AGENDA

Michigan

MA-04

ME-02

CA-13

WA-03

MI-08

NY-03

NY-15

Democratic challenger WI-03

As a waitress, small business owner, and nonprofit leader, Rebecca Cooke has focused her career on building community and serving others. Born and raised on an Eau Claire dairy farm, Rebecca knows the economic and social challenges facing the small towns and rural communities for which she’s fiercely advocated, from the kitchen table to the board room. And that’s a key reason why she's running for Congress - to be a voice who’s going to take on the monopolies that have robbed families of their farming heritage and decimated rural economies.

2024 Democratic challenger PA-10

An Emmy Award–winning broadcast journalist, Janelle Stelson has spent her life listening to and talking directly to the people of Central Pennsylvania. In the fall of 2023, Janelle left her job at WGAL to run for Congress against 6-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, the former Chair of the ultra-right-wing House Freedom Caucus. Janelle narrowly lost in November 2024 by the second smallest margin of defeat of any 2024 Democratic House challenger, despite Vice President Harris losing her district by more than 5%. She recorded the highest overperformance over Harris of any first-time Red-To-Blue candidate in 2024.

Josh Barro is a journalist focusing on politics and the economy from a centrist Democratic perspective. He writes the Substack newsletter "Very Serious," which you can find at josh barro dot com. Recently, his election post-mortem was titled "Trump didn't deserve to win, but we deserved to lose." Before going to Substack, Josh did stints as a correspondent at The New York Times, the business columnist for New York magazine, and a commentary writer for Business Insider. He also co-hosts the legal podcast "Serious Trouble."

Lanae loves working on the hardest and most divisive subjects, and as Senior Vice President for Social Policy & Politics at Third Way, she does just that, tackling hot-button issues like immigration, abortion, religious liberty, and guns, as well as helping to drive crucial policy conversations like how we can ensure our higher education system is delivering for students. Lanae served as a member of President Obama's third Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Before coming to Third Way, she was Legislative Counsel at Alliance for Justice, where she investigated the backgrounds of federal judicial nominees on civil and human rights and advocated for progressive policies on issues from detention and interrogation policy to equal pay. 

Lakshya Jain is the co-founder of Split Ticket. A machine learning engineer by trade, Jain is the creator of the site's election models, including their highly accurate 2024 forecasts and their seminal Wins Above Replacement model.

Adam Jentleson is a political strategist and author. He served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and Chief of Staff for Sen. John Fetterman. His book, Kill Switch, examines the modern U.S. Senate. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic and The Washington Post. 

Marshall Kosloff is the host of The Realignment podcast. The Realignment covers the transformation of American politics in the wake of President Donald Trump's 2016 and 2024 victories. Marshall is a Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center and holds multiple fellowships at the University of Texas at Austin. In addition to these roles, Marshall is the Executive Producer of Endless Frontiers, an annual national competitiveness summit in Austin, Texas, where he works as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at America's Frontier. He is also the emcee of the annual Abundance gathering in Washington, DC.

David Shor is a data scientist and political consultant known for his influential role in Democratic electoral strategy. As Head of Data Science at Blue Rose Research, he advises campaigns using advanced polling and modeling techniques. 

Derek Thompson is the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Abundance, with Ezra Klein. He’s a staff writer at The Atlantic and the host of the podcast Plain English. He’s also the author of Hit Makers, a national bestseller, and On Work, an anthology of essays on jobs and technology. 

Matthew Yglesias is the founder of Slow Boring, a daily newsletter about politics and public policy. He’s also the co-host of the Politix podcast and a Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center. Previously, he co-founded Vox and wrote for Slate, The Atlantic, and The American Prospect. He is the author of One Billion Americans, The Rent is Too Damn High, and Heads in the Sand. 

In 2023, Ashley All founded the Kansas Coalition for Common Sense, a state communications hub that prioritizes research, communication, messaging, and training to strengthen Kansas for future generations. A communication and political strategist with 20 years’ experience working – and winning – in some of the most challenging places in the county, Ashley led communication teams for numerous campaigns in red states, including for attorney general, governor, Congress and U.S. Senate. In 2022, Ashley served as the spokesperson for Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, the historic coalition campaign that protected abortion rights in the first vote post-Roe. She also helped defend reproductive freedom in Kentucky, Montana, and Michigan in November of 2022, Ohio in 2023, and Montana in 2024.

Elizabeth Doll joined Braver Angels in March 2022 as the Director of Braver Politics after four years of volunteering with the organization and many years working in politics in the Pacific Northwest. She began political work as a teen, when, while interning on a Congressional campaign, she became passionate about improving her community through civic engagement. Since then, Elizabeth has consulted for and worked on many state and local campaigns. She and her husband live on Bainbridge Island.

Reed is the Chief Strategy and Public Affairs Officer at Future Caucus, the largest nonpartisan organization of young lawmakers in the United States. Future Caucus works with over 1,900 Millennial and Gen Z elected leaders in Congress and state legislatures to bridge divides, collaborate on future-oriented policy, and scale a healthy culture of democracy. At 20, Reed was elected to local office, where he learned firsthand the importance of empowering young leaders to bring bold ideas to public service. He is a 2025 Democracy Practitioner Fellow at the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy and a member of the American Enterprise Institute’s Millennial Leadership Network.

Rachel Janfaza is the founder of The Up and Up, a media and strategy firm focused on youth culture and politics. A member of Gen Z herself, Janfaza has convened listening sessions with hundreds of young people across the country that inform her research and writing. Her work has been featured in publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, The Free Press, POLITICO Magazine, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Teen Vogue, Glamour, Elle, Cosmopolitan, and Bustle, and on air on CNN, CBS, C-SPAN, NewsNation, and NPR. 

Derek Kaufman is Founder and CEO of Inclusive Abundance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization building a dynamic community of notable policy experts, public officials, business leaders, and philanthropists to shape America’s future through an abundance-focused agenda. Inclusive Abundance builds on Mr. Kaufman’s previous policy work in areas ranging from the Child Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan to the Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs in the CHIPS and Science Act. His prior career in finance included serving as Head of Global Fixed Income at the hedge fund Citadel and as Global Head of Fixed Income in the Proprietary Positioning Business at JPMorgan Chase. 

Jason Mangone is the Executive Director of More in Common US. He began his career as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps, and following his military service was a Research Associate at the Council on Foreign Relations. Jason co-authored the national best-selling book Leaders: Myth and Reality, which the Financial Times named a “Best Business Book of 2018.” 

Andrew Rotherham is co-founder and senior partner at Bellwether. He also serves on the Virginia Board of Education. Rotherham writes the education blog and newsletter Eduwonk and was previously a columnist for U.S. News & World Report and TIME. Andy served as special assistant to the President for domestic policy during the Clinton administration.

Daniel Squadron is Co-Founder and President of The States Project. Daniel was elected the youngest member of the New York State Senate in 2008, where he served as Chair of the Social Services Committee and Ranking Member of the Codes Committee. In 2017, he resigned to co-found The States Project, at which he has been Executive Director and President. A graduate of Yale College, Daniel co-wrote Chuck Schumer’s book, Positively American: Winning Back the Middle Class Majority One Family at a Time and has worked for education and transportation causes.