Candidates & Organizations

Who we support…

Our investment strategy team identifies and researches candidates and voter engagement organizations that align with ITE’s mission for recommendation to the Steering Committee. Once events are scheduled, each ITE member is invited to select which of those candidates or voter engagement groups she would like to invest in. Our four-pronged investment strategy is to invest in selected:

    1. Vulnerable incumbent U.S. Senators;
    2. U.S. Senate candidates running for open or vulnerable GOP-held seats in winnable states;
    3. U.S. House races primarily in Illinois;
    4. Organizations that engage voters to help our candidates win in battleground states.
    5. During a Presidential cycle we may add an event supporting the Democratic ticket.

 

Who we have supported...

2024 Cycle (year 1)
U.S. Senate Candidates 

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (MI)
Sen. Jon Tester (MT)
Sen. Jacky Rosen (NV
Sen. Sherrod Brown (OH)
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (WI)

Organizations

Somos PAC (NV)
Wis Dems (WI)

2022 Cycle
U.S. Senate Candidates

AG Mandela Barnes (WI)
Justice Cheri Beasley (NC)
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (IL)
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (PA)
Sen. Maggie Hassan (NH)
Sen. Mark Kelly (AZ)
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Rep. Tim Ryan (OH)
Sen. Raphael Warnock (GA)

U.S. House Candidates

Nikki Budzinski (IL 13)
Rep. Sean Casten (IL 6)
Rep. Bill Foster (IL 11)
Eric Sorensen (IL 17)
Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL 14)

2022 Cycle (con't)
Organizations

BLOC (WI)
LUCHA (AZ)
New Rural Project (NC)
RAZE (AZ)
Turn PA Blue (PA)
Wisconsin Conservation Voters (WI)
WisDems (WI)

2020 Cycle
Presidential Race

Joe Biden & Kamala Harris

U.S. Senate Candidates

Barbara Bollier (KS)
Steve Bullock (MT)
Cal Cunningham (NC)
Sen. Dick Durbin (IL)
Sara Gideon (ME)
Theresa Greenfield (IA)
Al Gross (AK)
Jaime Harrison (SC)
MJ Hegar (TX)
John Hickenlooper (CO)
Sen. Doug Jones (AL)
Mark Kelly (AZ)
Amy McGrath (KY)
Jon Ossoff (GA)
Sen. Gary Peters (MI)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Sen. Tina Smith (MN)
Raphael Warnock (GA)

2020 Cycle (con't)

U.S. House Candidates 

Rep. Cindy Axne (IA 5)
Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA 7)
Rep. Abby Finkenauer (IA 1)
Pat Timmons Goodson (NC 8)
Jackie Gordon (NY 2)
Rita Hart (IA 3)
Christina Hale (IN 5)
Betsy Dirksen Londrigan (IL 13)
Rep. Elaine Luria (VA 2)
Lucy McBath (GA 6)
Rep. Debbie Murcasel-Powell (FL 26)
Kate Schroder (OH 1)
Xochitl Torres Small (NM 2)
Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL 14)
Candace Valenzuela (TX 24)

Organizations

Fair Fight (GA)
Organizing Corps 2020

2018 Cycle
U.S. Senate Candidates

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (WI)
Phil Bredesen (TN)
Sen. Sherrod Brown (OH)
Mike Espy (MS)
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (ND)
Doug Jones (AL)
Sen. Claire McCaskill (MO)
Sen. Bill Nelson (FL)

2018 Cycle (con't)

U.S. Senate Candidates (con’t)

Jacky Rosen (NV)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ)
Sen. Tina Smith (MN)
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (MI)
Sen. Jon Tester (MT)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA)

U.S. House Candidates

Cindy Axne (IA 5)
Sean Casten (IL 6)
Abby Finkenauer (IA 1)
Lizzie Fletcher (TX 7)
Jared Golden (ME 2)
MJ Hegar (TX 31)
Chrissy Houlahan (PA 6)
Gina Ortiz Jones (TX 23)
Brendan Kelly (IL 12)
Betsy Dirksen Londrigan (IL 13)
Amy McGrath (KY 6)
Max Rose (NY 11)
Mikie Sherrill (NJ 11)
Elissa Slotkin (MI 8)
Xochitl Torres Small (NM 2)
Abigail Spanberger (VA 7)
Lauren Underwood (IL 14)