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'''Justice Democrats''' is an American [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]] [[political action committee]]<ref name="fec details">{{cite web|title=Justice Democrats - committee overview|url=https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00630665/|website=Campaign Finance Data|publisher=[[Federal Election Commission]]}}</ref><ref name="jd faq">{{cite web|url=https://justicedemocrats.com/FAQ#q3_1 |title= Justice Democrats: Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=Justice Democrats |access-date=September 26, 2017}}</ref> founded on January 23, 2017, by [[Kyle Kulinski]] of ''Secular Talk'', [[Cenk Uygur]] of ''[[The Young Turks]]'', [[Saikat Chakrabarti]], and [[Zack Exley]], former leaders from the [[Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign]].<ref name="GrigoryanSuetzl190"/> The organization formed as a result of the [[2016 United States presidential election]]<ref name="platform">{{Cite web |url=https://justicedemocrats.com/platform/ |title=Platform |publisher=Justice Democrats |access-date=January 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128033143/https://justicedemocrats.com/platform/ |archive-date=January 28, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="mic.com article">{{Cite news|url=https://mic.com/articles/166390/cenk-ugyur-bernie-sanders-staffers-team-up-to-take-over-the-democratic-party|title=Cenk Uygur, Bernie Sanders staffers team up to take over the Democratic Party|last=McKay|first=Tom|date=January 23, 2017|newspaper=Mic|access-date=January 27, 2017}}</ref> and aspires "to elect a new type of Democratic majority in Congress" that would "create a thriving economy and democracy that works for the people, not big money interests".<ref name="GrigoryanSuetzl190"/> The group advocates for [[campaign finance reform in the United States|campaign finance reform]] (reducing the role of money in politics) and only endorses candidates who pledge to [[No corporate PAC pledge|refuse donations from corporate PACs]] and lobbyists.

 

Kulinski and Uygur are no longer part of the group but remain active supporters. [[Alexandra Rojas]] became executive director of the organization in May 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Felsenthal|first=Julia|date=2019-11-25|title=Alexandra Rojas Is Taking on the Democratic Establishment, One Race at a Time|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/alexandra-rojas-interview-justice-democrats|access-date=2020-10-17|website=Vogue|language=en-us}}</ref>

 

During the 2018 elections, Justice Democrats ran 79 progressive candidates against Democrats, Republicans and Independents in local, state, and federal elections.<ref name="GrigoryanSuetzl191" /> The seven Justice Democrats candidates who won their electoral congressional races in 2018 include [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]], [[Ayanna Pressley]], [[Rashida Tlaib]], [[Ilhan Omar]], [[Ro Khanna]], [[Raúl Grijalva]], and [[Pramila Jayapal]].

 

==History==