# Justice Democrats

Justice Democrats (JD) is an American progressive political action committee and caucus founded on January 23, 2017, by two leaders of Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign, Saikat Chakrabarti and Zack Exley, as well as political commentators Kyle Kulinski and Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks. The organization formed as a result of the 2016 United States presidential election and aspires "to elect a new type of Democratic majority in Congress" that will "create a thriving economy and democracy that works for the people, not big money interests". The group advocates for campaign finance reform (reducing the role of money in politics) and endorses only candidates who pledge to refuse donations from corporate PACs and lobbyists.
Kulinski and Uygur are no longer part of the group, later criticizing it for falling short in cultivating a unified cohort of legislators able to champion priority bills. Alexandra Rojas became the organization's executive director in May 2018.
During the 2018 elections, Justice Democrats ran 79 progressive candidates against Democrats, Republicans and Independents in local, state, and federal elections. The seven Justice Democrats candidates who won their electoral congressional races in 2018 were Raúl Grijalva, Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib.
The group endorsed considerably fewer candidates in 2020 than in 2018, a move its communications director defended as a strategy to focus its resources on the most promising candidates. Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush, and Marie Newman were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020.
In 2022, Greg Casar and Summer Lee were elected to the House, while Newman lost her reelection in the Democratic primary after facing an investigation by the House Ethics Committee. In 2024, Delia Ramirez was endorsed by and joined Justice Democrats.

## History

After the 2016 presidential election resulted in a victory for Donald Trump, many progressives pointed to the perceived loyalty of politicians to large donors as a major contributing factor to Hillary Clinton's loss to Trump. These critics contend that a campaign finance model similar to that of Bernie Sanders, whose 2016 presidential campaign was funded by small individual donations, will increase public trust in politicians through increased accountability to their constituents.
On January 23, 2017, Cenk Uygur and Kyle Kulinski founded Justice Democrats with ten others, including former staffers from the Sanders campaign such as its Director of Organizing Technology, Saikat Chakrabarti, and MoveOn.org fundraiser Zack Exley. According to the organization, it seeks to create a left-wing populist movement to support alternative Democratic candidates beginning with the 2018 midterm elections, in order to either defeat the incumbent Democrats or make them more accountable to their constituents. It requires its candidates to take a pledge to refuse financial contributions from billionaires and corporations. In addition, it hoped to rebuild the Democratic Party on a national level and defeat Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
   The Democrats used to represent something wonderful – voters. We want you to represent just us, not your donors... [and stand for] justice for the people
On March 20, 2017, Justice Democrats reported that they had received 8,300 nominations and raised $1 million (~$1.22 million in 2023). Also in March 2017, it teamed up with Brand New Congress, a PAC established by former Sanders campaign supporters, to further their goals. By November 1, 2017, they had merged with fellow progressive group AllOfUs.
On May 9, 2017, Representative Ro Khanna of California's 17th congressional district announced that he had become a Justice Democrat, the first sitting member of Congress to join the organization. Over the following year, Raúl Grijalva of Arizona's 3rd congressional district and Pramila Jayapal of Washington's 7th congressional district also joined, bringing the number of sitting representatives in Justice Democrats to three. Khanna and Jayapal were first elected to the House in 2016 while Grijalva has been an incumbent since 2002.
During the 2018 elections, Justice Democrats ran 79 progressive candidates against Democrats, Republicans and Independents in local, state, and federal elections. 26 of them advanced past the primary stage. All Justice Democrat candidates running for office were endorsed by The Young Turks, who provided them with a media platform on their interview show Rebel HQ. The seven Justice Democrats candidates who won their electoral congressional races in 2018 were Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the three sitting members. All seven won districts already held by Democrats.
In 2020, Justice Democrat Marie Newman defeated incumbent Representative Dan Lipinski in the 2020 primary for Illinois's 3rd congressional district. Jamaal Bowman defeated incumbent Representative Eliot Engel in New York's 16th congressional district's primary. Bowman was also endorsed by Justice Democrats. Another Justice Democrat-endorsed candidate won in Missouri's 1st congressional district, when Cori Bush defeated Representative Lacy Clay.

