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Help Repeal the Controlled Substance Act and end the attacks on pain management.
Every citizen in America, and even the world, needs to participate in this effort. The War on Drugs is a defunct government agenda that was created racist and is now allowing legal genocide of the expendable populations. IT MUST END!! We hold the key on DoC. NO DRUG CAUSES ADDICTION!!
Listen to my presentation on this podcast! Then, spread it to all your contacts. Join my ecourse below and be a part of the change needed to end this.
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Communicate with Kamala Harris:
Here is a letter that you can use to send to Kamala. Change it as you see fit to fit your circumstances. If you have a letter that you would share with us to post here, please send it to me.
Vice President Harris:
There is something you must do, not only to ensure winning the election, but to not be a hypocrite. Your message has been that the government should stay out of the control of our body and out of the doctor’s office. You say this in connection with the abortion issue. But there is another issue that is much broader and more devastating. And, in fact, you’ve been a party to it in the past. That is the War on Drugs. You also need to support the repeal of the Controlled Substance Act. No drug causes addiction. The War on Drugs was simply a racist agenda to disenfranchise minorities. However, in the last 20 years it has been turned against good, compassionate medical practitioners treating legitimate patients, simply to confiscate their assets and give the government agents their salaries. This must end. President Biden spoke about the freeing of innocent citizens when he made the deal with Russia to release 7 prisoners recently. But we, in America, have incarcerated hundreds of thousands of innocent citizens, ruining their lives and those of their families, destroying people for generations to come. Please don’t be a hypocrite. Put in your platform the repeal of the Controlled Substance Act and the exoneration of all those attacked illegally by the government based on what they do to their own body.
Here is a list of almost 100 medical professionals whose life you affected illegally, even to the point of death. As you can see, most of those targeted are minorities. And the repercussions will affect their progeny for four generations due to the stress in their lives.
Sanjoy Banerjee, MD; Corrine Basch, MD; Monica Ann Berlin, employee; Terrill Eugene Brown, MD; Washington Bryan II, MD; Nicholas J Capos Jr, MD, Cedar Pharmacy; Daniel Cham, MD; Mona Alicia Chavarin, pharm tech; Michael Roger Chiarottino, MD; Sawtantra Chopra, MD; Daniel George Clark, MD; Albert Daher, PharmD; Toni Daniels, MD; George David, MD; Anush Davtyan, MD; Julio Gabriel Diaz, MD; John Dimowo, MD; Emanuel Vincnt Dozier, MD; Reza Ray Ehsan, MD; James W. Eisenberg, MD; Amir Friedman, MD; Madhu Garg, MD; Jagenhauel Gillespie, owner; Frank Gilman, MD; Janrdhan Grandhe, MD; Narinder S. Grewal, MD; Nuritsa Grigoryan; Gabriel Hernandez, PA; Raif Wadie Iskander, PA; Carol Jessop, MD; Kenneth Wayne Johnson, MD; Berry Kabov, PharmD; Dalibor Kabov, PharmD; Roger Kasendorf, DO; Thomas M. Keller, MD; Edmund Kemprud, MD; John Michael Korzelius, MD; David Lague, PA; Ana Leblanc, employee; Alvaero Liceaga, MD; Christopher Henry Lister, PA; Raphael Tomas Malikian, MD; Steven Mangar, MD; Gary Martinovsky, MD; Jasna Mrdjen, MD; Timothy Mulligan, MD; Conrad Murray, MD; Kaitlyn Phuong Nguyen, PA; Ifeanyi Vincent Ntukogu, PharmD; Diane Nunez, office manager; Lenele Maria Nunez, office manager; Manasseh Nwaigwe, MD; Mahyar Okhovat, MD; Jeffrey D. Olsen, MD; Sonny Oparah, MD; Artak Ovsepian, Lianna Ovsepian; Christopher Dean Owens, MD; Arash Padidar, MD; Robert Tinoco Perez, MD; Dzung Ahn Pham, DO; Saloumeh Rahbarvafaei, NP; Raisa Rikoshinsky; Mike Retsilloh, Ronald David Richmond, MD; Edward Ridgill, MD; Katarzyna Rygiel, MD; Egisto Salerno, MD; Adam B. Sherman, DO; Donald Siao, MD; Victor Boon Hua Siew, MD; Michael A. Simental, MD; David James Smith; Wendell Mark Street, MD; Andrew Sun, MD, Forest Tennant, MD; Naga Raja Thota, MD; Pauline Tilton, PharmD; Wayne Stewart True, MD; Hsiuy-Ying Tseng, DO; William Joseph Watson, DO; James Gregory White, MD; Paul W. Willis, DO; Mark Anthony Wimbley, MD; Paul D. Woodward, MD; Charles Yang, MD; Alvin Mingczech Yee, MD
As part of the DOJ, you know that they work now on a “Do whatever works to win” agenda, including illegal misconduct such as creating a crime that doesn’t exist, forced perjury, withholding exculpatory evidence, and actual law-breaking. You were probably even part of that as the Attorney General. After all, it got you the Senate seat. But this immoral, undemocratic behavior must end. And if it continues, there must be repercussions. To that end, you should add to your platform the removal of actual or implied immunity from government officials who break the law.
Reasons for ending the War on Drugs can be found here: https://www.doctorsofcourage.org/Why End The War on Drugs. If you need more information, don’t hesitate to contact Linda Cheek, MD, founder of doctorsofcourage.org, and a victim of illegal government misconduct.
We must rid America of the hate and partisanship!
Communicate with Democratic Candidates
Copy any of the communications in the toggles below and send to all of the democratic candidates, especially those in battleground states. Try to keep the same message as part of the communication campaign, but feel free to personalize. If you have a letter you would like to add to the collection, please send it to me through the Contact Us page.
When going to the Facebook pages for legislators, look for a post from our constituents, and then add your comments.
For the general list of representatives after the election, I share this information with those who join our membership and support us. But because this election is so important for the future of America, I am sharing this information with everyone. So be sure and let your contacts know about it.
This is not politically based. Our country’s future is at stake.
Senators not running for reelection:
Arizona: Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)
California: Dianne Feinstein (Dem)
California: Laphonza Butler (Dem)
Delaware: Tom Carper (Dem)
Indiana: Mike Braun (Rep)
Maryland: Ben Cardin (Dem)
Michigan: Debbie Stabenow (Dem)
Nebraska: Ben Sasse (Rep)
New Jersey: Bob Menendez (Dem)
Utah: Mitt Romney (Rep)
West Virginia: Joe Manchin (Independent)
Congressmen running for Senate:
Arizona 03: Ruben Gallego (Dem)
California 12: Barbara Lee (Dem)
California 30: Adam Schiff (Dem)
California 47: Katie Porter (Dem)
Delaware: Lisa Blunt Rochester (Dem)
Indiana 03: Jim Banks (Rep)
Maryland 06: David Trone (Dem)
Michigan 07: Elissa Slotkin (Dem)
New Mersey 03: Andy Kim (Dem)
Texas 32: Colin Allred (Dem)
Utah 03: John Curtis (Rep)
West Virginia 02: Alex Mooney (Rep)
Battleground Senate Races:
Arizona Lean Dem
Florida Likely Rep
Maryland Likely Dem
Michigan Lean Dem
Montana Toss-up
Nevada Lean Dem
Ohio Toss-up
Pennsylvania Lean Dem
Texas Likely Rep
Wisconsin Lean Dem
Senate Races:
Bold is incumbent. 9 seats are open. 13 seats are contested.
Arizona: Kari Lake (R) vs Ruben Gallego (D- former House)
California: Steve Garvey (R) vs Adam Schiff (D-former House)
Connecticut: Christopher Murphy (D) vs Matthew Corey (R)
Delaware: Eric Hansen (R) vs Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-former House) vs Michael Katz (I
Florida: Rick Scott (R) vs Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (Dem, House 2019-2021) vs. Feena Bonoan (Libertarian) vs Ben Everidge, Howard Knepper, Tuan Nguyen (no party affiliation)
Hawaii: Mazie K. Hirono (D) vs Bob McDermott (R) vs Emma Pohlman (G) vs Shelby Billionaire (We the People)
Indiana: Jim Banks (R-former House) vs Valerie McCray (D)
Maine: Angus King (I) vs Demi Kouzounas (R) vs David Costello (D) vs Jason Cherry (I)
Maryland: Larry Hogan (R) vs Angela Alsobrooks (D) vs Mike Scott (Lib)
Massachusetts: Elizabeth Warren (D) vs
Michigan: Mike Rogers (R) vs Elissa Slotkin (D-former House) vs Douglas Marsh (G) vs Joseph Solis-Mullen (Lib) vs Doug Dern (Natural Law Party) vs Dave Stein (U.S. Taxpayers Party)
Minnesota: Amy Klobuchar (D) vs Royce White (R) vs Joyce Lacey (Independence) vs Rebecca Whiting (Lib)
Mississippi: Roger Wicker (R) vs Ty Pinkins (D)
Missouri: Josh Hawley (R) vs Lucas Kunce (D) vs W. C. Young (Lib)
Montana: Jon Tester (D) vs Tim Sheehy (R) vs Michael Downey (G) vs Sid Daoud (Lib)
Nebraska: Deb Fischer (R) vs Dan Osborn (I)
Nevada: Jacky Rosen (D) vs Sam Brown (R) vs Janine Hansen (I) vs Chris Cunningham (Lib) vs Joseph Destin, Chris Mazlo, Allen Rheinhart, Ed Uehling (no political party
New Jersey: Curtis Bashaw (R) vs Andrew Kim (D)
New Mexico: Martin Heinrich (D) vs Nella Domenici (R)
New York: Kirsten Gillibrand (D) vs Mike Sapraicone (R) vs Emily Yuexin Miller (Amer Independent) vs Jonathan Ramos (I) vs Diane Sare (LaRouche)
North Dakota: Kevin Cramer (R) vs Katrina Christiansen (D) vs Kristin Hedger (I)
Ohio: Sherrod Brown (D) vs Bernie Moreno (R)
Pennsylvania: Bob Casey Jr (D) vs David McCormick (R) vs Erik Messina (American Solidarity) vs Marty Selker (Constitution) vs Leila Hazou (G) vs Hussein Tartour-Aguirre (I) vs John Thomas (Lib)
Rhode Island: Sheldon Whitehouse (D) vs
Tennessee: Marsha Blackburn (R) vs Gloria Johnson (D) vs Tharon Chandler (I) vs Hastina Robinson (I)
Texas: Ted Cruz (R) vs Colin Allred (D-former House) vs Ted Brown (Lib)
Utah: John Curtis (R-former House) vs Caroline Gleich (D) vs Carlton Bowen (I)
Vermont: Bernie Sanders (D) vs Gerald Malloy (R)
Virginia: Tim Kaine (D) vs Hung Cao (R)
Washington: Maria Cantwell (D) vs Raul Garcia (R)
West Virginia: Jim Justice (R) vs Glenn Elliott (D) vs David Moran (Lib)
Wisconsin: Tammy Baldwin (D) vs Eric Hovde (R) vs Thomas Leager (America First) vs Phillip Anderson (Disrupt the Corruption)
Wyoming: John Barrasso (R) vs Scott Morrow (D)
House Races:
Bold/underlined is incumbent.
