Arizona 2nd: Ann Kirkpatrick

Ann Kirkpatrick is running against Republican Martha McSally to represent Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District. Kirkpatrick served as Representative of Arizona’s 1st Congressional District elected in 2008, 2012, and 2014, before she vacated her seat to run for US Senate against John McCain. Kirkpatrick has been endorsed by more than 40 organizations and individuals.

California 25th: Katie Hill

Katie Hill is challenging Republican Steve Knight to represent a California district that spans from Simi Valley in the west to Lake Los Angeles in the east. Hill has spent much of her career fighting one of Southern California’s most persistent challenges—homelessness—most recently as Executive Director of People Assisting the Homeless (PATH).

California 45th: Katie Porter

Katie Porter is a consumer advocate, public interest attorney, and UC Irvine law professor who has taken on Wall Street banks and is now challenging Republican Mimi Waters. Porter is running in a district Hillary Clinton carried by 5 points in 2016, the first Democratic presidential nominee to carry this part of Orange County since 1936.

Florida 15th: Kristen Carlson

Kristen Carlson is running against Republican Ross Spano for the Florida seat being vacated by Rep. Dennis Ross. Carlson began her career as a prosecutor before working in the Florida Department of Citrus as General Counsel, fighting to protect Florida growers, manufacturers, and consumers. The district has made the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s Red-to-Blue List and is considered one of the most flippable seats in the nation.

Florida 18th: Lauren Baer

Lauren Baer, who came on the Millennial Politics Podcast twice, is running against Republican Brain Mast who has voted with President Trump 90% of the time. Baer is an attorney and foreign policy expert who served as Senior Advisor to Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, and to US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power. If elected, she will be the first member of Congress to serve while in a same-sex marriage.

Florida 26th: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is challenging Republican incumbent Carlos Culbero in a district that voted decisively for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Mucarsel-Powell immigrated to the United States as a young girl and has spent the past 20 years serving Miami-Dade as an organizer of non-profit organizations.

Florida 27th: Donna Shalala

Donna Shalala is running against Republican Maria Elvira Salazar for the open seat vacated by Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. This district went for Hillary Clinton by a greater margin than any other Republican-held seat in 2016. Shalala is a seasoned public servant, the former President of the University of Miami and the longest-serving Secretary of Health and Human Services in US History.

Georgia 6th: Lucy McBath

Lucy McBath is running against Republican incumbent Karen Handel in this suburban Atlanta district. McBath became politically active after losing her teenage son to gun violence in 2012. Now, she is running with the endorsements of Sec. Hillary Clinton, Rep. John Lewis, and Sen. Kamala Harris in the district Democrats narrowly lost in a 2017 special election.

Iowa 1st: Abby Finkenauer

Abby Finkenauer was first elected to Iowa’s State Legislature in 2014 and is now challenging Republican Rod Blum in a district that voted for Hillary Clinton by a margin of 3.5 points. If elected, 28-year-old Finkenauer would become the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.

Iowa 3rd: Cindy Axne

Cindy Axne is a small business owner and community advocate taking on Rep. David Young in Iowa’s 3rd district. Axne has advocated for equity in her local school system and from 2005-2014, worked for the State of Iowa to help government services be administered more efficiently and effectively.

Illinois 13th: Betsy Dirksen Londrigan

Betsy Dirksen Londrigan is running against Republican Rep. Rodney Davis. Dirksen Londrigan’s decision to run was personal: after her son faced a life-threatening illness, she was determined to challenge Congressman Davis who supported President Trump’s healthcare bill.

Illinois 14th: Lauren Underwood

Lauren Underwood, who came on the Millennial Politics Podcast, is challenging Republican incumbent Randy Hultgren. Underwood is a nurse who served as a Senior Advisor for the US. Department of Health and Human Services under President Obama and has been endorsed by President Barack Obama, Senator Kamala Harris, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and more.

Kansas 3rd: Sharice Davids

Sharice Davids is a lawyer and former professional MMA-fighter who is taking on Republican David Yoder in a district Hillary Clinton won by 3 points in 2016. A member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, a Native American tribe in Wisconsin, Davids will be among the first Native American women in Congress and the first Lesbian woman to represent Kansas.

Kentucky 6th: Amy McGrath

Amy McGrath is the rare candidate who makes the most competitive list from a district that voted for President Trump by 16 points in 2016 and re-elected the Republican incumbent Andy Barr by 22 points. McGrath has risen to the top by the force of her compelling life story and exemplary service to our country. A US Naval Academy graduate, Lieutenant Colonel in the Marines, and a combat zone fighter pilot, McGrath would be the first woman ever elected to represent Kentucky’s 6th district.

Michigan 8th: Elissa Slotkin

Elissa Slotkin is a former CIA analyst and former Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense who is challenging incumbent Republican Mark Bishop in the Michigan district that stretches from Lansing to the northern Detroit suburbs. Slotkin recently challenged Bishop’s vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act in an advertisement that shares her personal story of losing her mother to Stage 4 ovarian cancer after her mother struggled for years without medical insurance.

Michigan 11th: Haley Stevens

Haley Stevens is facing Republican Lena Epstein in a race for the open seat vacated by incumbent Republican David Trott. Stevens formerly served as chief of staff on the Auto Task Force inside of the US Treasury Department and was recently cited by statistician Nate Silver as having a 2 in 3 chance of winning in November.