### Summer for Progress

In July 2017, several progressive organizations, including Our Revolution, Democratic Socialists of America, National Nurses United, Working Families Party, and Brand New Congress, announced a push to encourage House Democrats to sign on to a #PeoplesPlatform, which meant supporting "eight bills currently in the House of Representatives that will address the concerns of everyday Americans". These eight bills and the topics they address are:
* Medicare for All: H.R. 676, the Medicare For All Act
* Free College Tuition: H.R. 1880, the College for All Act of 2017
* Worker Rights: H.R. 15, the Raise the Wage Act
* Women's Rights: H.R. 771, the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2017
* Voting Rights: H.R. 2840, the Automatic Voter Registration Act
* Environmental Justice: H.R. 4114, the Environmental Justice Act of 2017
* Criminal Justice and Immigrant Rights: H.R. 3227, the Justice Is Not for Sale Act of 2017
* Taxing Wall Street: H.R. 1144, the Inclusive Prosperity Act

### Uygur's resignation

On December 22, 2017, it was announced that Uygur had resigned from the organization, after the revelation of previously deleted but archived controversial blog posts he had written. The next day, Kulinski announced that he had stepped down from the organization as he disagreed with staff members who pressed for Uygur's dismissal. He said his decision came as a result of a personal dilemma as he saw the posts in question upon rereading them as satirical. Kulinski noted that the decision to ask for Uygur's resignation came from Justice Democrat staff, not the candidates, and asked his supporters to continue backing the organization's candidates.
In mid-November 2019, Uygur filed to run for Congress in California's 25th district, a seat recently vacated by the resignation of Katie Hill. Uygur stated he would not run as a member of the Justice Democrats.

## Ideology and political issues

A central priority of Justice Democrats is to effectively eliminate the role of money and conflicts of interests in politics. As such, any candidate running with Justice Democrats must pledge to refuse donations from corporate PACs and lobbyists. Declining money from corporate PACs and supporting Medicare for All have both been described as litmus tests for the organization. Justice Democrats supports publicly funded elections, banning Super PACs, and banning private donations to politicians and campaigns. It also advocates for the reinstatement of provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and a ban on gerrymandering for partisan gain. Several members have voiced support for a constitutional amendment to remove money from American politics.
To accompany its launch, Kulinski and Uygur published the following set of progressive founding principles for the coalition. Adjustments have been made since 2017, resulting in a slightly different platform appearing on the Justice Democrats webpage at a given time.
* Creating a new infrastructure program called the "Green New Deal"
* Ending arms sales to countries that it says violate human rights such as Saudi Arabia, Israel and Egypt
* Enacting a federal job guarantee, which would promise all Americans a job paying $15 per hour plus benefits
* Ending the death penalty
* Ending the practice of unilaterally waging war, except as a last resort to defend U.S. territory
* Ending the War on Drugs in favor of legalization, regulation, and taxation of drugs, and pardoning all non-violent drug offenders and treating all drug addicts
* Ensuring free speech on college campuses and supporting net neutrality
* Ensuring universal education as a right, including free four-year public college and university education
* Ensuring universal healthcare as a right
* Establishing paid maternity leave, paid vacation leave, and free childcare
* Expanding anti-discrimination laws to apply to LGBT people
* Expanding background checks on firearms and banning high capacity magazines and assault weapons
* Funding Planned Parenthood and other contraceptive and abortion services, and recognizing reproductive rights
* Implementing electoral reform and publicly financed elections nationwide to make irrelevant and obsolete fundraising from large corporations and the wealthy
* Implementing instant-runoff voting nationwide in an effort to make third-party and independent candidates more viable
* Implementing the Buffett Rule, ending offshore financial centers, "chain[ing]" the capital gains and income taxes, and increasing the estate tax
* Making the minimum wage a living wage and tying it to inflation
* Pardoning Edward Snowden, prosecuting CIA torturers and DoD war criminals, shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and all other extrajudicial prisons, and ending warrantless spying and bulk data collection by the National Security Agency
* Passing the Paycheck Fairness Act
* Abolishing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency
* Reforming police by mandating body cameras, establishing community oversight boards, eliminating broken windows policing, ending stop and frisk, and appointing special prosecutors to hold police accountable in courts
* Renegotiating CAFTA-DR and NAFTA, and opposing Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China and the World Trade Organization
* Stopping any reductions to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and establishing single-payer universal healthcare
* Stopping anthropogenic climate change through an ecological revolution and upholding the United States' participation in the Paris Climate Agreement
* Uncompromisingly rejecting President Trump's immigration proposals and policies, particularly Executive Order 13769 and deportation of illegal immigrants, and implementing comprehensive immigration reform which will include giving non-criminal illegal immigrants a path to citizenship

## Members

All Congressional Justice Democrats members are House of Representatives members from the Democratic Party. As of the 119th Congress, there are 10 declared Justice Democrats, all of whom are House members.