Alabama - California
Alabama 01: Barry Moore (R) vs Tom Holmes (D)
Alabama 02: Caroleene Dobson (R) vs Shomari Figures (D)
Alabama 03: Mike Rogers (R)
Alabama 04: Robert Aderholt (R)
Alabama 05: Dale Strong (R)
Alabama 06: Gary Palmer (R) vs Elizabeth Anderson (D) vs Kevin Stewart (I)
Alabama 07: Terri Sewell (D) vs Robin Litaker (R)
Alaska: Mary Peltola (D) vs Rep Primary
Arizona 01: David SChweikert (R) vs Amish Shah (D)
Arizona 02: Eli Crane (R) vs Jonathan Nez (D)
Arizona 03: Jeffrey Zink (R) vs Yassamin Ansari (D) vs Alan Aversa (G)
Arizona 04: Greg Stanton (D) vs Kelly Cooper (R) vs Vincent Beck-Jones (G)
Arizona 05: Andy Biggs (R) vs Katrina Schaffner (D)
Arizona 06: Juan Ciscomani (R) vs Kirsten Engel (D) vs Athena Eastwood (G)
Arizona 07: Raul Grijalva (D) vs Daniel Butierez (R)
Arizona 08: Abraham Hamadeh (R) vs Gregory Whitten (D)
Arizona 09: Paul Gosar (R) vs Quacy Smith (D)
Arkansas 01: Rick Crawford (R) vs Rodney Govens (D) vs Steven Gene Parsons (Lib)
Arkansas 02: French Hill (R) vs Marcus Jones (D)
Arkansas 03: Steve Womack (R) vs Caitlin Draper Mattelin (D) vs Bobby Wilson (Lib)
California 01: Doug LaMalfa (R) vs Rose Penelope Yee
California 02: Jared Huffman (D) vs Chris Coulombe
California 03: Kevin Kiley (R) vs Jessica Morse (D)
California 04: Mike Thompson (D) vs John Munn (R)
California 05: Tom McClintock (R) vs Mike Barkley (D)
California 06: Ami Bera (D) vs Christine Bish (R)
California 07: Doris Matsui (D) vs Tom Silva (R)
California 08: John Garamendi (D) vs Rudy Recile (R)
California 09: Josh Harder (D) vs Kevin Lincoln II (R)
California 10: Mark DeSaulnier (D) vs Katherine Piccinini (R)
California 11: Nancy Pelosi (D) vs Bruce Lou (R)
California 12: Lateefah Simon (D) vs Jennifer Tran (D)
California 13: John Duarte (R) vs Adam Gray (D)
California 14: Eric Swalwell (D) vs Vin Kruttiventi (R)
California 15: Kevin Mullin (D) vs Anna Cheng Kramer (R)
California 16: Sam Liccardo (D) vs Evan Low (D)
California 17: Ro Khanna (D) vs Anita Chen (R)
California 18: Zoe Lofgren (D) vs Peter Hernandez (R)
California 19: Jimmy Panetta (D) vs Jason Anderson (R)
California 20: Vince Fong (R)
California 21: Jim Costa (D) vs Michael Maher (R)
California 22: David Valadao (R) vs Rudy Salas (D)
California 23: Jay Obernolte (R) vs Derek Marshall (D)
California 24: Salud Carbajal (D) vs Thomas Cole (R)
California 25: Raul Ruiz (D) vs Ian Weeks (R)
California 26: Julia Brownley (D) vs Michael Koslow (R)
California 27: Mike Garcia (R) vs George Whitesides (D)
California 28: Judy Chu (D) vs April Verlato (R)
California 29: Benito Bernal (R) vs Luz Maria Rivas
California 30: Alex Balekian (R) vs Laura Friedman (D)
California 31: Daniel Martinez (R) vs Gil Cisneros (D)
California 32: Brad Sherman (D) vs Larry Thompson (R)
California 33: Pete Aguilar (D) vs Tom Herman
California 34: Jimmy Gomez (D) vs David Kim (D)
California 35: Norma Torres (D) vs Mike Cargile (R)
California 36: Ted Lieu (D) vs Melissa Toomim (R)
California 37: Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D) vs Juan Rey (No party)
California 38 Linda Sanchez (D) vs Eric Ching
California 39: Mark Takano (D) vs David Serpa (R)
California 40: Young Kim (R) vs Joe Kerr (D)
California 41: Ken Calvert (R) vs Will Rollins (D)
California 42: Robert Garcia (D) vs John Briscoe (R)
California 43: Maxine Waters (D) vs Steve Williams (R)
California 44: Nanette Barragan (D) vs Roger Groh (R)
California 45: Michelle Steel (R) vs Derek Tran (D)
California 46: Lou Correa (D) vs David Pan (R)
California 47: Scott Baugh (R) vs Dave Min (D)
California 48: Darrell Issa (R) vs Stephen Houlahan (D)
California 49: Mike Levin (D) vs Matt Gunderson (R)
California 50: Scott Peters (D) vs Peter Bono (R)
California 51: Sara Jacobs (D) vs Bill Wells (R)
California 52: Juan Vargas (D) vs Justin Lee (R)
Colorado - Georgia
Colorado 01: Diana DeGette (D) vs Valdamar Archuleta (R) vs Morton Brooks (Approval Voting Party) vs Dom Waters (Unity Party) vs Critter Milton (Unity Party of CO)
Colorado 02: Joe Neguse (D) vs Marshal Dawson (R) vs Jan Kok (Approval Voting Party) vs Gaylon Kent (Lib)
Colorado 03: Jeff Hurd (R) vs Adam Frisch (D) vs Frank Hernandez (I) vs James Wiley (Lib) vs Gary Swing (Unity Party) vs Adam Withrow (Unity Party of CO)
Colorado 04: Lauren Boebert (R) vs Trisha Calvarese (D) vs Frank Atwood (Approval Voting Party) vs Hannah Goodman (Lib) vs Douglas Mangeris (Lib) vs Paul Fiorino (Unity Party of CO)
Colorado 05: Jeff Crank (R) vs River Gassen (D) vs Michael Vance (Lib) vs Christopher Sweat (CO Forward Party) vs Christopher Mitchell (Constitutional Party) vs Joseph O. Gaye (I) vs Katrina Nguyen (I) vs Calil Yarbrough ( No Party Affiliation)
Colorado 06: Jason Crow (D) vs John Fabbricatore (R) vs John Kittleson (Lib) vs Travis Nicks (Approval Voting Party)
Colorado 07: Brittany Pettersen (D) vs Sergei Matveyuk (R) vs Patrick Bohan (Lib) vs Morgan Law (I) vs Ron Tupa (I)
Colorado 08: Yadira Caraveo (D) vs Gabe Evans (R) vs Eric Joss (Lib) vs Chris Baum (Approval Voting Party) vs Matthew Payette (No Party Affiliation) vs Larry Johnson (No party preference) vs Susan Hall (Unity Party of CO
Connecticut 01: John Larson (D) vs Jim Griffin (R)
Connecticut 02: Joe Courtney (D) vs Mike France (R)
Connecticut 03: Rosa L. DeLauro (D) vs Michael Massey (R)
Connecticut 04: Jim Himes (D) vs Michael Goldstein (R) vs Jaden Skudlarek (I)
Connecticut 05: Jahana Hayes (D) vs George Logan (R)
Delaware:
District of Columbia: Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) vs Myrtle Alexander (R) vs Kymone Freeman (G)
Florida 01: Matt Gaetz (R) vs Gay Valimont (D)
Florida 02: Neal Dunn (R) vs Meghann Hovey (D)
Florida 03: Kat Cammack (R) vs Tom Wells (D)
Florida 04: Aaron Bean (R) vs LaShonda Holloway (D)
Florida 05: John Rutherford (R) vs Jay McGovern (D)
Florida 06: Michael Waltz (R) vs James Stockton (D)
Florida 07: Cory Mills (R) vs Jennifer Adams (D)
Florida 08: Mike Haridopolos (R) vs Sandy Kennedy (D)
Florida 09: Darren Soto (D) vs Thomas Chalifoux (R) vs Marcus Carter (No Party Affiliation)
Florida 10: Maxwell Frost (D) vs Willie Montague (R)
Florida 11: Daniel Webster (R) vs Barbie Harden Hall (D)
Florida 12: Gus Bilirakis (R) vs Rock Aboujaoude Jr. (D)
Florida 13: Anna Paulina Luna (R) vs Whitney Fox (D)
Florida 14: Kathy Castor (D) vs Robert Rochford (R) vs Nathaniel Snyder (Lib) vs Christopher Bradley (No Party Affiliation)
Florida 15: Laurel Lee (R) vs Pat Kemp (D)
Florida 16: Vern Buchanan (R) vs Jan Schneider (D)
Florida 17: Greg Steube (R) vs Manny Lopez (D)
Florida 18: Scott Franklin (R) vs Andrea Doria Kale (D)
Florida 19: Byron Donalds (R) vs Kari Lerner (D)
Florida 20: Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D)
Florida 21: Brian Mast (R) vs Thomas Witkop (D)
Florida 22: Lois Frankel (D) vs Dan Franzese (R)
Florida 23: Jared Evan Moskowitz (D) vs Joe Kaufman (R)
Florida 24: Frederica Wilson (D) vs Jesus G. Navarro
Florida 25: Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) vs Christopher Eddy (R)
Florida 26: Mario Diaz-Balart (R) vs Joey David Atkins (D)
Florida 27: Maria Elvira Salazar (R) vs Lucia Baez-Geller (D)
Florida 28: Carlos Gimenez (R) vs Phil Ehr (D)
Georgia 01: Earl Carter (R) vs Patti Hewit (D) vs Nicholas Brookins (G) vs Joyce Marie Griggs (I)
Georgia 02: Sanford Bishop Jr (D) vs A Wayne Johnson (R) vs Colleen Massy (I) vs David Gregors (Lib)
Georgia 03: Brian Jack (R) vs Maura Keller (D) vs George Cantrell (I)
Georgia 04: Hank Johnson (D) vs Eugene Yu (R) vs Ansel Postell (I)
Georgia 05: Nikema Williams (D) vs John Salvesen (R)
Georgia 06: Lucy McBath (D) vs Jeff Criswell (R)
Georgia 07: Rich McCormick (R) vs Bob Christian (D) vs Charles King
Georgia 08: Austin Scott (R) vs Darrius Butler (D)
Georgia 09: Andrew Clyde (R) vs Tambrei Cash (D)
Georgia10: Mike Collins (R) vs Lexy Doherty (D)
Georgia 11: Barry Loudermilk (R) vs Katy Stamper (D)
Georgia 12: Rick Allen (R) vs Liz Johnson (D)
Georgia 13: David Scott (D) vs Jonathan Chavez (R)
Georgia 14: Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) vs Shawn Harris (D)
Hawaii - Maine
Hawaii 01: Ed Case (D) vs Patrick Largey (R)
Hawaii 02: Jill Tokuda (D) vs Steven Bond (R)
Idaho 01: Russ Fulcher (R) vs Brendan Gomez (Constitution Party) vs Kaylee Peterson (D) vs Matt Loesby (Lib)
Idaho 02: Michael Simpson (R) vs Idaho Law (Constitution Party) vs David Roth (D) vs Todd Corsetti (Lib)
Illinois 01: Jonathan Jackson (D) vs Marcus Lewis (R)
Illinois 02: Robin Kelly (D) vs Ashley Ramos (R)
Illinois 03: Delia Ramirez (D) vs John Booras (R) vs Angel Oakley (I)
Illinois 04: Jesus Garcia (D) vs Lupe Castillo (R) vs Ed Hershey (Working Class Party)
Illinois 05: Mike Quigley (D) vs Tom Hanson (R)
Illinois 06: Sean Casten (D) vs Niki Conforti (R)
Illinois 07: Danny K. Davis (D) vs Chad Koppie (R)
Illinois 08: Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) vs Mark Rice (R) vs Jorge Briseno (I)
Illinois 09: Jan Schakowsky (D) vs Seth Cohen (R)
Illinois 10: Brad Schneider (D) vs Jim Carris (R) vs Joseph Severino (I)
Illinois 11: Bill Foster (D) vs Jerry Evans (R)
Illinois 12: Mike Bost (R) vs Brian Roberts (D)
Illinois 13: Nikki Budzinski (D) vs Joshua Loyd (R) vs Chibu Asonye (G)
Illinois 14: Lauren Underwood (D) vs James Marter (R)
Illinois 15: Mary Miller (R)