Minnesota 2nd: Angela Craig

Angela “Angie” Craig is a health care executive who has risen from the mobile home where her single mother raised her to work for a major manufacturer. She is running against right-wing talk-show host Jason Lewis who won the seat by less than 2 points in 2016. This district voted for President Obama in 2008 and 2012, and for Senators Franken and Klobuchar.

Montana-At-Large: Kathleen Williams

Remember when Rep. Greg Gianforte plead guilty to a misdemeanor assault on a reporter in 2017? Well, he now faces a formidable challenger in Kathleen Williams who touts a thirty-four-year natural resources career and has served three terms in Montana’s Legislature.

North Carolina 2nd: Linda Coleman

Linda Coleman, a former Wake County commissioner and State Legislator, is leading incumbent Republican Rep. George Holding by one point, according to recent polls. This, in a district Holding previously won with more than 56 percent of the vote in each of his three re-election bids.

North Carolina 13th: Kathy Manning

A lawyer and small business owner, Kathy Manning is challenging Republican incumbent Ted Budd for this district which spans from Greensboro to Mooresville. Manning is emphasizing her support of affordable health care and her track record of working to spur economic development in the Greensboro area in the district President Trump won by 9 points.

Nebraska 2nd: Kara Eastman

Nonprofit executive Kara Eastman is challenging Republican incumbent Don Bacon. Eastman is a progressive candidate who supports Medicare-for-all and ran an energetic primary campaign that increased turnout of Democratic voters by 65% over the 2016 presidential primary turnout.

New Jersey 11th: Mikie Sherrill

Mikie Sherrill is a Naval Academy graduate, Navy Pilot and former federal prosecutor challenging Republican incumbent Rodney Frelinghuysen who has held this seat for 24 years. Where once in 2000, Michael Moore attempted to run a ficus tree against Frelinghuysen to highlight the lack of competition in this district, today, this race is considered a dead heat.

New Mexico 2nd: Xochitl Torres Small

Lawyer Xochitl Torres Small is running against state Rep. Yvette Herrell for the southern New Mexico open seat being vacated by Republican Steve Pearce. Torres Small grew up in Las Cruces as the child of a public-school teacher and social worker and hopes to defeat the self-described “Trump conservative” Herrell in a district that has voted Republican for all Congressional elections but two since 1981.

Nevada 3rd: Susie Lee

Susie Lee is an education nonprofit leader running for the open seat vacated by Democrat Jacky Rosen and against President Trump-backed Republican candidate Danny Tarkanian. Lee has been endorsed by Vice President Joe Biden, President Barack Obama, Congresswoman Jacky Rosen, and many more organizations and individuals who see defending this Democratic seat as vital.

New York 24th: Dana Balter

Dana Balter’s Republican opponent Rep. John Katko won his last re-election bid by 20 points, but now faces a challenging race in a district that largely opposes the Trump tax cuts and supports the Affordable Care Act. Balter was working on her Ph.D. before running for Congress and previously taught special education to adults with cognitive disabilities.

Pennsylvania 7th: Susan Wild

In a district which Hillary Clinton won by a single point, Susan Wild is running against Republican Marty Nothstein after incumbent Representative Patrick Meehan stepped down following allegations of sexual harassment. Wild is a lawyer who served as the first female Solicitor of the City of Allentown.

Texas 7th: Lizzie Pannill-Fletcher

After a hard-won primary battle, Lizzie Pannill-Fletcher is facing Republican Rep. John Culberson in this competitive Houston district. A fifth-generation Houstonian, lawyer, and advocate, Pannill-Fletcher has proven an adroit fundraiser and has been targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s Red-to-Blue program.

Texas 23rd: Gina Ortiz Jones

In one of the country’s most competitive districts, Gina Ortiz Jones, a former Air Force intelligence officer, seeks to unseat Republican Rep. Will Hurd, a former CIA officer. This majority Hispanic border district has historically had some of the lowest turnouts in the country, a fact Ortiz Jones, a Filipina-American, Lesbian, Iraq war veteran hopes to change.

Virginia 2nd: Elaine Luria

Elaine Luria served for 20 years as a Surface Warfare Officer in the US Navy before owning a small business and deciding to challenge incumbent Republican Rep. Scott Taylor. Luria hopes to fight for the families of coastal Virginia in this district which Hillary Clinton won by 3.4 points.

Virginia 5th: Leslie Cockburn

Leslie Cockburn is a veteran investigative journalist running for the open seat Rep. Thomas Garrett is vacating as a result of alcoholism. Cockburn’s opponent, Denver Riggleman, has been criticized for remarks he has made which have been interpreted as supporting white supremacists.

Virginia 7th: Abigail Spanberger

In a district drawn to favor Republicans, Abigail Spanberger is running a close race challenging Rep. Dave Brat. A former CIA Operative and Girl Scout leader, Spanberger has engaged hundreds of volunteers who are generating grassroots energy and enthusiasm in hopes of defeating her incumbent opponent.

Virginia 10th: Jennifer Wexton

Rep. Barbara Comstock has become one of the most vulnerable candidates this election cycle in a district where Hillary Clinton easily defeated President Trump. Comstock’s challenger, Jennifer Wexton, spent nearly two decades as a prosecutor and children’s advocate, and most recently served in the Virginia State Senate. Wexton is hoping to win the district that has one of the highest concentrations of college graduates in any Republican-held congressional district.

Washington 3rd: Carolyn Long

Carolyn Long is a professor at Washington State University Vancouver challenging incumbent Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler in a race polls show is tied. Herrera Beutler was the only Washington member of Congress to vote for the recent immigration bill that would have allowed the government to detain children indefinitely.

Washington 8th: Kim Schrier