### United States House of Representatives
#### Current (9)

| Name | State | District | Tenure |
| Ro Khanna | California | CA–17 | since 2017 |
| Pramila Jayapal | Washington | WA–7 | since 2017 |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | New York | NY-14 | since 2019 |
| Ilhan Omar | Minnesota | MN–5 | since 2019 |
| Ayanna Pressley | Massachusetts | MA–7 | since 2019 |
| Rashida Tlaib | Michigan | MI-13, MI-12 | since 2019 |
| Greg Casar | Texas | TX–35 | since 2023 |
| Summer Lee | Pennsylvania | PA–12 | since 2023 |
| Delia Ramirez | Illinois | IL–3 | since 2023 |

#### Former (4)

| Name | State | District | Tenure |
| Marie Newman | Illinois | IL–3 | 2021–2023 |
| Jamaal Bowman | New York | NY-16 | 2021–2025 |
| Cori Bush | Missouri | MO-1 | 2021–2025 |
| Raúl Grijalva | Arizona | AZ–7, AZ–3 | 2003–2025 |

### Announcements

* On May 9, 2017, Ro Khanna of California's 17th congressional district announced that he was a member of Justice Democrats and supported the organization's agenda.
* On December 6, 2017, Justice Democrats announced that Raúl Grijalva of Arizona's 3rd congressional district had joined the group.
* On April 16, 2018, Justice Democrats announced that Pramila Jayapal of Washington's 7th congressional district had joined the group.
* On January 3, 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York's 14th congressional district, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota's 5th congressional district, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts's 7th congressional district and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan's 13th congressional district were sworn in as members of the House of Representatives and as Justice Democrats. They have been dubbed "The Squad".
* On January 3, 2021, Jamaal Bowman of New York's 16th congressional district, Cori Bush of Missouri's 1st congressional district, and Marie Newman of Illinois's 3rd congressional district were sworn in.

## Political activity
### 2018

Justice Democrats officially endorsed 79 candidates in the 2018 election cycle, seven of whom won general elections (three were incumbents). The four first-time officeholders in the U.S. House make up "The Squad".

#### Governor

| Candidate | State | Office | Primary date | Primary result | % | General result | % |
| Ben Jealous | Maryland | Governor of Maryland | June 26, 2018 | Won | 39.8% | Lost | 43.5% |
| Abdul El-Sayed | Michigan | Governor of Michigan | August 7, 2018 | Lost | 30.2% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Cynthia Nixon | New York | Governor of New York | September 13, 2018 | Lost | 34.4% | Withdrew | N/A |
| Matt Brown | Rhode Island | Governor of Rhode Island | September 12, 2018 | Lost | 34.3% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Christine Hallquist | Vermont | Governor of Vermont | August 14, 2018 | Won | 48.4% | Lost | 40.4% |

#### Lieutenant governor

| Candidate | State | Office | Primary date | Primary result | % | General result | % |
| Aaron Regunberg | Rhode Island | Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island | September 12, 2018 | Lost | 49.2% | Did not qualify | N/A |

#### U.S. Senate

| Candidate | State | Office | Primary date | Primary result | % | General result | % |
| Deedra Abboud | Arizona | U.S. Senator from Arizona | August 28, 2018 | Lost | 19.5% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Alison Hartson | California | U.S. Senator from California | June 5, 2018 | Lost | 2.1% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Kerri Evelyn Harris | Delaware | U.S. Senator from Delaware | September 6, 2018 | Lost | 35.4% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Paula Jean Swearengin | West Virginia | U.S. Senator from West Virginia | May 8, 2018 | Lost | 30.3% | Did not qualify | N/A |