Illinois 16: Darin LaHood (R)
Illinois 17: Eric Sorensen (D) vs Joseph McGraw (R)
Indiana 01: Frank Mrvan (D) vs Randel Niemeyer (R) vs Dakotah Miskus (L)
Indiana 02: Rudy Yakym (R) vs Lori Camp (D) vs William Henry (L)
Indiana 03: Marlin Stutzman (R) vs Kiley Adolph (D) vs Larrad Lancaster (L)
Indiana 04: Jim Baird (R) vs Derrick Holder (D) vs Ashley Groff (L)
Indiana 05: Victoria Spartz (R) vs Deborah A. Pickett (D) vs Robby Slaughter (I) vs Lauri Shillings (L)
Indiana 06: Jefferson Shreve (R) vs Cynthia Wirth (D) vs James Sceniak (L)
Indiana 07: Andre Carson (D) vs John Schmitz (R) vs Rusty Johnson (L)
Indiana 08: Mark Messmer (R) vs Erik Hurt (D) vs K. Richard Fitzlaff (L)
Indiana 09: Erin Houchin (R) vs Timothy Peck (D) vs Russell Brooksbank (L)
Iowa 01: Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) vs Christina Bohannan (D)
Iowa 02: Ashley Hinson (R) vs Sarah Corkery (D)
Iowa 03: Zach Nunn (R) vs Lanon Baccam (D)
Iowa 04: Randy Feenstra (R) vs Ryan Melton (D)
Kansas 01: Tracey Mann (R) vs Paul Buskirk (D)
Kansas 02: Derek Schmidt (R) vs Nancy Boyda (D) vs John Hauer (L)
Kansas 03: Sharice Davids (D) vs Prasanth Reddy (R) vs Steve Roberts (L)
Kansas 04: Ron Estes (R) vs Esau Freeman (D)
Kentucky 01: James Comer Jr (R) vs Erin Marshall (D)
Kentucky 02: Brett Guthrie (R) vs Hank Linderman (D)
Kentucky 03: Morgan McGarvey (D) vs Mike Craven (R)
Kentucky 04: Thomas Massie (R)
Kentucky 05: Hal Rogers (R)
Kentucky 06: Andy Barr (R) vs Randy Cravens (D)
Louisiana 01:
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Maine 01: Chellie Pingree (D) vs Ronald C. Russell (R) vs Ethan Alcorn (I)
Maine 02: Jared Golden (D) vs Austin Theriault (R)
Maryland - Montana
Maryland 01: Andrew Harris (R) vs Blane Miller III vs Joshua O’Brien (L)
Maryland 02: Kim Klacik (R) vs John Olszewski Jr vs Jasen Wunder (L)
Maryland 03: Rob Steinberger (R) vs Sarah Elfreth (D) vs Miguel Barajas (L)
Maryland 04: Glenn Ivey (D) vs George McDermott (R)
Maryland 05: Steny Hoyer (D) vs Michelle Talkington (R)
Maryland 06: Neil Parrott (R) vs April McClain-Delaney (D) vs Moshe Landman (G)
Maryland 07: Kweise Mfume (D) vs Scott Collier (R) vs Ronald Owens-Bey (L)
Massachusetts 01: Richard Neal (D) vs Anthony Celata (No Party Affiliation)
Massachusetts 02: Jim McGovern (D)
Massachusetts 03: Lori Trahan (D)
Massachusetts 04: Jake Auchincloss (D)
Massachusetts 05: Katherine Clark (D)
Massachusetts 06: Seth Moulton (D)
Massachusetts 07: Ayanna Pressley (D)
Massachusetts 08: Stephen Lynch (D)
Massachusetts 09: Bill Keating (D) vs Dan Sullivan (R)
Michigan 01: Jack Bergman (R) vs Callie Barr (D) vs Andrew Gale (L) vs Liz Hakola (Working Class Party)
Michigan 02: John Moolenaar (R) vs Michael Lynch (D) vs Ben DeJong (L) vs Scott Adams (U.S. Taxpayers Party)
Michigan 03: Hillary Scholten (D) vs Paul Hudson (R) vs Alexander Avery (L) vs Louis Palus (Working Class Party)
Michigan 04: Bill Huizenga (R) vs Jessica Swartz (D) vs Curtis Clark (U.S. Taxpayers Party)
Michigan 05: Tim Walberg (R) vs Libbi Urban (D) vs James Bronke (G)
Michigan 06: Debbie Dingell (D) vs Heather Smiley (R) vs Clyde Shabazz (G) vs Bill Krebaum (L)
Michigan 07: Tom Barrett (R) vs Curtis Hertel (D) vs Leah Dailey (L)
Michigan 08: Paul Junge (R) vs Kristen McDonald Rivet (D) vs Jim Casha (G) vs Steve Barcelo (L) vs James Little ( U.S. Taxpayers Party) vs Kathy Goodwin (Working Class Party)
Michigan 09: Lisa McClain (R) vs Clinton St. Mosely (D) vs Kevin Vayko (L) vs Jim Walkowicz (Working Class Party)
Michigan 10: John James (R) vs Carl Marlinga (D) vs Mike Saliba (L) vs Andrea Kirby (Working Class Party)
Michigan 11: Haley Stevens (D) vs Nick Somberg (R) vs Douglas Campbell (G)
Michigan 12: Rashida Tlaib (D) vs James Hooper (R) vs Brenda Sanders (G) vs Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)
Michigan 13: Shri Thanedar (D) vs Martell Bivings (R) vs D. Etta Wilcoxon (G) vs Christopher Clark (L) vs Christopher Dardzinski (U.S. Taxpayers Party) vs Simone Coleman (Working Class Party)
Minnesota 01: Brad Finstad (R) vs Rachel Bohman (D)
Minnesota 02: Angie Craig (D) vs Joe Teirab (R) vs Thomas Bowman (Conservative Party)
Minnesota 03: Tad Jude (R) vs Kelly Morrison (D)
Minnesota 04: Betty McCollum (D) vs May Lor Xiong (R)
Minnesota 05: Ilhan Omar (D) vs Dalia al-Aqidi (R)
Minnesota 06: Tom Emmer (R) vs Jeanne Hendricks (D)
Minnesota 07: Michelle Fischbach (R) vs A. John Peters (D)
Minnesota 08: Pete Stauber (R) vs Jennifer Schultz (D)
Mississippi 01: Trent Kelly (R) vs Dianne Black (D)
Mississippi 02: Bennie Thompson (D) vs Ronald Eller (R)
Mississippi 03: Michael Guest (R) vs Jarvis Gordan (D)
Mississippi 04: Mike Ezell (R) vs Craig Raybon (D)
Missouri 01: Andrew Jones Jr (R) vs Wesley Bell (D) vs Rochelle Riggins (L)
Missouri 02: Ann Wagner (R) vs Ray Hartmann (D) vs Brandon Daugherty (L)
Missouri 03: Bob Onder (R) vs Bethany Mann (D) vs Jordan Rowden (L)
Missouri 04: Mark Alford (R) vs Jeanette Cass (D) vs Thomas Holbrook (L) vs Alexander Heidenreich (I)
Missouri 05: Emanuel Cleaver (D) vs Sean Smith (R) vs Bill Wayne (L) vs John Bowman (I)
Missouri 06: Sam Graves (R) vs Pam May (D) vs Andy Maidment (L)
Missouri 07: Eric Burlison (R) vs Missi Hesketh (D) vs Kevin Craig (L)
Missouri 08: Jason Smith (R) vs Randi McCallian (D) vs Jake Dawson (L)
Montana 01: Ryan K Zinke (R) vs Monica Tranel (D) vs Dennis Hayes (L)
Montana 02: Troy Downing (R) vs John B. Driscoll (D)
Nebraska - New York
Nebraska 01: Mike Flood (R) vs Carol Blood (D)
Nebraska 02: Don Bacon (R) vs Tony Vargas (D)
Nebraska 03: Adrian Smith (R) vs Daniel Ebers (D)
Nevada 01: Dina Titus (D) vs Mark Robertson (R) vs Bill Hoge (Independent American Party) vs David Havlicek (L) vs Gabriel Cornejo (No Political Party) vs David Goossen (No Political Party) vs Ron Quince (No Political Party) vs Victor Willert (No Political Party)
Nevada 02: Mark Amodei (R) vs Lynn Chapman (Independent American Party) vs Javi Tachiquin (L) vs Greg Kidd (No Political Party)
Nevada 03: Susie Lee (D) vs Drew Johnson (R)
Nevada 04: Steven Horsford (D) vs John J Lee (R) vs Russell Best (Independent American Party vs Timothy Ferreira (L)
New Hampshire 01:
New Hampshire 02:
New Jersey 01: Donald Norcross (D) vs Theodore Liddell (R) vs Robin Brownfield (G) vs Austin Johnson (I)
New Jersey 02: Jeff Van Drew (R) vs Joe Salerno (D) vs Thomas Cannavo (G)
New Jersey 03: Rajesh Mohan (R) vs Herbert C. Conaway Jr (D) vs Steven Welzer (G) vs Justin Barbera (Join the Revolution Party) vs Chris Russomanno (L) vs Douglas Wynn (Why Not Wynn Party)
New Jersey 04: Chris Smith (R) vs Matthew Jenkins (D) vs Barry Bendar (G) vs John Morrison (L)
New Jersey 05: Josh Gottheimer (D) vs Mary Jo Guinchard (R) vs Beau Forte (G) vs James Tosone (L) vs Aamir Arif (Peace Freedom Liberty Party)
New Jersey 06: Frank Pallone Jr (D) vs Scott Fegler (R) vs Fahad Akhtar (Common Sense Independent Party vs Herb Tarbous (G) vs Matthew Amitrano (L)
New Jersey 07: Thomas Kean Jr (R) vs Susan Altman (D) vs Andrew Black (G) vs Lana Lequia (L)
New Jersey 08: Robert Menendez Jr (D) vs Anthony Valdes (R) vs Christian Robbins (G) vs Pablo Olivera (Labour Party) vs Lea Sherman (Socialist Workers Party)
New Jersey 09: Bill Pascrell (D) vs Billy Prempeh (R) vs Benjamin Taylor (G) vs Bruno Pereira (L)
New Jersey 10: Carmen Bucco (R) vs LaMonica McIver (D) vs Jon Srrano (G) vs Michelle Middleton (All of Us! Party) vs Cynthis Johnson (CRC 2024 Party) vs Donna Weiss (Social Activist Party)
New Jersey 11: Mikie Sherrill (D) vs Joseph Belnome (R) vs Lily Benavides (G) vs Joshua Lanzara (Truth Freedom Prosperity Party
New Jersey 12: Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) vs Darius Mayfield (R) vs Kim Meudt (G) vs Vic Kaplan (L)
New Mexico 01: Melany Ann Stansbury (D) vs Steve Jones (R)
New Mexico 02: Gabriel Vasquez (D) vs Yvette Herrell (R)
New Mexico 03: Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) vs Sharon E. Clahchischilliage (R)
New York 01: Nicholas J. LaLota (R) vs John Avlon (D) vs Patrick Denman (I) vs Ryan Kalata (I) vs Jarrett Matthews (I)
New York 02: Andrew Garbarino (R) vs Rob Lubin (D)
New York 03: Tom Suozzi (D) vs Michael LiPetri Jr (R) vs Matthew Nappo (I) vs Jacob Soto (I)
New York 04: Anthony D’Esposito (R) vs Laura Gillen (D)
New York 05: Gregory W. Meeks (D) vs Paul King (R) vs Khalif Havens (No Party Affiliation
New York 06: Grace Meng (D) vs Thomas Zmich (R) vs Joseph Chou (Truth Party)
New York 07: Nydia Velazquez (D) vs William Kregler (R)
New York 08: Hakeem Jeffries (D) vs John Delaney (R)
New York 09: Yvette D. Clarke (D) vs Menachem Raitport (R) vs Joel Anabilah-Azumah (I)
New York 10: Daniel Goldman (D) vs Alexander Dodenhoff (R) vs Paul Briscoe (Conservative Party)
New York 11: Nicol Malliotakis (R) vs Andrea Morse (D)
New York 12: Jerrold Nadler (D) vs Mike Zumbluskas (R)
New York 13: Adriano Espaillat (D) vs Ruben D. Vargas (R)
New York 14: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) vs Tina Forte (R)
New York 15: Ritchie Torres (D) vs Gonzalo Duran (R) vs Jose Vega (LaRouche Party)
New York 16: Miriam Flisser (R) vs George Latimer (D)
New York 17: Michael Lawler (R) vs Mondaire Jones (D) vs Anthony Frascone (Working Families Party
New York 18: Pat Ryan (D) vs Alison Esposito (R)
