director
Kate Lesniak, Deputy Finance Director
Ale Lorenzo, Finance Assistant / Scheduler
Levana Layendecker, Communications Director
Eileen Cleland, Accountant
Annalouise Venturella, Compliance Officer
Tim Watson, Technology Director
Jase Roberts, Web Developer

Current Endorsements

The organization is currently supporting the following candidates:

Past Endorsements

The following is a list of candidates the organization has endorsed:^[1]

2004

Scott Kawasaki, State House, AK, Lost
Anita Kelly, Circuit Judge, AL, Won
Paul Babbitt, U.S. House, AZ, Lost
Ed Ableser, State Representative, AZ, Lost
Nina Trasoff, Corporate Commissioner, AZ, Lost
Mark Manoil, Corporate Commissioner, AZ, Lost
Bob Ayala, Sheriff, AZ, Lost
Karen Heumann, State Assembly, CA, Lost
Nick Waugh, City Supervisor, CA, Lost
Lori Saldana, State House, CA, Won
Jerry McNerney, U.S. House, CA, Lost
Mary Ann Andreas, State Assembly, CA, Lost
Jim Brandt, U.S. House, CA, Lost
Suzanne Williams, State Senate, CO, Won
Donna Red Wing, State House, CO, Lost
Stan Matsunaka, U.S. House, CO, Lost
Jay Fetcher, State Senate, CO, Lost
Kim Hynes, State House, CT, Lost
Deborah W. Heinrich, State Representative, CT, Won
Susan Clary, Soil and Water District, FL, Won
Betty Castor, U.S. Senate, FL, Lost
Rob MacKenna, Supervisor of Elections, FL, Lost
Dana Rasch, State House, FL, Lost
Dr. Arthur Anderson, Supervisor Of Elections, FL, Won
Alisha Thomas Morgan, GA Assembly, GA, Won
Don McDaniel, State House, GA, Lost
Justice Gail Tusan, Superior Court Justice, GA, Won
Lyla Berg, State House, HI, Won
Josh Green, State House, HI, Won
Pono Chong, State House, HI, Won
John Drury, State Senate, IA, Lost
Greg Stevens, Iowa House, IA, Lost
Nicole LeFavour, State Representative B, ID, Won
Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, IL, Won
Christine Cegelis, U.S. House, IL, Lost
Jon Jennings, U.S. House, IN, Lost
Melina Fox, U.S. Congress, IN, Lost
Patrick McCormick, County council, IN, Lost
Nate Hogan, State Senate, KS, Lost
Missy Taylor, State House, KS, Lost
Thurston Cromwell, State Senate, KS, Lost
Virginia Woodward, State Senate, KY, Lost
Bill Straus, State Rep, MA, Won
Charles Murphy, State House, MA, Won
Monica Palacios-Boyce, State House, MA, Lost
Malinda Miles, County Council, MD, Lost
Evan Hope, Township Clerk, MI, Won
Marie Donigan, State Assembly, MI, Won
Patti Fritz, State House, MN, Won
Nancy Farmer, U.S. Senate, MO, Lost
Maria Chappelle-Nadal, State House, MO, Won
Brian Schweitzer, Governor, MT, Won
Debra Sasser, District Court Judge, NC, Won
Julia Boseman, State Senate, NC, Won
Patsy Keever, U.S. House, NC, Lost
McKim Mitchell, State Senate, NH, Lost
Fran Egbers, State House, NH, Won
John Lynch, Governor, NH, Won
Steve Brozak, U.S. House, NJ, Lost
Amy Vasquez, U.S. House, NJ, Lost
Herb Conaway, U.S. House, NJ, Lost
Anne Wolfe, U.S. House, NJ, Lost
Nelson Thompson, County Freeholder, NJ, Lost
Richard Romero, U.S. Congress, NM, Lost
Jonathan Bing, State Assembly, NY, Won
Jimmy Dahroug, State Senate, NY, Lost
Samara Sam Barend, U.S. House, NY, Lost
Greg Harris, U.S. House, OH, Lost
Jeff Seemann, U.S. House, OH, Lost
Judge William O'Neill, Supreme Court Justice, OH, Lost
Mary Jo Kilroy, Franklin County Commissioner, OH, Won
Peter Buckley, State House, OR, Won
Tom Potter, Mayor, OR, Won
Allyson Schwartz, U.S. House, PA, Won
Lois Herr, U.S. House, PA, Lost
Lois Murphy, U.S. House, PA, Lost
Ginny Schrader, U.S. House, PA, Lost
Ken Campbell, State House, SC, Lost
Charlie Smith, State House, SC, Lost
David Van Os, State Supreme Court, TX, Lost
Katy Hubener, State House, TX, Lost
Richard Morrison, U.S. House, TX, Lost
May Walker, Constable, TX, Won
Peter Corroon, Mayor, UT, Won
James Socas, U.S. Congress, VA, Lost
Al Weed, U.S. House, VA, Lost
Jane Kitchel, State Senate, VT, Won
Peter Clavelle, Governor, VT, Lost
Jessica Falker, VT House of Reps., VT, Lost
Tami Green, State House, WA, Won
Laura Ruderman, Secretary of State, WA, Lost