#### U.S. House

| Candidate | State | Office | Primary date | Primary result | % | General result | % |
| Mary Matiella | Arizona | Arizona's 2nd congressional district | August 28, 2018 | Lost | 9.1% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Raúl Grijalva (inc.) | Arizona | Arizona's 3rd congressional district | August 28, 2018 | Won | 100% | Won | 63.39% |
| Brianna Westbrook | Arizona | Arizona's 8th congressional district | February 27, 2018 | Lost | 40.4% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Brianna Westbrook | Arizona | Arizona's 8th congressional district | August 28, 2018 | Withdrew | N/A | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Audrey Denney | California | California's 1st congressional district | June 5, 2018 | Advanced | 17.5% | Lost | 43.2% |
| Roza Calderon | California | California's 4th congressional district | June 5, 2018 | Lost | 6.2% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Dotty Nygard | California | California's 10th congressional district | June 5, 2018 | Withdrew | 0.9% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Ro Khanna (inc.) | California | California's 17th congressional district | June 5, 2018 | Advanced | 59.1% | Won | 73.2% |
| Bryan Caforio | California | California's 25th congressional district | June 5, 2018 | Lost | 18.3% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Laura Oatman | California | California's 48th congressional district | June 5, 2018 | Withdrew | 1.4% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Doug Applegate | California | California's 49th congressional district | June 5, 2018 | Lost | 13.2% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Ammar Campa-Najjar | California | California's 50th congressional district | June 5, 2018 | Advanced | 16.3% | Lost | 48.3% |
| Saira Rao | Colorado | Colorado's 1st congressional district | June 26, 2018 | Lost | 29.1% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Stephany Rose Spaulding | Colorado | Colorado's 5th congressional district | June 26, 2018 | Won | 100% | Lost | 39.3% |
| Chardo Richardson | Florida | Florida's 7th congressional district | August 28, 2018 | Lost | 13.8% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Sanjay Patel | Florida | Florida's 8th congressional district | August 28, 2018 | Won | 100% | Lost | 39.5% |
| Pam Keith | Florida | Florida's 18th congressional district | August 28, 2018 | Lost | 39.7% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Michael Hepburn | Florida | Florida's 27th congressional district | August 28, 2018 | Lost | 6.1% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Lisa Ring | Georgia | Georgia's 1st congressional district | May 22, 2018 | Won | 67.6% | Lost | 42.2% |
| Kaniela Ing | Hawaii | Hawaii's 1st congressional district | August 11, 2018 | Lost | 6.4% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Marie Newman | Illinois | Illinois's 3rd congressional district | March 20, 2018 | Lost | 48.8% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Sameena Mustafa | Illinois | Illinois's 5th congressional district | August 11, 2018 | Lost | 23.9% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Anthony Clark | Illinois | Illinois's 7th congressional district | March 20, 2018 | Lost | 26.1% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| David Gill | Illinois | Illinois's 13th congressional district | March 20, 2018 | Lost | 14.4% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Dan Canon | Indiana | Indiana's 9th congressional district | May 8, 2018 | Lost | 30.7% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Courtney Rowe | Iowa | Iowa's 1st congressional district | June 5, 2018 | Lost | 7.5% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Pete D'Allesandro | Iowa | Iowa's 3rd congressional district | May 8, 2018 | Lost | 15.6% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Brent Welder | Kansas | Kansas's 3rd congressional district | August 7, 2018 | Lost | 33.9% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| James Thompson | Kansas | Kansas's 4th congressional district | August 7, 2018 | Won | 65.3% | Lost | 40.2% |
| Roger Manno | Maryland | Maryland's 6th congressional district | June 26, 2018 | Lost | 10.2% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Juana Matias | Massachusetts | Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district | September 4, 2018 | Lost | 15.2% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Ayanna Pressley | Massachusetts | Massachusetts's 7th congressional district | September 4, 2018 | Won | 58.6% | Won | 98.2% |
| Matt Morgan | Michigan | Michigan's 1st congressional district | August 7, 2018 | Won | 100% | Lost | 43.7% |
| Rob Davidson | Michigan | Michigan's 2nd congressional district | August 7, 2018 | Won | 100% | Lost | 43.0% |
| David Benac | Michigan | Michigan's 6th congressional district | August 7, 2018 | Lost | 21.3% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Fayrouz Saad | Michigan | Michigan's 11th congressional district | August 7, 2018 | Lost | 19.4% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Rashida Tlaib | Michigan | Michigan's 13th congressional district | August 7, 2018 | Lost | 35.9% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Rashida Tlaib | Michigan | Michigan's 13th congressional district | August 7, 2018 | Won | 31.2% | Won | 84.6% |