New York 19: Marus Molinaro (R) vs Josh Riley (D)
New York 20: Paul Tonko (D) vs Kevin Waltz (R)
New York 21: Elise Stefanik (R) vs Paula Collins (D) vs Scott Phillip Lewis (I)
New York 22: Brandon Williams (R) vs John Mannion (D) vs Christopher Gowett (I)
New York 23: Nick Langworthy (R) vs Thomas Carle (D)
New York 24: Claudia Tenney (R) vs David Wagenhauser (D)
New York 25: Joseph Morelle (D) vs Gregg Sadwick (R) vs Luther Layne (L)
New York 26: Timothy M. Kennedy (D) vs Anthony Marecki (R)
North Carolina - Pennsylvania
North Carolina 01: Donald Davis (D) vs Laurie Buckhout (R) vs Tom Bailey (L)
North Carolina 02: Deborah Ross (D) vs Alan Swain (R) vs Michael Dublin (G)
North Carolina 03: Gregory Murphy (D) vs Gheorghe Cormose (L)
North Carolina 04: Valerie Foushee (D) vs Eric Blankenburg (R) vs Guy Meilleur (L)
North Carolina 05: Virginia Foxx (R) vs Chuck Hubbard (D)
North Carolina 06: Addison McDowell (R) vs Kevin E. Hayes (Constitution Party)
North Carolina 07: David Rouzer (R) vs Marlando Pridgen
North Carolina 08: Mark Harris (R) vs Justin Dues (D)
North Carolina 09: Richard Hudson (R) vs Nigel Bristow (D) vs Shelane Etchison (I)
North Carolina 10: Pat Harrigan (R) vs Ralph Scott Jr (D) vs Todd Helm (Constitution Party) vs Steven Feldman (L)
North Carolina 11: Chuck Edwards (R) vs Caleb Rudow (D)
North Carolina 12: Alma Adams (D) vs Addul Ali (R)
North Carolina 13: Brad Knott (R) vs Frank Pierce (D)
North Carolina 14: Timothy K. Moore (R) vs Pamela Genant (D)
North Dakota A-L: Julie Fedorchak (R) vs Trygve Hammer (D)
Ohio 01: Greg Landsman (D) vs Orlando Sonza (R)
Ohio 02: David Taylor (R) vs Samantha Meadows (D)
Ohio 03: Joyce Beatty (D) vs Michael Young (R)
Ohio 04: Jim Jordan (R) vs Tamie Wilson (D)
Ohio 05: Bob Latta (R) vs Keith Mundy (D)
Ohio 06: Michael Rulli (R) vs Michael Kripchak (D) vs William Farms (I)
Ohio 07: Max Miller (R) vs Matthew Diemer (D) vs Dennis J. Kucinich (I)
Ohio 08: Warren Davidson (R) vs Vanessa Enoch (D)
Ohio 09: Marcy Kaptur (D) vs Derek Merrin (R)
Ohio 10: Michael Turner (R) vs Amy Cox (D) vs Michael Harbaugh (I)
Ohio 11: Shontel Brown (D) vs Alan Rapoport (R) vsSean Freeman (I) vs Tony Evans (I)
Ohio 12: Troy Balderson (R) vs Jerrad Christian (D)
Ohio 13: Emilia Sykes (D) vs Kevin Coughlin (R) vs Liam Walker (George Wallace Party)
Ohio 14: David Joyce (R) vs Brian Kenderes (D)
Ohio 15: Mike Carey (R) vs Adam Miller (D)
Oklahoma 01: Kevin Hern (R) vs Dennis Baker (D) vs Mark Sanders (I)
Oklahoma 02: Josh Brecheen (R) vs Brandon Wade (D) vs Ronnie Hopkins (I)
Oklahoma 03: Frank Lucas (R)
Oklahoma 04: Tom Cole (R) vs Mary Brannon (D) vs James Stacy (I)
Oklahoma 05: Stephanie Bice (R) vs Madison Horn (D)
Oregon 01: Suzanne Bonamici (D) vs Bob Todd (R) vs Joseph Christman (L)
Oregon 02: Cliff Bentz (R) vs Dan Ruby (D)
Oregon 03: Joanna Harbour (R) vs Maxine Dexter (D) vs David Frosch (Constitution Party)
Oregon 04: Val Hoyle (D) vs Monique DeSpain (R)
Oregon 05: Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R) vs Janelle Bynum (D) vs Sonja Feintech (L) vs Andrew Aasen (No Party Affiliation)
Oregon 06: Andrea Salinas (D) vs Mike Erickson (R)
Pennsylvania 01: Brian Fitzpatrick (R) vs Ashley Ehasz (D)
Pennsylvania 02: Brendan Boyle (D) vs Aaron Bashir (R)
Pennsylvania 03: Dwight Evans (D)
Pennsylvania 04: Madeleine Dean (D) vs David Winkler (R) vs Chuck Keller (I)
Pennsylvania 05: Mary Gay Scanlon (D) vs Alfe Goodwin (R)
Pennsylvania 06: Chrissy Houlahan (D) vs Neil Young (R)
Pennsylvania 07: Susan Wild (D) vs Ryan Mackensie (R) vs Lewis Shupe (I)
Pennsylvania 08: Matt Cartwright (D) vs Rob Bresnahan Jr (R)
Pennsylvania 09: Dan Meuser (R) vs Amanda Waldman (D)
Pennsylvania 10: Scott Perry (R) vs Janelle Stelson (D) vs John Henry Newman (R)
Pennsylvania 11: Lloyd Smucker (R) vs Jim Atkinson (D)
Pennsylvania 12: Summer Lee (D) vs James Hayes (R)
Pennsylvania 13: John Joyce (R) vs Beth Farnham (D)
Pennsylvania 14: Guy Reschenthaler (R) vs Chris Dziados (D) vs Adam Halfhill (Independence Party)
Pennsylvania 15: Glenn Thompson (R) vs Zach Womer (D)
Pennsylvania 16: Mike Kelly (R) vs Preston Nouri (D)
Pennsylvania 17: Chris Deluzio (D) vs Rob Mercuri (R) vs Clayton Cuteri (American Congress Party)
Rhode Island - Texas
Rhode Island 01:
Rhode Island 02:
South Carolina 01: Nancy Mace (R) vs Michael B. Moore (D)
South Carolina 02: Joe Wilson (R) vs David Robinson II (D)
South Carolina 03: Sheri Biggs (R) vs Bryon Best (D) vs Michael Bedenbaugh (Alliance Party)
South Carolina 04: William Timmons (R) vs Kathryn Harvey (D) vs Mark Hackett (Constitution Party)
South Carolina 05: Ralph Norman (R) vs Evangeline Hundley (D) vs Elizabeth Tedder (I)
South Carolina 06: James Clyburn (D) vs Duke Buckner (R) vs Joseph Oddo (Alliance Party) vs Michael Simpson (L) vs Gregg Marcel Dixon (United Citizens Party) vs Justin Ginn (I)
South Carolina 07: Russell Fry (R) vs Mal Hyman (D)
South Dakota A-L: Dusty Johnson (R) vs Sheryl Johnson (D)
Tennessee 01: Diana Harshbarger (R) vs Kevin Jenkins (D) vs Richard Baker (I) vs Levi Brake (I)
Tennessee 02: Tim Burchett (R) vs Jane George (D)
Tennessee 03: Charles J. Fleischmann (R) vs Jack Allen (D) vs Jean Howard-Hill (I) vs Stephen King (I)
Tennessee 04: Scott DesJarlais (R) vs Victoria Broderick (D) vs Earnest Ensley (I) vs Keith Nolan (I)
Tennessee 05: Andy Ogles (R) vs Maryam Abolfazli (D) vs Yomi Faparusi (I) vs Jim Larkin (I) vs Bob Titley (I)
Tennessee 06: John Rose (R) vs Lore Bergman (D)
Tennessee 07: Mark Green (R) vs Megan Barry (D) vs Shaun Greene (I)
Tennessee 08: David Kustoff (R) vs Sarah Freeman (D) vs James Hart (I)
Tennessee 09: Steve Cohen (D) vs Charlotte Bergmann (R) vs Dennis Clark (I) vs Wendell Wells (I)
Texas 01: Nathaniel Moran (R)
Texas 02: Daniel Crenshaw (R) vs Peter Filler (D) vs Chuck Benton (L)
Texas 03: Keith Self (R) vs Sandeep Srivastava vs Christopehr Claytor (L)
Texas 04: Pat Fallon (R) vs Simon Cardell (D) vs Mark Boler (L)
Texas 05: Lance Gooden (R) vs Ruth Torres (D) vs Antonio Rodriguez (I)
Texas 06: Jake Ellzey (R) vs John Love III (D)
Texas 07: Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (D) vs Caroline Kane (R)
Texas 08: Morgan Luttrell (R) vs Laura Jones (D)
Texas 09: Al Green (D)
Texas 10: Michael McCaul (R) vs Theresa Boisseau vs Bill Kelsey (L) vs Stefan Medley (I)
Texas 11: August Pfluger (R) vs Wacey Alpha Cody (L)
Texas 12: Craig Goldman (R) vs Trey Hunt (D)
Texas 13: Ronny L. Jackson (R) vs Mike Kolls (L)
Texas 14: Randy Weber (R) vs Rhonda Hart (D)
Texas 15: Monica De La Cruz (R) vs Michelle Vallejo (D) vs Arthur DiBianca (L)
Texas 16: Veronica Escobar (D) vs Irene Armendariz-Jackson
Texas 17: Pete Sessions (R) vs Mark Lorenzen (D) vs Clyde Garland (L)
Texas 18: Lana Centonze (R) vs Sylvester Turner (D) vs Ed Atkinson (Veteran’s Party)
Texas 19: Jodey Arrington (R) vs Nathan Lewis (I) vs Bernard Johnson (L)
Texas 20: Joaquin Castro (D) vs Pat Dixon (L) vs William Hayward (I)
Texas 21: Chip Roy (R) vs Kristin Hook (D) vs Bob King (L) vs Dan McQueen (I)
Texas 22: Troy Nehls (R) vs Marquette Green-Scott (D)
Texas 23: Tony Gonzales (R) vs Santos Limon (D)
Texas 24: Beth Van Duyne (R) vs Sam Eppler (D)
Texas 25: Roger Williams (R)
Texas 26: Brandon Gill (R) vs Ernest Lineberger III (D) vs Phil Gray (L)
Texas 27: Michael Cloud (R) vs Tanya Lloyd (D) vs Eric Scott Loyd (I)
Texas 28: Henry Cuellar (D) vs Jay Furman (R) vs Bailey Cole (L)
Texas 29: Sylvia Garcia (D) vs Alan Garza (R)
Texas 30: Jasmine Crockett (D) vs Ken Ashby (L)
Texas 31: John Carter (R) vs Stuart Whitlow (D) vs Caleb Ferrell (L)
Texas 32: Darrell Day (R) vs Julie Johnson (D) vs Kevin Hale (L) vs Clayton Chapman (I)
Texas 33: Mark Veasey (D) vs Patrick Gillespie (R)
Texas 34: Vicente Gonzalez Jr (D) vs Mayra Flores (R) vs Brent Lewis (L)
Texas 35: Greg Casar (D) vs Steven Wright (R) vs Clark Patterson (L)
Texas 36: Brian Babin (R) vs Dayna Steele (D)
Texas 37: Lloyd Doggett (D) vs Jenny Garcia Sharon (R) vs Girish Altekar (L)
Texas 38: Wesley Hunt (R) vs Melissa McDonough (D) vs Chad Abbey (L)
Utah - Wyoming
Utah 01: Blake Moore (R) vs Bill Campbell (D) vs Daniel Cottam (L)
Utah 02: Celeste Maloy (R) vs Nathaniel Woodward (D) vs Cassie Easley (Constitution Party) vs Tyler Murset (Unaffiliated)
Utah 03: Mike Kennedy (R) vs Glenn Wright (D)
Utah 04: Burgess Owens (R) vs Katrina Fallick-Wang (D) vs M. Evan Bullard (Unaffiliated) vs Vaughn R. Cook (United Utah Party)
Vermont A-L: Becca Balint (D) vs Mark Coester (R) vs Jessica Diamondstone (Green Mt Peace and Justice Party of VT) vs Adam Ortiz (I)
Virginia 01: Robert J. Wittman (R) vs Leslie Mehta (D)
Virginia 02: Jennifer Kiggans (R) vs Missy Cotter Smasal (D) vs Robert Reid (I)
Virginia 03: Robert Scott (D) vs John Sitka III (R) vs Rhoda Taylor-Young (I)
Virginia 04: Jennifer McClellan (D) vs Bill Moher (R)
Virginia 05: John McGuire (R) vs Gloria Tinsley Witt (D)
Virginia 06: Benjamin Lee Cline (R) vs Ken Mitchell (D) vs Robert Wells Jr (I)
Virginia 07: Derrick Anderson (R) vs Eugene Vindman (D)
Virginia 08: Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr (D) vs Jerry Torres (R) vs Bentley Hensel (I) vs David Kennedy (I)
Virginia 09: H. Morgan Griffith (R) vs Karen Baker (D)
Virginia 10: Mike Clancy (R) vs Suhas Subramanyam (D)
Virginia 11: Gerald Edward Connolly (D) vs Michael Van Meter (R)