2005

Donna Frye, Mayor of San Diego, CA, Lost
Madison Nguyen, San Jose City Council, CA, Won
David A. Stevenson, Bethel Twp. School Board, CT, Lost
Shirley Franklin, Mayor of Atlanta, GA, Won
Patricia Jehlen, State Senate, MA, Won
Gibran Rivera, Boston City Council, MA, Lost
Sam Yoon, Boston City Council, MA, Won
Rosalynn Bliss, Grand Rapids City Commission, MI, Won
RT Rybak, Mayor of Minneapolis, MN, Won
Jane Bogetto, State House, MO, Won
Harvey Johnson, Mayor of Jackson, MS, Lost
Robin Cape, Asheville City Council, NC, Won
Holly Jones, Asheville City Council, NC, Won
Jon Corzine, Governor, NJ, Won
Jun Choi, Mayor of Edison Twp., NJ, Won
Dan Benson, State Assembly, NJ, Lost
Linda Greenstein, State Assembly, NJ, Won
Thom Jackson, State Assembly, NJ, Lost
Janice Schindler, State Assembly, NJ, Lost
Andres Ramirez, Mayor of North Las Vegas, NV, Lost
Tony Castro, District Attorney of Westchester Co., NY, Lost
Mary Ellen Blanchard, Monroe Co. Legislature, NY, Lost
Ted Nixon, Monroe Co. Legislature, NY, Lost
Ted O'Brien, Monroe Co. Legislature, NY, Won
Gifford Miller, Mayor of New York City, NY, Lost
Norman Siegel, Public Advocate of New York City, NY, Lost
Paul Hackett, U.S. House, OH, Lost
Kevin Boyce, Columbus City Council, OH, Won
Mary Jo Hudson, Columbus City Council, OH, Won
Maryellen O'Shaughnessy, Columbus City Council, OH, Won
Linda Minger, State House, PA, Lost
LeAnna Washington, State House, PA, Won
Tonya Payne, Pittsburgh City Council, PA, Won
Colleen Condon, Charleston City Council, SC, Won
Julian Castro, Mayor of San Antonio, TX, Lost
Leslie Byrne, Lt. Governor, VA, Lost
Jackie Minchew, Everett City Council, WA, Lost

2006

Jerry McNerney, U.S. House, CA, Won
Francine Busby, U.S. House, CA, Lost
Debra Bowen, Secretary of State, CA, Won
Cindy Chavez, Mayor of San Jose, CA, Lost
Ned Lamont, U.S. Senate, CT, Lost
Jack Markell, State Treasurer, DE, Won
Scott Randolph, State House, FL, Won
April Griffin, Hillsborough Co. School Board, FL, Won
Dee Haigler, State Senate, GA, Lost
Elesha Gayman, State House, IA, Won
Denise O'Brien, Secretary of Agriculture, IA, Lost
Christine Cegelis, U.S. House, IL, Lost
Debra Shore, Commissioner of the Metro. Water
Reclamation District, Cook Co., IL, Won
Valeri Haughton, Monroe Co. Circuit Court Judge, IN, Lost
Amy Shir, State House, KY, Lost
Deval Patrick, Governor, MA, Won
Andy Meisner, State House, MI, Won
Rebekah Warren, State House, MI, Won
Mark Ritchie, Secretary of State, MN, Won
Jeff Smith, State Senate, MO, Won
Maria Chappelle-Nadal, State House, MO, Won
Genevieve Frank, State House, MO, Lost
Michael Frame, State House, MO, Won
Jon Tester, U.S. Senate, MT, Won
Julia Boseman, State Senate, NC, Won
Ty Harrell, State House, NC, Won
Peter Glenshaw, Grafton County Commissioner, NH, Lost
Linda Stender, U.S. House, NJ, Lost
Ron Rice Jr., Newark City Council, NJ, Won
Dina Titus, Governor, NV, Lost
Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. House, NY, Won
Sherrod Brown, U.S. Senate, OH, Won
Mary Jo Kilroy, U.S. House, OH, Lost
Marian Harris, State House, OH, Lost
Jennifer Brunner, Secretary of State, OH, Won
Andrew Rice, State Senate, OK, Won
Al McAffrey, State House, OK, Won
Salvador Peralta, State House, OR, Lost
Lew Frederick, Multnomah County Commissioner, OR, Lost
Lois Murphy, U.S. House, PA, Lost
Anne Dicker, State House, PA, Lost
Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Senate, RI, Won
Seth Yurdin, Providence City Council, RI, Won
Anton Gunn, State House, SC, Lost
Ciro Rodriguez, U.S. House (Feb. '06), TX, Lost
John Courage, U.S. House, TX, Lost
Karen Felthauser, State House, TX, Lost
Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senate, VT, Won
Peter Welch, U.S. House, VT, Won
Deb Markowitz, Secretary of State, VT, Won
Darcy Burner, U.S. House, WA, Lost
Chris Marr, State Senate, WA, Won
Eric Oemig, State Senate, WA, Won
Deb Eddy, State House, WA, Won

