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In 1999, Democrats for Life of America was founded to coordinate, at a national level, the efforts of anti-abortion Democrats. In the 1960s and 1970s, anti-abortion Democrats comprised a substantial portion of the party's membership in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
Peter DeFazio (OR-4) – retired from Congress in 2022; Ron Dellums (CA-8/9) – resigned from Congress in 1998; Lane Evans (IL-17) – retired from Congress in 2006; Bob Filner (CA-51) – retired from Congress in 2012; Barney Frank (MA-4) – retired from Congress in 2012; Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2) – retired from Congress in 2020
Independent (Endorsed in Democratic Party primaries, caucuses with Democrats) [13] [14] [15] Danny Davis: House January 3, 1997: Incumbent Illinois: Democratic Party (former New Party member and DSA member) [a] Bernie Sanders: House January 3, 1991: January 3, 2007: Vermont: Independent (won most Democratic Party votes) [13] [14] [15] Major ...
The pro-life Democrat is a vanishing species in American political life. When the activist group Democrats for Life of America began in 1999, it boasted 43 House Democrats as allies in its fight ...
President Barack Obama meets with Blue Dog Democrats on February 10, 2009. The Blue Dog Coalition was formed in 1995 [13] [14] during the 104th Congress to give members from the Democratic Party representing conservative-leaning districts a unified voice after the Democrats' loss of Congress in the 1994 Republican Revolution.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is a congressional caucus affiliated with the Democratic Party in the United States Congress. [4] The CPC represents the progressive faction of the Democratic Party. [2] [5] It was founded in 1991 and has grown since then, becoming the second-largest Democratic caucus in the House of Representatives.
The co-chairs of the Blue Dog Coalition for the 118th Congress are Jared Golden (ME-02), Mary Peltola (AK-AL), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03). [1] Former chair Rep. Stephanie Murphy , a Vietnamese-American, was the first woman of color to lead the Blue Dog Coalition in its history.
Ocasio-Cortez and Pressley unseated Joe Crowley and Mike Capuano, respectively, in primary elections.Omar won the seat previously held by Democrat Keith Ellison, who retired from the House to successfully run for Attorney General of Minnesota, and Tlaib won the seat once held by Dean of the House John Conyers, who resigned in 2017 after nearly 53 years in Congress.