Washington 01: Suzan DelBene (D) vs Jeb Brewer (R)
Washington 02: Rick Larsen (D) vs Cody Hart (R-MAGA)
Washington 03: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D) vs Joe Kent (R)
Washington 04: Dan Newhouse (R) vs Jerrod Sessler (R)
Washington 05: Michael Baumgartner (R) vs Carmela Conroy (D)
Washington 06: Drew MacEwen (R) vs Emily Randall (D)
Washington 07: Pramila Jayapal (D) vs Dan Alexander (R) vs Cliff Moon (R) vs Liz Hallock (D)
Washington 08: Kim Schrier (D) vs Carmen Goers (R)
Washington 09: D. Adam Smith (D) vs Melissa Chaudhry (D)
Washington 10: Marilyn Strickand (D) vs Don Hewett (R)
West Virginia 01: Carol Miller (R) vs Chris Reed (D) vs Wes Holden (I)
West Virginia 02: Riley Moore (R) vs Steven Wendelin (D)
Wisconsin 01: Bryan Steil (R) vs Peter Barca (D) vs Chester Todd Jr (G)
Wisconsin 02: Mark Pocan (D) vs Erik Olsen (R)
Wisconsin 03: Derrick Van Orden (R) vs Rebecca Cooke (D)
Wisconsin 04: Gwen Moore (D) vs Tim Rogers (R) vs Robert Raymond (I)
Wisconsin 05: Scott Fitzgerald (R) vs Ben Steinhoff (D)
Wisconsin 06: Glenn Grothman (R) vs John Zarbano (D)
Wisconsin 07: Tom Tiffany (R) vs Kyle Kilbourn (D)
Wisconsin 08: Tony Wied (R) vs Kristin Lyerly (D)
Wyoming A-L: Harriet Hageman (R) vs Kyle Cameron (D)
Contact Information for Democratic Candidates in the House:
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Democratic Candidate Email & Website:
Alabama - Florida
State, District | Democratic Challenger Name | Email/contact | Website |
Alabama01 | Tom Holmes | https://tomholmesal.com/?page_id=23 | |
Alabama02 | Shomari Figures | ||
Arizona03 | Yassamin Ansari | yassaminforcongress.com | |
Arizona05 | Katrina Schaffner | [email protected] | katrinaforarizona.com |
Arizona06 | Kirsten Engel | [email protected] | engelforarizona.com |
Arizona08 | Gregory Whitten | [email protected] | whittenforaz.com |
Arizona09 | Quacy Smith | [email protected] | quacysmithforcongress.com |
Arkansas01 | Rodney Govens | no contact | rodneyforcongress.org |
Arkansas02 | Marcus Jones | [email protected] | marcusjonesforcongress.com |
Arkansas03 | Caitlin Draper Mattelin | [email protected] | caitlinforarkansas.com |
California01 | Rose Penelope Yee | [email protected] | roseforcongress.com |
California03 | Jessica Morse | [email protected] | morseforcongress.com |
California05 | Mike Barkley | https://mikebarkley4congress.com/ | mikebarkley4congress.com |
California12 | Lateefah Simon | [email protected] | lateefahsimon.com |
California13 | Adam Gray | adamgrayforcongress.com | |
California16 | Evan Low | evanlowforcongress.com | |
California23 | Derek Marshall | [email protected] | derekmarshallca.com |
California27 | George Whitesides | [email protected] | georgewhitesides.com |
California29 | Luz Maria Rivas | [email protected] | luzforcongress.com |
California30 | Laura Friedman | [email protected] | lauraforcongress.org |
California31 | Gil Cisneros | [email protected] | gilonthehill.com |
California40 | Joe Kerr | [email protected] | joekerrforcongress.com |
California41 | Will Rollins | [email protected] | willrollinsforcongress.com |
California45 | Derek Tran | [email protected] | derektranforcongress.com |
California47 | Dave Min | davemin.com | |
California48 | Stephen Houlahan | https://electhoulahan.com/contact-us/ | electhoulahan.com |
Colorado3 | Adam Frisch | [email protected] | https://adamforcolorado.com/ |
Colorado4 | Trisha Calvarese | [email protected] | trisha4colorado.com |
Colorado5 | River Gassen | [email protected] | riverforcolorado.com |
Florida1 | Gay Valimont | https://gayforcongress.com/contact | gayforcongress.com |
Florida2 | Yen Bailey | ||
Florida3 | Tom Wells | Tom@TomWellsForCongres | tomwellsforcongress.com |
Florida4 | LaShonda Holloway | [email protected] | hollowayforcongress.com |
Florida5 | Jay McGovern | [email protected] | jaymcgovern.com |
Florida6 | James Stockton | [email protected] | stocktonforcongress.com |
Florida7 | Jennifer Adams | [email protected] | jenniferadamsforcongress.com |
Florida8 | Sandy Kennedy | [email protected] | sandykennedyforcongress.com |
Florida11 | Barbie Harden Hall | barbieforcongress.com | |
Florida12 | Rock Aboujaoude Jr | ||
Florida13 | Whitney Fox | whitneyfoxforcongress.com | |
Florida15 | Pat Kemp | [email protected] | votepatkempforcongress.com |
Florida16 | Jan Schneider | [email protected] | votejan.com |
Florida17 | Manny Lopez | [email protected] | mannyforcongress.com |
Florida18 | Andrea Doria Kale | andreadoriakale.com | |
Florida19 | Kari Lerner | [email protected] | karilernerforflorida.com |
Florida20 | |||
Florida21 | Thomas Witkop | https://witkopforcongress.com/contact/ | witkopforcongress.com |
Florida26 | Joey David Atkins | joeyforcongress.com | |
Florida27 | Lucia Baez-Geller | luciabaezgeller.com | |
Florida28 | Phil Her | ehrforcongress.us |
Georgia - Montana
Georgia01 | Patti Hewitt | ||
Georgia03 | Maura Keller | [email protected] | maurakeller.com |
Georgia07 | Bob Christian | [email protected] | christianforga7.com |
Georgia08 | Darrius Butler | [email protected] | darriusbutler.com |
Georgia09 | Tambrei Cash | [email protected] | cash4ga.com |
Georgia10 | Lexy Doherty | [email protected] | lexydoherty.com |
Georgia11 | Katy Stamper | [email protected] | katylstamper.com |
Georgia12 | Liz Johnson | [email protected] | lizjohnsonforus.com |
Georgia14 | Shawn Harris | shawnforgeorgia.com | |
Idaho01 | Brendan Gomez | ||
Idaho02 | David Roth | rothforidaho.org | |
Illinois12 | Brian Roberts | ||
Indiana02 | Lori Camp | [email protected] | campforcongress.com |
Indiana03 | Kiley Adolph | kileyforcongress.org | |
Indiana04 | Derrick Holder | [email protected] | derrickholder.com |
Indiana05 | Deborah A. Pickett | pickettforcongress.com | |
Indiana06 | Cynthia Wirth | wirth4congress.com | |
Indiana08 | Erik Hurt | [email protected] | erikhurtforcongress.com |
Indiana09 | Timothy Peck | https://timpeckforcongress.com/contact%2Fvolunteer | timpeckforcongress.com |
Iowa01 | Christina Bohannan | [email protected] | bohannanforcongress.com |
Iowa02 | Sarah Corkery | ||
Iowa03 | Lanon Baccam | [email protected] | lanonbaccam.com |
Iowa04 | Ryan Melton | [email protected] | meltonforiowa.com |
Kansas01 | Paul Buskirk | [email protected] | buskirkforcongress.com |
Kansas02 | Nancy Boyda | boydaforcongress.com | |
Kansas04 | Esau Freeman | [email protected] | freemanforkansas.com |
Kentucky01 | Erin Marshall | [email protected] | erinforky.com |
Kentucky02 | Hank Linderman | [email protected] | hank4ky.com |
Kentucky06 | Randy Cravens | [email protected] | randycravens.com |
Maryland01 | Blane Miller III | miller4maryland.com | |
Maryland02 | John Olszewski Jr | gojohnnyo.com | |
Maryland03 | Sarah Elfreth | elfrethformaryland.com | |
Michigan01 | Callie Barr | [email protected] | callieforcongress.com |
Michigan02 | Michael Lynch | [email protected] | electmichaellynch.com |
Michigan04 | Jessica Swartz | [email protected] | jessicaswartz.vote |
Michigan05 | Libbi Urban | https://electlibbiurban.org/ | electlibbiurban.org |
Michigan07 | Curtis Hertel | [email protected] | hertelformichigan.com |
Michigan08 | Kristen McDonald Rivet | [email protected] | kristenmcdonaldrivet.com |
Michigan09 | Clinton St. Mosely | [email protected] | clint4congress.com |
Michigan10 | Carl Marlinga | [email protected] | marlinga4congress.com |
Minnesota01 | Rachel Bohman | [email protected] | bohmanforcongress.com |
Minnesota03 | Kelly Morrison | kellyforcongress.org | |
Minnesota06 | Jeanne Hendricks | [email protected] | hendricksformn.com |
Minnesota07 | A. John Peters | [email protected] | ajpetersforcongress.org |
Minnesota08 | Jennifer Schultz | [email protected] | jenschultzforcongress.com |
Mississippi01 | Dianne Black | diannedodsonblackforcongress.com | |
Mississippi03 | Jarvis Gordan | ||
Mississippi04 | Craig Raybon | raybon4congress.com | |
Missouri01 | Wesley Bell | [email protected] | bell4mo.com |
Missouri02 | Ray Hartmann | https://www.rayhartmannforcongress.com/our-team-2 | rayhartmannforcongress.com |
Missouri03 | Bethany Mann | [email protected] | bethanymannforcongress.com |
Missouri04 | Jeanette Cass | [email protected] | cassforcongress.com |
Missouri06 | Pam May | [email protected] | pammay4congress.com |
Missouri07 | Missi Hesketh | https://missiheskethforcongress.com/ | missiheskethforcongress.com |
Missouri08 | Randi McCallian | [email protected] | randimccallian.com |
Montana01 | Monica Tranel | [email protected] | monicatranel.com |
Montana02 | John B. Driscoll |
Nebraska - Pennsylvania
Hawaii 01: Ed Case (D) vs Patrick Largey (R)
Nebraska01 | Carol Blood | carolbloodforcongress.com | |
Nebraska02 | Tony Vargas | [email protected] | vargasfornebraska.com |
Nebraska03 | Daniel Ebers | ||
Nevada02 | Javi Tachiquin (L) | ||
New Jersey02 | Joe Salerno | https://joesalernoforcongress.com/contact/ | joesalernoforcongress.com |
New Jersey03 | Herbert C. Conaway Jr | herbforcongress.com | |
New Jersey04 | Matthew Jenkins | [email protected] | mattjenkinsforcongress.com |
New Jersey07 | Susan Altman | suealtman.com | |
New Jersey10 | LaMonica McIver | ||
New York01 | John Avlon | https://www.johnavlon.com/contact | johnavlon.com |