2007

Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago Alderman, IL, Won
Sandi Jackson, Chicago Alderman, IL, Won
Ricardo Muñoz, Chicago Alderman, IL, Won
Michele Smith, Chicago Alderman, IL, Lost
Manuel Flores, Chicago Alderman, IL, Won
Leroy Jones, Chicago Alderman, IL, Lost
Joe Moore, Chicago Alderman, IL, Won
Greg Brewer, Chicago Alderman, IL, Lost
David Askew, Chicago Alderman, IL, Lost
Maria Quiñones Sanchez, Philadelphia City Council, PA, Won
Ruth Damsker, Montgomery County Commissioner, PA, Lost
Joe Hoeffel, Montgomery County Commissioner, PA, Won
Steve Beshear, Governor, KY, Won
Loretta Weinberg, State Senate, NJ, Won
Gina Genovese, State Senate, NJ, Lost
Ed Zipprich, Red Bank City Council, NJ, Lost
Andrew C. White, Stephentown Town Supervisor, NY, Lost
Ken Zalewski, Troy City Council, NY, Won
Jay Donahue, State Delegate, VA, Lost
Dave Briley, Nashville Mayor, TN, Lost
Jackie Minchew, Everett City Council, WA, Lost
Charlene Rawson, Everett City Council, WA, Lost
Gary Anderson, Insurance Commissioner, MS, Lost
Angelique LaCour, State Representative, LA, Lost
Deborah Langhoff, State Representative, LA, Lost
Isabel Piedmont, Bloomington City Council, IN, Won