| Ilhan Omar | Minnesota | Minnesota's 5th congressional district | August 14, 2018 | Won | 48.4% | Won | 78.2% |
| Cori Bush | Missouri | Missouri's 1st congressional district | August 7, 2018 | Lost | 36.9% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Jamie Schoolcraft | Missouri | Missouri's 7th congressional district | August 7, 2018 | Won | 40.6% | Lost | 30.0% |
| John Heenan | Montana | Montana's at-large congressional district | June 5, 2018 | Lost | 31.7% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Kara H. Eastman | Nebraska | Nebraska's 2nd congressional district | May 15, 2018 | Won | 51.4% | Lost | 49.0% |
| Amy Vilela | Nevada | Nevada's 4th congressional district | June 12, 2018 | Lost | 9.2% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Tanzie Youngblood | New Jersey | New Jersey's 2nd congressional district | June 5, 2018 | Lost | 19.2% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Peter Jacob | New Jersey | New Jersey's 7th congressional district | June 5, 2018 | Lost | 19.1% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Antoinette Sedillo Lopez | New Mexico | New Mexico's 1st congressional district | June 5, 2018 | Lost | 20.6% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Michael DeVito | New York | New York's 11th congressional district | June 26, 2018 | Lost | 19.0% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | New York | New York's 14th congressional district | June 26, 2018 | Won | 57.5% | Won | 78.2% |
| Jeff Beals | New York | New York's 19th congressional district | June 26, 2018 | Lost | 13.2% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Patrick Nelson | New York | New York's 21st congressional district | June 26, 2018 | Lost | 9.2% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Ian Golden | New York | New York's 23rd congressional district | June 26, 2018 | Lost | 13.5% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Jenny Marshall | North Carolina | North Carolina's 5th congressional district | May 8, 2018 | Lost | 45.6% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| John Russell | Ohio | Ohio's 12th congressional district | May 8, 2018 | Lost | 16.7% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| John Russell | Ohio | Ohio's 12th congressional district | May 8, 2018 | Lost | 16.3% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Greg Edwards | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district | May 15, 2018 | Lost | 25.6% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Jess King | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district | May 15, 2018 | Won | 100% | Lost | 41.4% |
| J. Darnell Jones | Texas | Texas's 2nd congressional district | March 6, 2018 First round | Lost | 22.1% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Lorie Burch | Texas | Texas's 3rd congressional district | March 6, 2018 First round | Advanced | 49.6% | Runoff | N/A |
| Lorie Burch | Texas | Texas's 3rd congressional district | May 22, 2018 Runoff | Won | 75.0% | Lost | 44.2% |
| Laura Moser | Texas | Texas's 7th congressional district | March 6, 2018 First round | Advanced | 24.4% | Runoff | N/A |
| Laura Moser | Texas | Texas's 7th congressional district | May 22, 2018 Runoff | Lost | 32.1% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Vanessa Adia | Texas | Texas's 12th congressional district | March 6, 2018 | Won | 100% | Lost | 33.9% |
| Adrienne Bell | Texas | Texas's 14th congressional district | March 6, 2018 | Won | 79.8% | Lost | 39.2% |
| Derrick Crowe | Texas | Texas's 21st congressional district | March 6, 2018 First round | Lost | 23.1% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Mary Wilson | Texas | Texas's 21st congressional district | March 6, 2018 First round | Advanced | 30.9% | Runoff | N/A |
| Mary Wilson | Texas | Texas's 21st congressional district | May 22, 2018 Runoff | Lost | 42.1% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Rick Treviño | Texas | Texas's 23rd congressional district | March 6, 2018 First round | Advanced | 17.5% | Runoff | N/A |
| Rick Treviño | Texas | Texas's 23rd congressional district | March 6, 2018 Runoff | Lost | 33.2% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Linsey Fagan | Texas | Texas's 26th congressional district | March 6, 2018 | Won | 52.7% | Lost | 39.0% |
| Darlene McDonald | Utah | Utah's 4th congressional district | June 26, 2018 | Eliminated | N/A | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Dorothy Gasque | Washington | Washington's 3rd congressional district | August 7, 2018 | Lost | 4.9% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Pramila Jayapal (inc.) | Washington | Washington's 7th congressional district | August 7, 2018 | Advanced | 82.7% | Won | 83.4% |
| Sarah Smith | Washington | Washington's 9th congressional district | August 7, 2018 | Advanced | 26.9% | Lost | 32.1% |
| Randy Bryce | Wisconsin | Wisconsin's 1st congressional district | August 14, 2018 | Won | 59.6% | Lost | 42.3% |