New York02 | Rob Lubin | https://roblubinforcongress.com/ | roblubinforcongress.com |
New York04 | Laura Gillen | lauragillen.com | |
New York11 | Andrea Morse | andreamorseforcongress.com | |
New York16 | George Latimer | latimerforny.com | |
New York17 | Mondaire Jones | mondaireforcongress.com | |
New York19 | Josh Riley | [email protected] | joshrileyforcongress.com |
New York21 | Paula Collins | [email protected] | paulacollinsforcongress.com |
New York22 | John Mannion | [email protected] | mannionforny.com |
New York23 | Thomas Carle | [email protected] | carle4congress.com |
New York24 | David Wagenhauser | [email protected] | daveforupstate.com |
North Carolina05 | Chuck Hubbard | hubbardforcongress.com | |
North Carolina06 | Kevin E. Hayes (Const) | [email protected] | hayesfornc.com |
North Carolina07 | Marlando Pridgen | [email protected] | pridgenforcongress.com |
North Carolina08 | Justin Dues | [email protected] | justicewithdues.org |
North Carolina09 | Nigel Bristow | nigelbristowforcongress.com | |
North Carolina10 | Ralph Scott Jr | [email protected] | ralphscottforushouse.com |
North Carolina11 | Caleb Rudow | [email protected] | rudowforcongress.com |
North Carolina13 | Frank Pierce | [email protected] | frankpierce4congress.com |
North Carolina14 | Pamela Genant | [email protected] | pamgenant.com |
North Dakota | Trygve Hammer | [email protected] | www.hammerfornd.com |
Ohio02 | Samantha Meadows | ||
Ohio04 | Tamie Wilson | [email protected] | tamiewilson.com |
Ohio05 | Keith Mundy | [email protected] | keithmundyforcongress.com |
Ohio06 | Michael Kripchak | [email protected] | kripchak.com |
Ohio07 | Matthew Diemer | [email protected] | diemerforcongress.com |
Ohio08 | Vanessa Enoch | [email protected] | enochforcongress.com |
Ohio10 | Amy Cox | https://voteamycox.com/contact/ | voteamycox.com |
Ohio12 | Jerrad Christian | [email protected] | christianforohio.com |
Ohio14 | Brian Kenderes | convicted | |
Ohio15 | Adam Miller | adammillerforamerica.com | |
Oklahoma01 | Dennis Baker | [email protected] | dennislbaker.com |
Oklahoma02 | Brandon Wade | [email protected] | brandon4congress.com |
Oklahoma04 | Mary Brannon | [email protected] | electbrannon.com |
Oklahoma05 | Madison Horn | [email protected] | madisonhorn.com |
Oregon01 | Bob Todd | bobtodd.com | |
Oregon02 | Dan Ruby | [email protected] | ruby4or.com |
Oregon03 | Maxine Dexter | [email protected] | maxinefororegon.com |
Oregon05 | Janelle Bynum | [email protected] | janellebynum.com |
Pennsylvania01 | Ashley Ehasz | [email protected] | ehaszforcongress.com |
Pennsylvania09 | Amanda Waldman | [email protected] | waldman4pa.com |
Pennsylvania10 | Janelle Stelson | [email protected] | janellestelson.com |
Pennsylvania11 | Jim Atkinson | atkinsonforcongress.com | |
Pennsylvania13 | Beth Farnham | [email protected] | bethfarnhamforcongress.com |
Pennsylvania14 | Chris Dziados | [email protected] | dziadosforcongress.com |
Pennsylvania15 | Zach Womer | [email protected] | womeforpa.com |
Pennsylvania16 | Preston Nouri | prestonforpa.com |
South Carolina - Wyoming
South Carolina01 | Michael B. Moore | [email protected] | michaelbmoore.com |
South Carolina02 | David Robinson II | [email protected] | davidrobinsonforcongress.com |
South Carolina03 | Byron Best | [email protected] | bryonbestforcongress.com |
South Carolina04 | Kathyrn Harvey | kathrynforcongress.com | |
South Carolina05 | Evangeline Hundley | ehundleyforcongress.com | |
South Carolina07 | Mal Hyman | https://malhyman.com/contact-mal | malhyman.com |
South Dakota | Sheryl Johnson | sdmomforcongress.com | |
Tennessee01 | Kevin Jenkins | ||
Tennessee02 | Jane George | janegeorgetn.com | |
Tennessee03 | Jack Allen | jackallenforcongress.com | |
Tennessee04 | Victoria Broderick | [email protected] | victoria4tennessee.org |
Tennessee05 | Maryam Abolfazli | [email protected] | maryamforcongress.com |
Tennessee06 | Lore Bergman | [email protected] | lorebergman.org |
Tennessee07 | Megan Barry | [email protected] | meganbarryforcongress.com |
Tennessee08 | Sarah Freeman | [email protected] | votesarahfreeman.com |
Tennessee09 | Charlotte Bergmann | [email protected] | charlottebergmann.com |
Texas02 | Peter Filler | peterfiller.com | |
Texas03 | Sandeep Srivastava | [email protected] | sandeepforcongress.com |
Texas04 | Simon Cardell | simon4texas.com | |
Texas05 | Ruth Torres | [email protected] | truthincongress.com |
Texas06 | John Love III | [email protected] | johnlovefortexas.com |
Texas08 | Laura Jones | [email protected] | laura4tx.com |
Texas10 | Theresa Boisseau | [email protected] | theresa4texas.com |
Texas11 | Wacey Alpha Cody | ||
Texas12 | Trey Hunt | [email protected] | treyonthehunt.com |
Texas13 | Mike Kolls | Withdrew | |
Texas14 | Rhonda Hart | hart4congress.com | |
Texas15 | Michelle Vallejo | [email protected] | michellefortx15.com |
Texas17 | Mark Lorenzen | [email protected] | marklorenzen.org |
Texas18 | Sylvester Turner | ||
Texas19 | Nathan Lewis | ||
Texas21 | Kristin Hook | [email protected] | drkristinhook.org |
Texas22 | Marquette Green-Scott | [email protected] | marquettegreenescott.com |
Texas23 | Santos Limon | [email protected] | limonforcongress.com |
Texas24 | Sam Eppler | sameppler.com | |
Texas26 | Ernest Lineberger III | https://www.linebergerforuscongress.com/contact-8 | linebergerforuscongress.com |
Texas27 | Tanya Lloyd | tanyafortx27.com | |
Texas31 | Stuart Whitlow | whitlowforcongress.com | |
Texas32 | Julie Johnson | juliejohnson.com | |
Texas36 | Dayna Steele | daynasteele.com | |
Texas38 | Melissa McDonough | [email protected] | melissaforcongress.com |
Utah01 | Bill Campbell | [email protected] | www.bill4u.org |
Utah02 | Nathaniel Woodward | [email protected] | woodwardforutah.com |
Utah03 | Glenn Wright | wrightforutahcongressionaldistrict3.com | |
Utah04 | Katrina Fallick-Wang | katrinaforcongress.us | |
Virginia01 | Leslie Mehta | [email protected] | lesliemehta.com |
Virginia02 | Missy Cotter Smasal | [email protected] | missy4congress.com |
Virginia05 | Gloria Tinsley Witt | [email protected] | gloriawittforcongress.com |
Virginia06 | Ken Mitchell | [email protected] | kenmitchellforvirginia.com |
Virginia07 | Eugene Vindman | [email protected] | vindmanforcongress.com |
Virginia09 | Karen Baker | [email protected] | bakerforva9th.com |
Virginia10 | Suhas Subramanyam | suhasforvirginia.com | |
Washington04 | [email protected] | jerrodforcongress.com | |
Washington05 | Carmela Conroy | [email protected] | conroy4congress.com |
Washington06 | Emily Randall | votedrewmac.com | |
West Virginia01 | Chris Reed | ||
West Virginia02 | Steven Wendelin | [email protected] | wendelinforcongress.com |
Wisconsin01 | Peter Barca | [email protected] | barcaforwisconsin.com |
Wisconsin03 | Rebecca Cooke | [email protected] | cookeforwisconsin.com |
Wisconsin04 | |||
Wisconsin05 | Ben Steinhoff | [email protected] | wisconsinforben.com |
Wisconsin06 | John Zarbano | [email protected] | johnzarbano.com |
Wisconsin07 | Kyle Kilbourn | [email protected] | kylekilbourn.com |
Wisconsin08 | Kristin Lyerly | [email protected] | kristinforwisconsin.com |
Wyoming | Kyle Cameron | [email protected] | cameronforwyoming.net |
Democratic Candidate Facebook Page:
Alabama - Florida
Alabama01 | Tom Holmes | tom.holmes.3781 |
Alabama02 | Shomari Figures | profile.php?id=61553393160492 |
Arizona03 | Yassamin Ansari | yassaminansari |
Arizona05 | Katrina Schaffner | katrina.kopczak |
Arizona06 | Kirsten Engel | EngelForArizona |
Arizona08 | Gregory Whitten | profile.php?id=61557998751227 |
Arizona09 | Quacy Smith | QuacySmithForCongress |
Arkansas01 | Rodney Govens | rodneygovensforcongress |
Arkansas02 | Marcus Jones | marcusforar |
Arkansas03 | Caitlin Draper Mattelin | caitlinforarkansas |
California01 | Rose Penelope Yee | rose4congress |
California03 | Jessica Morse | groups/139972500042983 |
California05 | Mike Barkley | mjbarkl |
California12 | Lateefah Simon | lateefah.simon |
California13 | Adam Gray | AdamGrayForCongress |
California16 | Evan Low | evanlowforcongress |
California23 | Derek Marshall | DerekMarshallCA |
California27 | George Whitesides | whitesidesforcongress |
California29 | Luz Maria Rivas | |
California30 | Laura Friedman | laurafriedmanca |
California31 | Gil Cisneros | cisnerosforcongress |
California40 | Joe Kerr | joekerrforcongress |
California41 | Will Rollins | WillRollinsForCongress |
California45 | Derek Tran | derektranforcongress |
California47 | Dave Min | daveminca |
California48 | Stephen Houlahan | electhoulahan |
Colorado3 | Adam Frisch | adamforcolorado |
Colorado4 | Trisha Calvarese | trisha4colorado |
Colorado5 | River Gassen | rivergassen.politician |
Florida1 | Gay Valimont | gayforcongress |
Florida2 | Yen Bailey | profile.php?id=61561858197431 |
Florida3 | Tom Wells | TomWellsForCongress |
Florida4 | LaShonda Holloway | LJHolloway |
Florida5 | Jay McGovern | |
Florida6 | James Stockton | profile.php?id=61563204482018 |
Florida7 | Jennifer Adams | jenniferadamsforfl |
Florida8 | Sandy Kennedy | profile.php?id=61557985804420 |
Florida11 | Barbie Harden Hall | profile.php?id=61554414707808 |
Florida12 | Rock Aboujaoude Jr | |
Florida13 | Whitney Fox | whitneyfoxforcongress |
Florida15 | Pat Kemp | patkempfl15 |
