Party Endorsements 2024
The Texas Progressive Caucus strives to build & strengthen the Texas Democratic Party. We support progressives, reformers, and others who believe in building a stronger Democratic Party. Below is a list of some of those who we believe, if elected, will make Texas stronger.
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DNC
At Large
Our preferred candidate(s) are endorsed. Recommended candidate(s) are of a different gender in case the DNC Nominations Committee needs to select a person of a certain gender identity to meet DNC requirements.
ENDORSED | RECOMMENDED |
Dennis Speight |
Francine Ly |
Rose Salas |
Colby Wright |
Laura Odom |
Black Caucus
ENDORSED | RECOMMENDED |
Senfronia Thompson | |
Carrington Sneed | Ese Agbahor |
Hispanic Caucus
ENDORSED | RECOMMENDED |
Celina Vasquez | Jesus Salgado-Ramos |
Hector Garza | Jasmin Flores |
Youth Caucus
ENDORSED | RECOMMENDED |
André Treiber | Laura Odom |
Stonewall Caucus
ENDORSED | RECOMMENDED |
Jeff Strater | Skylar Walker |
AAPI Caucus
ENDORSED | RECOMMENDED |
Becca Moyer DeFelice | David Nguyen |
Labor Caucus
ENDORSED | RECOMMENDED |
Leonard Aguillar | Lee Forbes |
Rural Caucus
ENDORSED | RECOMMENDED |
Kerrigan Sanders |
SDEC (CD)
Bolded means endorsed. Italicized means Recommended.
- CD 01 — Al Durante
- CD 02 — Mary Hamm & William Scruggs
- CD 03 — Ann Bacchus & Jeremy Sutka
- CD 04 — Ericka Ledferd & Nathan Clark
- CD 05 — Winifred Jackson & Ernest Tilley
- CD 06 — Jennifer Murphy-Vick & Martin Saenz
- CD 07 — Jasmine Khademakbari & Micah Erfan
- CD 08 — Angela Williams & Colby Wright
- CD 09 — Toni Lewis
- CD 10 — Judy LeUnes & AJ Bailey
- CD 11 — Suzan Gentry & Clayton Tucker
- CD 12 — Myra Mills Tschirhart & Geoffrey Hyder
- CD 13 — Jordan Villarreal
- CD 14 —
- CD 15 — Laurel McLeaish
- CD 16 — Judy Lugo & Tim McDaniel
- CD 17 — Donna Wright & Bart Ewald
- CD 18 — Belinda Castro & Terrance Shanks
- CD 19 —
- CD 20 — Linda Alaniz & Gregory Garcia
- CD 21 — Claudia Zapata & Gabe Garcia
- CD 22 — Jennifer Cantu & Mohammad "Jazz" Aijaz
- CD 23 — Nicolette Ardiente & Wesley Lawrence
- CD 24 — David Griggs
- CD 25 — Mirian Spencer Morrison
- CD 26 —
- CD 27 — Nick Gilby
- CD 28 — Joshua Garcia & Gabriela Morales
- CD 29 —
- CD 30 — Jeff Strater
- CD 31 — Hannah Horick
- CD 32 — Passion Jackson & Kevin Felder
- CD 33 — David Hurley
- CD 34 — Kenna Giffin & Ben Whitman
- CD 35 — Jen Ramos & Kolby Duhon
- CD 36 — April Dobberstein & Rhett Dobberstein
- CD 37 — Ash Hall & Julio Salinas
- CD 38 — Angel Viator Smith
SDEC (Caucus)
Hispanic Caucus
- Committee Members: Mia Diaz-Aleman & Hector Garza
Environmental Caucus
- President: Daniel Ayala
- Vice-President: Arshia Papari & Ginny McDonald (dual)
Stonewall Caucus
- President: Logan Workman & Robert Vargas (dual)
- Vice-President: Mo Jenkins
Disabilities Caucus (in Sept)
- President: Andres Lopez
- Vice-President:
