Claire Valdez is a democratic socialist, union organizer, and New York State Assemblymember who has been a strong advocate for worker protections, social housing, and immigrant rights. A former UAW member and labor organizer, Claire is running for Congress to bring working-class politics directly into Washington and fight for Medicare for All, stronger unions, and housing as a human right.

As New York City Comptroller, Brad Lander has built a reputation for taking on corruption, corporate landlords, and billionaire influence in city politics. A longtime progressive reformer, he has championed affordable housing, climate action, labor rights, and government accountability while pushing back against the influence of real estate and corporate money.

Alex Bores has emerged as one of the country’s leading voices on AI accountability and the dangers of unchecked corporate technology power. A State Assemblymember and former tech worker, Alex is fighting to regulate artificial intelligence, strengthen democracy protections, and challenge monopolistic corporate influence over public life and politics.

A working-class Afro-Latina organizer, UAW member, and public defense investigator, Darializa Avila Chevalier is building a grassroots challenge rooted in immigrant rights, housing justice, labor power, and economic dignity. From organizing against ICE to supporting mutual aid efforts in the Bronx and Harlem, she represents a new generation of movement leadership.

AOC helped redefine what’s politically possible in America. Since defeating one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress in 2018, she has become one of the nation’s leading voices for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, labor rights, climate justice, taxing the rich, and taking on oligarchic power. Alongside Bernie Sanders, she continues helping lead the modern progressive movement.