Florida16 | Jan Schneider | VoteJan |
Florida17 | Manny Lopez | profile.php?id=100008354407039 |
Florida18 | Andrea Doria Kale | profile.php?id=100008354407039 |
Florida19 | Kari Lerner | lernerforflorida |
Florida20 | ||
Florida21 | Thomas Witkop | profile.php?id=61556359951932 |
Florida26 | Joey David Atkins | |
Florida27 | Lucia Baez-Geller | profile.php?id=560731186 |
Florida28 | Phil Her |
Georgia - Montana
Georgia01 | Patti Hewitt | PattiForGeorgia |
Georgia03 | Maura Keller | GetMoreWithMaura |
Georgia07 | Bob Christian | christianforga7 |
Georgia08 | Darrius Butler | ButlerforGeorgia |
Georgia09 | Tambrei Cash | cash4ga |
Georgia10 | Lexy Doherty | lexydoherty4congress |
Georgia11 | Katy Stamper | profile.php?id=61558651971566 |
Georgia12 | Liz Johnson | |
Georgia14 | Shawn Harris | shawnforgeorgia |
Idaho01 | Brendan Gomez | |
Idaho02 | David Roth | |
Illinois12 | Brian Roberts | profile.php?id=61553873409644 |
Indiana02 | Lori Camp | profile.php?id=61556285858380 |
Indiana03 | Kiley Adolph | profile.php?id=61550490385902 |
Indiana04 | Derrick Holder | DerrickHolder4Congress |
Indiana05 | Deborah A. Pickett | profile.php?id=61563518640482 |
Indiana06 | Cynthia Wirth | cinde.wirth.5 |
Indiana08 | Erik Hurt | profile.php?id=100077525392350 |
Indiana09 | Timothy Peck | |
Iowa01 | Christina Bohannan | |
Iowa02 | Sarah Corkery | CorkeryForUSCongress |
Iowa03 | Lanon Baccam | baccamforcongress |
Iowa04 | Ryan Melton | meltonforiowa |
Kansas01 | Paul Buskirk | profile.php?id=61553347335591 |
Kansas02 | Nancy Boyda | NancyBoydaforCongress |
Kansas04 | Esau Freeman | FreemanForKansas |
Kentucky01 | Erin Marshall | |
Kentucky02 | Hank Linderman | hank4ky |
Kentucky06 | Randy Cravens | profile.php?id=61558790992202 |
Maryland01 | Blane Miller III | profile.php?id=61550889034901 |
Maryland02 | John Olszewski Jr | JohnOlszewskiJr |
Maryland03 | Sarah Elfreth | SarahforMD |
Michigan01 | Callie Barr | Callie4Congress |
Michigan02 | Michael Lynch | electmichaellynch |
Michigan04 | Jessica Swartz | jessicaformi |
Michigan05 | Libbi Urban | ElectLibbiUrban |
Michigan07 | Curtis Hertel | CurtisHertelforMichigan |
Michigan08 | Kristen McDonald Rivet | KristenMcDonaldRivet |
Michigan09 | Clinton St. Mosely | Clint4Congress |
Michigan10 | Carl Marlinga | marlingaforcongress |
Minnesota01 | Rachel Bohman | profile.php?id=61557124400830 |
Minnesota03 | Kelly Morrison | KellyMorrisonforCongress |
Minnesota06 | Jeanne Hendricks | hendricksformn |
Minnesota07 | A. John Peters | |
Minnesota08 | Jennifer Schultz | JenSchultzForCongress |
Mississippi01 | Dianne Black | |
Mississippi03 | Jarvis Gordan | |
Mississippi04 | Craig Raybon | profile.php?id=61550604403534 |
Missouri01 | Wesley Bell | bell4mo |
Missouri02 | Ray Hartmann | profile.php?id=61562253962922 |
Missouri03 | Bethany Mann | groups/222360983112169 |
Missouri04 | Jeanette Cass | profile.php?id=61554853057039 |
Missouri06 | Pam May | profile.php?id=61557759477160 |
Missouri07 | Missi Hesketh | profile.php?id=61554134334877 |
Missouri08 | Randi McCallian | RandiforMissouri |
Montana01 | Monica Tranel | MonicaTranelForCongress |
Montana02 | John B. Driscoll |
Nebraska - Pennsylvania
Nebraska01 | Carol Blood | CarolBloodforCongress |
Nebraska02 | Tony Vargas | vargasfornebraska |
Nebraska03 | Daniel Ebers | profile.php?id=61561940144208 |
Nevada02 | Javi Tachiquin (L) | |
New Jersey02 | Joe Salerno | JoeSalernoforCongress |
New Jersey03 | Herbert C. Conaway Jr | |
New Jersey04 | Matthew Jenkins | |
New Jersey07 | Susan Altman | |
New Jersey10 | LaMonica McIver | |
New York01 | John Avlon | johnavlon |
New York02 | Rob Lubin | RobLubinforNY |
New York04 | Laura Gillen | LauraAGillen |
New York11 | Andrea Morse | morseforny11 |
New York16 | George Latimer | LatimerforNY |
New York17 | Mondaire Jones | MondaireJonesNY17 |
New York19 | Josh Riley | JoshRileyNY |
New York21 | Paula Collins | profile.php?id=61556502652722 |
New York22 | John Mannion | |
New York23 | Thomas Carle | |
New York24 | David Wagenhauser | daveforupstate |
North Carolina05 | Chuck Hubbard | ChuckHubbardNC |
North Carolina06 | Kevin E. Hayes (Const) | |
North Carolina07 | Marlando Pridgen | pridgenforthepeople |
North Carolina08 | Justin Dues | |
North Carolina09 | Nigel Bristow | nigelbristowforcongress |
North Carolina10 | Ralph Scott Jr | |
North Carolina11 | Caleb Rudow | rudowforcongress |
North Carolina13 | Frank Pierce | profile.php?id=61554799077896 |
North Carolina14 | Pamela Genant | |
North Dakota | Trygve Hammer | HammerForND |
Ohio02 | Samantha Meadows | SMeadowsForOH2 |
Ohio04 | Tamie Wilson | TamieUSCongress |
Ohio05 | Keith Mundy | MundyforCongress |
Ohio06 | Michael Kripchak | KripchakForCongress |
Ohio07 | Matthew Diemer | DiemerforCongress |
Ohio08 | Vanessa Enoch | 1DocEnoch |
Ohio10 | Amy Cox | voteamycox |
Ohio12 | Jerrad Christian | |
Ohio14 | Brian Kenderes | |
Ohio15 | Adam Miller | profile.php?id=61555363874447 |
Oklahoma01 | Dennis Baker | DennisLBakerOK |
Oklahoma02 | Brandon Wade | brandon4congress |
Oklahoma04 | Mary Brannon | mary.brannon.10 |
Oklahoma05 | Madison Horn | madisonhorn.ok |
Oregon01 | Bob Todd | |
Oregon02 | Dan Ruby | |
Oregon03 | Maxine Dexter | |
Oregon05 | Janelle Bynum | janelle.bynum |
Pennsylvania01 | Ashley Ehasz | AshleyEhasz |
Pennsylvania09 | Amanda Waldman | amanda.waldman4congress |
Pennsylvania10 | Janelle Stelson | janellestelson |
Pennsylvania11 | Jim Atkinson | profile.php?id=61556696518386 |
Pennsylvania13 | Beth Farnham | BethFarnhamforCongress |
Pennsylvania14 | Chris Dziados | dziadosforcongress |
Pennsylvania15 | Zach Womer | profile.php?id=61556749914906 |
Pennsylvania16 | Preston Nouri | prestonforpa |
South Carolina - Wyoming
South Carolina01 | Michael B. Moore | MichaelBMooreforCongress |
South Carolina02 | David Robinson II | davidrobinsonforcongress |
South Carolina03 | Byron Best | |
South Carolina04 | Kathyrn Harvey | profile.php?id=61557913161841 |
South Carolina05 | Evangeline Hundley | district5eva |
South Carolina07 | Mal Hyman | Mal4Congress |
South Dakota | Sheryl Johnson | sdmomforcongress |
Tennessee01 | Kevin Jenkins | profile.php?id=61560423575077 |
Tennessee02 | Jane George | janegeorgeTN |
Tennessee03 | Jack Allen | jackallenforcongress |
Tennessee04 | Victoria Broderick | profile.php?id=61557315091623 |
Tennessee05 | Maryam Abolfazli | profile.php?id=61558305234472 |
Tennessee06 | Lore Bergman | profile.php?id=61556286719739 |
Tennessee07 | Megan Barry | meganbarryforcongress |
Tennessee08 | Sarah Freeman | SarahFreeman4Congress |
Tennessee09 | Charlotte Bergmann | groups/132502943500445/user/100057801952756 |
Texas02 | Peter Filler | |
Texas03 | Sandeep Srivastava | sandeepfortexas |
Texas04 | Simon Cardell | profile.php?id=61554328792777 |
Texas05 | Ruth Torres | TorresforTXCD5 |
Texas06 | John Love III | JBLove3 |
Texas08 | Laura Jones | LauraJonesforCongress |
Texas10 | Theresa Boisseau | |
Texas11 | Wacey Alpha Cody | waceyalphacody |
Texas12 | Trey Hunt | treyonthehunt |
Texas13 | Mike Kolls | |
Texas14 | Rhonda Hart | KimsMom3 |
Texas15 | Michelle Vallejo | michellevfortx |
Texas17 | Mark Lorenzen | drmarklorenzen |
Texas18 | Sylvester Turner | sylvesterturner |
Texas19 | Nathan Lewis | nathanlewis4congresss |
Texas21 | Kristin Hook | |
Texas22 | Marquette Green-Scott | mgreenescott |
Texas23 | Santos Limon | limonforcongress |
Texas24 | Sam Eppler | samepplertx |
Texas26 | Ernest Lineberger III | LinebergerforCongress |
Texas27 | Tanya Lloyd | TanyaForTX27 |
Texas31 | Stuart Whitlow | WhitlowForCongress |
Texas32 | Julie Johnson | juliejohnsonforTX |
Texas36 | Dayna Steele | thedaynasteele |
Texas38 | Melissa McDonough | MelissaForCD38 |
Utah01 | Bill Campbell | Bill4U2024 |
Utah02 | Nathaniel Woodward | profile.php?id=61560330931846 |
Utah03 | Glenn Wright | wrightforutahcongressionaldistrict3 |
Utah04 | Katrina Fallick-Wang | katrina.wang.796 |
Virginia01 | Leslie Mehta | leslie4congress |
Virginia02 | Missy Cotter Smasal | missy4congress |
Virginia05 | Gloria Tinsley Witt | GloriaWittforCongress |
Virginia06 | Ken Mitchell | kenmitchellforva |
Virginia07 | Eugene Vindman | |
Virginia09 | Karen Baker | bakerforva9th |
Virginia10 | Suhas Subramanyam | suhasforva |
Washington04 | ||
Washington05 | Carmela Conroy | CarmelaConroyforCongress |
Washington06 | Emily Randall | EmilyRandallWA |
West Virginia01 | Chris Reed | |
West Virginia02 | Steven Wendelin | profile.php?id=61550962770186 |
Wisconsin01 | Peter Barca | |
Wisconsin03 | Rebecca Cooke | profile.php?id=100076253054623 |
Wisconsin04 | ||
Wisconsin05 | Ben Steinhoff | wisconsinforben |
Wisconsin06 | John Zarbano | profile.php?id=61558606432378 |
Wisconsin07 | Kyle Kilbourn | KyleKilbournForCongress |
Wisconsin08 | Kristin Lyerly | KristinForWisconsin |
Wyoming | Kyle Cameron | KyleKilbournForCongress |
Communicate with Democratic Candidates
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Email to Candidates
Aug 23:
I am a representative of Doctorsofcourage.org and represent a large population in your state, of doctors illegally attacked for treating legitimate pain and patients now suffering and dying because of illegal government overreach into medicine. It is imperative that Democrats take over the House, and we want to support you.