### 2020

Justice Democrats endorsed 17 candidates in the Democratic primaries for president, Senate and House. Twelve House candidates made it to the general election (7 incumbents, 5 newcomers). All the incumbents and three newcomers won.

#### U.S. President

| Candidate | Office | Primaries | Primary result | % | General result | % |
| Bernie Sanders | President of the United States | 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries | Withdrew | 27% | Did not qualify | N/A |

#### U.S. Senate

| Candidate | State | Office | Primary date | Primary result | % | General result | % |
| Betsy Sweet | Maine | U.S. Senator from Maine | July 14, 2020 | Lost | 23.2% | Did not qualify | N/A |

#### U.S. House

| Candidate | State | Office | Primary date | Primary result | % | General result | % |
| Raúl Grijalva (inc.) | Arizona | Arizona's 3rd congressional district | August 4, 2020 | Won | 100% | Won | 64.6% |
| Ro Khanna (inc.) | California | California's 17th congressional district | March 3, 2020 | Advanced | 65.3% | Won | 71.3% |
| Georgette Gómez | California | California's 53rd congressional district | March 3, 2020 | Advanced | 20% | Lost | 40.5% |
| Marie Newman | Illinois | Illinois's 3rd congressional district | March 17, 2020 | Won | 47.3% | Won | 56.4% |
| Alex Morse | Massachusetts | Massachusetts's 1st congressional district | September 1, 2020 | Lost | 41.2% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Ayanna Pressley (inc.) | Massachusetts | Massachusetts's 7th congressional district | September 1, 2020 | Won | 100% | Won | 86.6% |
| Rashida Tlaib (inc.) | Michigan | Michigan's 13th congressional district | August 4, 2020 | Won | 66.3% | Won | 78.1% |
| Ilhan Omar (inc.) | Minnesota | Minnesota's 5th congressional district | August 11, 2020 | Won | 57.4% | Won | 64.5% |
| Cori Bush | Missouri | Missouri's 1st congressional district | August 4, 2020 | Won | 48.6% | Won | 78.9% |
| Kara Eastman | Nebraska | Nebraska's 2nd congressional district | May 12, 2020 | Won | 61.8% | Lost | 46.2% |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (inc.) | New York | New York's 14th congressional district | June 23, 2020 | Won | 72.6% | Won | 71.6% |
| Jamaal Bowman | New York | New York's 16th congressional district | June 23, 2020 | Won | 55.5% | Won | 84.0% |
| Morgan Harper | Ohio | Ohio's 3rd congressional district | April 28, 2020 | Lost | 31.7% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Jessica Cisneros | Texas | Texas's 28th congressional district | March 3, 2020 | Lost | 48.2% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Pramila Jayapal (inc.) | Washington | Washington's 7th congressional district | August 4, 2020 | Advanced | 80.3% | Won | 83.0% |

### 2021
#### U.S. House

| Candidate | State | Office | Primary date | Primary result | % | General result | % |
| Nina Turner | Ohio | Ohio's 11th congressional district | August 3, 2021 | Lost | 44.5% | Did not qualify | N/A |

### 2022

Justice Democrats endorsed 10 incumbents and 6 newcomers. All but one incumbent won, as did two newcomers.