2008

Barack Obama, President, USA, Won
Tom Allen, U.S. Senate, ME, Lost
Mark Begich, U.S. Senate, AK, Won
Al Franken, U.S. Senate, MN, Won
Scott Kleeb, U.S. Senate, NE, Lost
Larry Larocco, U.S. Senate, ID, Lost
Jeff Merkley, U.S. Senate, OR, Won
Rick Noriega, U.S. Senate, TX, Lost
Andrew Rice, U.S. Senate, OK, Lost
Judy Baker, U.S. House, MO-09, Lost
Charlie Brown, U.S. House, CA-04, Lost
Darcy Burner, U.S. House, WA-08, Lost
Roy Carter, U.S. House, NC-05, Lost
Debbie Cook, U.S. House, CA-46, Lost
Jill Derby, U.S. House, NV-02, Lost
Bill Durston, U.S. House, CA-03, Lost
Donna Edwards, U.S. House, MD-04, Won
Judy Feder, U.S. House, VA-10, Lost
Joe Garcia, U.S. House, FL-25, Lost
Alan Grayson, U.S. House, FL-08, Won
Bill Hendrick, U.S. House, CA-44, Lost
Martin Heinrich, U.S. House, NM-01, Won
Jim Himes, U.S. House, CT-04, Won
Christine Jennings, U.S. House, FL-13, Lost
Linda Ketner, U.S. House, SC-01, Lost
Mary Jo Kilroy, U.S. House, OH-15, Win
Larry Kissel, U.S. House, NC-08, Won
Ben Lujan, U.S. House, NM-03, Won
Dan Maffei, U.S. House, NY-25, Won
Eric Massa, U.S. House, NY-29, Won
Gary Peters, U.S. House, MI-09, Won
Chellie Pingree, U.S. House, ME-01, Won
Linda Stender, U.S. House, NJ-07, Lost
Annette Taddeo, U.S. House, FL-18, Lost
Dina Titus, U.S. House, NV-03, Won
Russ Warner, U.S. House, CA-26, Lost
Vic Wulsin, U.S. House, OH-02, Lost
Jack Markell, Governor, DE, Won
Jill Long Thompson, Governor, IN, Lost
Gaye Symington, Governor, VT, Lost
Mark Leno, State Senate, District 3, CA, Won
Javier Betancourt, State Representative, District 113, FL, Lost
Stephen Gorham, Hillsborough County School Board, FL, Lost
T.J. Templeton, State Representative, District 3, IA, Lost
Nicole LeFavour, State Senate, District 19, ID, Won
Danial Biss, State Representative, District 17, IL, Lost
Geoff McKim, Monroe County Council, At-Large, IN, Won
Jamie Elderidge, State Senate: Middlesex and Worcester, MA, Won
Jason Lewis, State Representative, District 31, MA, Won
Patrick McCabe, State Representative, District 35, MA, Lost
Carl Sciortino, State Representative, District 34, MA, Won
Brian Grim, Cumberland City Council, MD, Won
Garnet Lewis, State Representative, District 98, MI, Lost
Patrick Lindemann, Ingham County Drain Commissioner, MI, Won
Sean Spence, State Representative, District 25, MO, Lost
Denise Juno, Superintendant of Public Instruction, MT, Won
Linda McCulloch, Secretary of State, MT, Won
Marcia Moody, State House, District 12, NH, Won
Chan Leung, Raritan Township Committee, NJ, Lost
Juanita Lewis, Red Bank City Council, NJ, Won
Marianne Rampulla, Raritan Township Committee, NJ, Lost
Ed Zipperich, Red Bank City Council, NJ, Won
Don Barber, State Senate, District 51, NJ, Lost
Marion Harris, State Representative, District 19, OH, Lost
Barbara McIlvaine Smith, State Representative, District 156, PA, Won
Anton Gunn, State House, District 79, SC, Won
Kevin Killer, State House, District27, SD, Lost
Edra Bogle, State Board of Education, District 14, TX, Lost
Daniel Boone, State Representative, District 73, TX, Lost
Sherrie Matula, State Representative, District 129, TX, Lost
John McClelland, State Representative, District 64, TX, Lost
Diane Trautman, Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector, TX, Lost
Lupe Valdez, Dallas Sheriff, TX, Won
Kesha Ram, State House, VT, Won
Joanna Cole, State House, VT, Lost
Brian Sayrs, Spokane County Commission, District 2, WA, Lost

2009

Jon Corzine, Governor, NJ, Lost
Tom Geoghegan, U.S. House, IL-05, Lost
Hilary Crosby, CA Democratic Party Comptroller, CA, Won
Amir Farokhi, Atlanta City Council, At-Large Post 2, GA, Run-Off
TJ Thomson, Boise City Council, ID, Won
Ruth Balser, Newton Mayor, MA, Lost
Cecil Bothwell, Asheville City Council, NC, Won
Doug Singleterry, Somerset County Freeholder, NJ, Lost
Cecilia Birge, Somerset County Freeholder, NJ, Lost
Marianne Rampulla, Raritan Township Committee, NJ, Lost
Chan Leung, Raritan Township Committee, NJ, Lost
Wayne Marek, NJ Assembly, NJ, Lost
Naomi Collier, Hawthorne Mayor, NJ, Lost
Linda Underwood, NY State Legislature, NY, Lost
Dawn Rivers Baker, Sidney Town Supervisor, NY, Lost
Tracey Sneed Lewis, Magisterial District Judge, PA, Lost
John Bell, House of Delegates, District 13, VA, Lost
Mark Keam, House of Delegates, District 35, VA, Won
Kaye Kory, House of Delegates, District 38, VA, Won
Joe Bouchard, House of Delegates, District 83, VA, Lost
Gary West, House of Delegates, District 94, VA, Lost
Catherine Chambers, Bellingham City Council, WA, Lost

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Democracy for America website: Past Endorsements (accessed on Oct. 11, 2010)
↑ Democracy for America: Endorsement Criteria (accessed on Oct. 11, 2010)
↑ PDD website: home page (accessed on Oct. 11, 2010)
↑ Democracy for America: About Us (accessed on Oct. 11, 2010)

[past-endorse-0] 1.0 ^1.1 Democracy for America website: Past Endorsements (accessed on Oct. 11, 2010)

[1] Democracy for America: Endorsement Criteria (accessed on Oct. 11, 2010)

[home-2] PDD website: home page (accessed on Oct. 11, 2010)

[3] Democracy for America: About Us (accessed on Oct. 11, 2010)

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]