Nominations (DNC)
- CD 01 —
- CD 02 — LaTosha Okoiron
- CD 03 —
- CD 04 — Anthony Taylor
- CD 05 — Susie Hess
- CD 06 — David Bradley
- CD 07 — Dhaval Shrivastav
- CD 08 — Gion Thomas
- CD 09 —
- CD 10 — AJ Bailey
- CD 11 — Suzan Gentry
- CD 12 — Myra Mills Tschirhart
- CD 13 —
- CD 14 —
- CD 15 —
- CD 16 —
- CD 17 —
- CD 18 — Mo Jenkins
- CD 19 —
- CD 20 —
- CD 21 — Andres Lopez
- CD 22 — David Nguyen
- CD 23 — Nicolette Ardiente
- CD 24 — James Bagby
- CD 25 — Otilia Buantello-Enriquez
- CD 26 —
- CD 27 —
- CD 28 — Sidney Anzaldua
- CD 29 —
- CD 30 — Felix Gaytan
- CD 31 — Hannah Horick
- CD 32 — Kevin Felder
- CD 33 —
- CD 34 — Skyler Howell
- CD 35 — CJ Cetina
- CD 36 —
- CD 37 — Ashley Cheng
- CD 38 —
Nominations (National Delegate)
MORE COMING SOON
- CD 01 —
- CD 02 —
- CD 03 —
- CD 04 —
- CD 05 —
- CD 06 —
- CD 07 —
- CD 08 — Gion Thomas
- CD 09 —
- CD 10 — AJ Bailey
- CD 11 —
- CD 12 —
- CD 13 —
- CD 14 —
- CD 15 — Mia Diaz-Aleman
- CD 16 — Michael Apodaca
- CD 17 —
- CD 18 — LaTonya Whittington
- CD 19 —
- CD 20 —
- CD 21 —
- CD 22 —
- CD 23 —
- CD 24 —
- CD 25 — Rojo Meixueiro
- CD 26 —
- CD 27 —
- CD 28 —
- CD 29 —
- CD 30 —
- CD 31 —
- CD 32 —
- CD 33 —
- CD 34 — Skyler Howell
- CD 35 —
- CD 36 —
- CD 37 —
- CD 38 —
National Delegate
Congressional Districts
- CD 01 — Al Durante, Mike Nichols, & Nancy Nichols
- CD 02 —
- CD 03 — Fredrick Nickens, David Smith, Sameena Karmally, & Sheena King
- CD 04 — Kat Vargas, Linda Proctor. & Achyuth Sarath
- CD 05 — Phil Henderson, Rachel Bayless, & Tracy Miller
- CD 06 — Jerid Anderson
- CD 07 — Ann Rosenwinkel, Priscilla Ramirez, Lenora Sorola-Pohlman, Ross Trivisonno, Rashmi Shah, & Karthik Soora
- CD 08 — Liz Townsend, Gion Thomas & Jerry Spurbeck
- CD 09 — Toni Lewis & JT Beebe
- CD 10 — Arshia Papari & Jeremy Williams
- CD 11 — Cathy Broadrick
- CD 12 — Kay Parr, Myra Mills Tschirhart, & Mark Greene
- CD 13 — Jordan Villarreal
- CD 14 —
- CD 15 — Laurel McLeaish, Mary Palacios, & Eric Holguin
- CD 16 — Yvonne Bonnie Daniels, Alexsandra Annello, Diana Perea Deutsch, Sean Orr, & Javier Aaron Paz
- CD 17 — Kay Douglas
- CD 18 — Ese Agbahor, Mo Jenkins, & LaTonya Whittington
- CD 19 —
- CD 20 —
- CD 21 — Rachel Yates, Gabrien Gregory, Abel Jaimes, Graham Nessler, & Laura Bray
- CD 22 — Niloufar "Nikki" Hafizi, Nicholas Radzykewycz, & David Nguyen
- CD 23 — Juanita Martinez
- CD 24 — Francine Ly, Nima Bhojani, M. Emad Salem, & Aarish Bhojani
- CD 25 — Jessica Anacker, Aftab Siddiqui, Otilia Buantello-Enriquez, & Rojo Meixueiro
- CD 26 — Farheen Raza
- CD 27 —
- CD 28 — Lisa Loe & Sidney Anzaldua
- CD 29 — Chris Spellmon
- CD 30 — Vanessa Baker, Jeff Strater, Felix Gaytan, & Randall Bryant
- CD 31 — Kim Gilby, Hannah Horick, & Xaq Webb
- CD 32 — Passion Jackson, Kevin Felder, Annette Krausse, & Christopher Cornell
- CD 33 — Lyndia Thomas, & David Hurley
- CD 34 —
- CD 35 — Skyler Korgel, Taylor Trevino, & Alejandro Pena