#### U.S. House

| Candidate | State | Office | Primary date | Primary result | % | General result | % |
| Raúl Grijalva (inc.) | Arizona | Arizona's 7th congressional district | August 2, 2022 | Won | 100% | Won | 64.5% |
| Ro Khanna (inc.) | California | California's 17th congressional district | June 7, 2022 | Advanced | 66.0% | Won | 70.9% |
| Marie Newman (inc.) | Illinois | Illinois's 6th congressional district | June 28, 2022 | Lost | 29.2% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Kina Collins | Illinois | Illinois's 7th congressional district | June 28, 2022 | Lost | 45.7% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Ayanna Pressley (inc.) | Massachusetts | Massachusetts's 7th congressional district | September 6, 2022 | Won | 100% | Won | 84.5% |
| Rashida Tlaib (inc.) | Michigan | Michigan's 12th congressional district | August 2, 2022 | Won | 63.8% | Won | 70.8% |
| Ilhan Omar (inc.) | Minnesota | Minnesota's 5th congressional district | August 9, 2022 | Won | 50.3% | Won | 74.3% |
| Cori Bush (inc.) | Missouri | Missouri's 1st congressional district | August 2, 2022 | Won | 69.5% | Won | 72.8% |
| Rana Abdelhamid | New York | New York's 12th congressional district | August 23, 2022 | Withdrew | N/A | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (inc.) | New York | New York's 14th congressional district | August 23, 2022 | Won | 100% | Won | 67.2% |
| Jamaal Bowman (inc.) | New York | New York's 16th congressional district | August 23, 2022 | Won | 57.1% | Won | 60.2% |
| Summer Lee | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district | May 17, 2022 | Won | 41.9% | Won | 55.9% |
| Odessa Kelly | Tennessee | Tennessee's 7th congressional district | August 4, 2022 | Won | 100% | Lost | 38.1% |
| Jessica Cisneros | Texas | Texas's 28th congressional district | March 1, 2022 First round | Advanced | 46.8% | Runoff | N/A |
| Jessica Cisneros | Texas | Texas's 28th congressional district | May 24, 2022 Runoff | Lost | 49.7% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Greg Casar | Texas | Texas's 35th congressional district | March 1, 2022 | Won | 61.2% | Won | 72.6% |
| Pramila Jayapal (inc.) | Washington | Washington's 7th congressional district | August 2, 2022 | Advanced | 84.2% | Won | 85.4% |

### 2024

Justice Democrats endorsed 12 incumbents, and all but two won re-election.

#### U.S. House

| Candidate | State | Office | Primary date | Primary result | % | General result | % |
| Raúl Grijalva (inc.) | Arizona | Arizona's 7th congressional district | August 6, 2024 | Won | 100% | Won | 63.5% |
| Ro Khanna (inc.) | California | California's 17th congressional district | March 5, 2024 | Advanced | 62.9% | Won | 67.7% |
| Delia Ramirez (inc.) | Illinois | Illinois's 3rd congressional district | March 19, 2024 | Won | 100% | Won | 67.3% |
| Ayanna Pressley (inc.) | Massachusetts | Massachusetts's 7th congressional district | September 3, 2024 | Won | 100% | Won | 97.1% |
| Rashida Tlaib (inc.) | Michigan | Michigan's 12th congressional district | August 6, 2024 | Won | 100% | Won | 69.7% |
| Ilhan Omar (inc.) | Minnesota | Minnesota's 5th congressional district | August 13, 2024 | Won | 56.2% | Won | 74.4% |
| Cori Bush (inc.) | Missouri | Missouri's 1st congressional district | August 6, 2024 | Lost | 45.6% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (inc.) | New York | New York's 14th congressional district | June 25, 2024 | Won | 82.1% | Won | 69.2% |
| Jamaal Bowman (inc.) | New York | New York's 16th congressional district | June 25, 2024 | Lost | 41.4% | Did not qualify | N/A |
| Summer Lee (inc.) | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district | April 23, 2024 | Won | 60.6% | Won | 56.4% |
| Greg Casar (inc.) | Texas | Texas's 35th congressional district | March 5, 2024 | Won | 100% | Won | 67.4% |
| Pramila Jayapal (inc.) | Washington | Washington's 7th congressional district | August 6, 2024 | Advanced | 79.8% | Won | 83.9% |