- CD 36 — Skylar Walker
- CD 37 — Ashley Wilson, Justin Parker, Logan Workman, Steven Apodaca, Julio Salinas, Brian Smith, Idona Griffith, Julie Gilberg, & Joi Chevalier
- CD 38 — Angel Viator Smith & David Galvin
At-Large or PLEO:
- Rick Levy
- Emily Amps
- John Bryant
- Salman Bhojani
- Ron Reynolds
- Venton Jones
- Carol Alvarado
- Gina Hinojosa
- Zo Qadri
- Adam Bazaldua
- Alexsandra Annello
- Angel Carroll
- Kendall Scudder
- Lee Forbes
- Sheena King
- Kardal Coleman
- Randall Bryant
- Lucas D Warford
- Oller Smith
- Hector Garza
- Carrington Sneed
- David Fisher
- Cam Ray
- Cari’lin Skye Walker
- Al Durante
- Robert Vargas
- Colby Wright
- Daniel Ayala
- Jennifer Ramos
- Jasmin Flores
- Laurel McLeaish
- Kerrigan Sanders
- Omar Jimenez
- Angela Williams
- Ese Agbahor
- Larry Romo
- LucyAnn Sanchez-Miramontez
- John DeLorme
- Henry Beutelman
- Dustin Stephens
- Mike Midler
- Ashton Woods
- Cathy Broadrick
- Corisha Rogers
- Adelfa Reyna
- Marilyn Aden
- Yaseen Khandwalla
- Sidney Anzaldua
- Carl Davis
- Chris Pino
- AJ Bailey
- Angela Williams
- Erich Schwartz
- Cindy Caudle-Dean
- Hector Mendez
- Carrington Sneed
- Jeff Strater
About the Endorsements
How we vetted candidates:
- Policies: Healthcare, Climate, Cannabis, Peace, Fair Trade, Agriculture, Unions, Pro-Choice, Big Tech, Guns, Immigration, LGBTQ Rights, Racism, Voting Rights, & more
- Enhancements: Ranked Choice Voting, Term Limits, Turning the Party Chair into a Full-Time/Paid Position, Audits, Increasing Party Efficiency, Greater use of Hybrid Meetings, Committees Electing their own Leadership, etc.
- Background: Past performance, reliability, do they show up, background information, feedback from relevant allies when applicable, etc.
Not Me, Us
When conflicts of interest arose, such as considering an endorsement for a person in TXPC Leadership, said individual was forced to leave the discussion.
The TXPC is committed to not playing favorites & is dedicated to the movement as a whole. We maintained a strict rule of “No Automatic Endorsements” & always assumed room for growth.
Endorsements were both earned and strategic for the betterment of our Party.
Convention/Endorsement Committee:
Kristi Lara (Chair), Emad Salem, Aftab Siddiqui, Julio Acosta, Andres Lopez, Jazz Aijaz, Hatem Natsheh, LaTonya Whittington, Daniel Ayala, Josh Garcia, Nicolette Ardiente, JT Beebe, Trish Contreras, Mia Diaz-Aleman, Kristin Hanggi, Wesley Lawrence, Tim McDaniel, Judy Lugo, Mitzi Rusk, Carolyn Salter, Michael Fladmark, Tiziano Pardo, Angel Viator Smith, Lauren Tenney, Andre Treiber, & Jennifer Murphy-Vick.
“I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest possible batting average, not only for myself but for the team.” — President FDR
Do you have thoughts, suggestions, or information regarding one of our endorsements (or lack thereof)? Email us [email protected]