I can tell you a way to gather the majority of your state voters around you. Democrats are rallying around the cry of reproductive freedom for women, saying that the government has no right to decide what a woman does with her own body. We say there is even a more important area of freedom that has been usurped by the government. That is the freedom of every American to decide what to eat, drink, or smoke.
The War on Drugs is unconstitutional, and we need you to stand on that for your campaign. The War on Drugs has created the black market, the poisonous illicit drugs, the overdoses, and the border crisis. All of these problems will end with the legalization of all drugs in addition to the savings of billions of taxpayer dollars chasing the rabbits. Learn from prohibition. If you will stand on ending the use of the Controlled Substance Act against physicians and pain patients, you will win the election.
If you need to understand that no drug causes addiction, to fight the propaganda created by previous Republican administrations, you can find the truth on our website. I do hope that you use this to achieve a win so that we can create a democratic Congress that will then pass laws to end the government overreach in medicine, for the future of this country and the world. Thank you.
Facebook Posts to Candidates
August 26:
Democrats can’t be hypocrites. Declaring “freedom” and “get the government out of the doctor’s office” when innocent doctors are in prison cells and patients are dying doesn’t cut it. So let’s get on the freedom train for ALL! We must end the War on Drugs, repeal the CSA, exonerate all those illegally attacked by the government through unconstitutional attack. No drug causes addiction. The constitution does not give the federal government control of our body. Learn the truth on Doctorsofcourage(dot)org.
Responses from Candidates
Communicate with Current Legislators
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When going to the Facebook pages for legislators, look for a post from our constituents, and then add your comments.
Being a member of DoC gives you the point-and-click feature of legislator groups to increase your effectiveness. It is only through reaching the greatest number possible with the most information that we will stop the current trend of ending opioid treatment altogether. DoC membership is cost-effective.
Groups of Legislators
Medicine Connection
Medically connected legislators (the legislators that are connected to medicine, either through themselves, or a family member):
House
Brian Babin, Ami Bera, Joyce Beatty, Larry Bucshon, Michael Burgess, Cori Bush, Yadira Caraveo, Buddy Carter, Sean Casten, Joaquin Castro, Judy Chu, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Steve Cohen, Angie Craig, Scott DesJarlais, Neal Dunn, Drew Ferguson, Paul Gosar, Mark Green, Andy Harris, Diana Harshbarger, Ronny Jackson, John Joyce, Robin Kelly, Jen Kiggans, Kevin Kiley, Ann Kuster, Julia Letlow, Morgan Luttrell, Roger Marshall, Doris Matsui, Lucy McBath, Rich McCormick, Cory Mills, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Frank Mrvan, Greg Murphy, Donald Norcross, Ilhan Omar, Deborah Ross, Raul Ruiz, John Sarbanes, Kim Schrier, Austin Scott, Mike Simpson, Elissa Slotkin, Chris Stewart, Dale Strong, Emilia Sykes, Glenn Thompson, Lauren Underwood, Jeff Van Drew, Brad Wenstrup, Rob Wittman, Ron Wyden
Senate
John Barrasso, John Boozman, Bill Cassidy, Rand Paul
Legislators of Color
House
Alma Adams, Pete Aguilar, Colin Allred, Nanette Barragan, Joyce Beatty, Ami Bera, Stephanie Bice, Sanford Bishop, Jamaal Bowman, Josh Brecheen, Shontel Brown, Cori Bush, Salud Carbajal, Yadira Caraveo, Tony Cardenas, Andre Carson, Troy Carter, Greg Casar, Joaquin Castro, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Judy Chu, Juan Ciscomani, Yvette Clarke, Emanuel Cleaver, Jim Clyburn, Tom Cole, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Lou Correa, Jasmine Crockett, Henry Cuellar, Sharice Davids, Danny Davis, Don Davis, Monica De la Cruz, Anthony D’Esposito, Mario Diaz-Balart, Byron Donalds, Veronica Escobar, Adriano Espaillat, Dwight Evans, Teresa Leger Fernandez, Valerie Foushee, Lois Frankel, Maxwell Frost, Ruben Gallego, John Garamendi, Chuy Garcia, Mike Garcia, Robert Garcia, Sylvia Garcia, Carlos Gimenez, Jimmy Gomez, Tony Gonzales, Vincente Gonzalez, Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, Raul Grijalva, Jahana Hayes, Steven Horsford, Glenn Ivey, Jonathan Jackson, John James, Pramila Jayapal, Hakeem Jeffries, Hank Johnson, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Robin Kelly, Ro Khanna, Andy Kim, Young Kim, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Barbara Lee, Sheila Jackson Lee, Mike Levin, Ted Lieu, Anna Paulina Luna, Nicole Malliotakis, Brian Mast, Doris Matsui, Lucy McBath, Jennifer McClellan, Gregory Meeks, Rob Menendez, Grace Meng, Kweisi Mfume, Marc Molinaro, Alex Mooney, Gwen Moore, Grace Napolitano, Joe Neguse, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Burgess Owens, Donald Payne Jr, Mary Peltola, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Ayanna Pressley, Della Ramirez, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Raul Ruiz, Maria Elvira Salazar, Linda Sanchez, Bobby Scott, David Scott, Terri Sewell, Darren Soto, Melanie Stansbury, Michelle Steel, Marilyn Strickland, Emilia Sykes, Mark Takano, Shri Thanedar, Bennie Thompson, Rashida Tlaib, Jill Tokuda, Norma Torres, Ritchie Torres, Lori Trahan, ‘Lauren Underwood, David Valadao, Juan Vargas, Gabe Vasquez, Marc Veasey, Nydia Velazquez, Maxine Waters, Nikema Williams, Frederica Wilson,
Senate
Cory Booker, Catherine Cortez Masto, Ted Cruz, Tammy Duckworth, Mazie Hirono, Ben Ray Lujan, Bob Menendez, Alex Padella, Marco Rubio, Tim Scott, Rev. Raphael Warnock
Black Legislators
House
Alma Adams, Colin Allred, Joyce Beatty, Sanford Bishop, Jamaal Bowman, Shontel Brown, Cori Bush, Andre Carson, Troy Carter, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Yvette Clarke, Emanuel Cleaver, Jim Clyburn, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Jasmine Crockett, Danny Davis, Don Davis, Byron Donalds, Dwight Evans, Valerie Foushee, Maxwell Frost, Jahana Hayes, Steven Horsford, Glenn Ivey, Jonathan Jackson, John James, Hakeem Jeffries, Hank Johnson, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Robin Kelly, Barbara Lee, Sheila Jackson Lee, Lucy McBath, Jennifer McClellan, Gregory Meeks, Kweisi Mfume, Marc Molinaro, Gwen Moore, Joe Neguse, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ilhan Omar, Burgess Owens, Donald Payne Jr, Ayanna Pressley, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Bobby Scott, David Scott, Terri Sewell, Marilyn Strickland, Emilia Sykes, Bennie Thompson, Rashida Tlaib, Ritchie Torres, Lauren Underwood, Marc Veasey, Maxine Waters, Nikema Williams, Frederica Wilson,
Senate
Cory Booker, Catherine Cortez Masto, Ted Cruz, Tammy Duckworth, Mazie Hirono, Ben Ray Lujan, Bob Menendez, Alex Padella, Marco Rubio, Tim Scott, Rev. Raphael Warnock
Hispanic Legislators
House
Pete Aguilar, Nanette Barragan, Salud Carbajal, Yadira Caraveo, Tony Cardenas, Greg Casar, Joaquin Castro, Juan Ciscomani, Lou Correa, Henry Cuellar, Monica De la Cruz, Anthony D’Esposito, Mario Diaz-Balart, Veronica Escobar, Adriano Espaillat, Teresa Leger Fernandez, Maxwell Frost, Ruben Gallego, John Garamendi, Chuy Garcia, Mike Garcia, Robert Garcia, Sylvia Garcia, Carlos Gimenez, Jimmy Gomez, Tony Gonzales, Vincente Gonzalez, Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, Raul Grijalva, Barbara Lee, Mike Levin, Anna Paulina Luna, Nicole Malliotakis, Brian Mast, Rob Menendez, Alex Mooney, Grace Napolitano, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Della Ramirez, Raul Ruiz, Maria Elvira Salazar, Linda Sanchez, Darren Soto, Norma Torres, Ritchie Torres, Lori Trahan, David Valadao, Juan Vargas, Gabe Vasquez, Nydia Velazquez,
Senate
Catherine Cortez Masto, Ted Cruz, Ben Ray Lujan, Bob Menendez, Alex Padella, Marco Rubio
Asian Legislators
House
Judy Chu, Young Kim, Ted Lieu, Doris Matsui, Grace Meng, Michelle Steel, Marilyn Strickland, Mark Takano, Jill Tokuda,
Senate
Tammy Duckworth, Mazie Hirono
Veterans
Legislators who have served in the armed forces:
House
Mark Amodei, Jake Auchincloss, Brian Babin, Don Bacon, Jim Baird, Jim Banks, Jack Bergman, Sanford Bishop, Mike Bost, Larry Bucshon, Kat Cammack, Salud Carbajal, Mike Carey, Andrew Clyde, Eli Crane, Rick Crawford, Dan Crenshaw, Jason Crow, Warren Davidson, Don Davis, Chris Deluzio, Neal Dunn, Jake Ellzey, Pat Fallon, Scott Franklin, Mike Gallagher, Ruben Gallego, Mike Garcia, Jared Golden, Tony Gonzales, Mark Green, Brett Guthrie, Andy Harris, Clay Higgins, Chrissy Houlahan, Wesley Hunt, Jeff Jackson, Ronny Jackson, John James, Bill Johnson, Trent Kelly, Jen Kiggans, Nick LaLota, Ted Lieu, Anna Paulina Luna, Morgan Luttrell, Brian Mast, Rich McCormick, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Max Miller, Cory Mills, Seth Moulton, Troy Nehls, Zach Nunn, Jimmy Panetta, Greg Pence, Scott Perry, August Pfluger, Guy Reschenthaler, Hal Rogers, Pat Ryan, Bobby Scott, Mikie Sherrill, Elissa Slotkin, Greg Stuebe, Mike Thompson, William Timmons, Derrick Van Orden, Michael Waltz, Brandon Williams, Joe Wilson, Steve Womack, Ryan Zinke
Senate
Richard Blumenthal, Tom Carper, Tom Cotton, Tammy Duckworth, Joni Ernst, Mark Kelly, Ed Markey, Roger Marshall, Gary Peters, Jack Reed, Rick Scott, Dan Sullivan, Roger Wicker, Sheldon Whitehouse, Todd Young
Activists
Legislators who have a history of activism in some area:
House
Suzanne Bonamici, Cori Bush, Sean Casten, Joaquin Castro, David Cicilline, Jim Clyburn, Jasmine Crockett, Madeleine Dean, Diana DeGette, Dwight Evans, Teresa Leger Fernandez, Michelle Fischbach, Mike Flood, Maxwell Frost, Diana Harshbarger, Jared Huffman,Jonathan Jackson, Pramila Jayapal, Mike Johnson, Ro Khanna, Daniel Kildee, Ann Kuster, Barbara Lee, Stephen Lynch, Kweisi Mfume, Greg Murphy, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Burgess Owens, Gary Palmer, Brittany Pettersen, Chellie Pingree, Jamie Raskin, Chip Roy, John Sarbanes, Mary Gay Scanlon, David Trone, Michael Waltz,
Senate
Sherrod Brown, John Boozman, Bill Cassidy, Chris Coons, Steve Daines, Tammy Duckworth, Kirsten Gillibrand, Mike Lee, Jeff Merkley, Jack Reed, JD Vance, Raphael Warnock, Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden
New Members
Legislators who are new to Congress:
House
Mark Alford, Becca Balint, Aaron Bean, Josh Brecheen, Nikki Budzinski, Eric Burlison, Yadira Caraveo, Greg Casar, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Juan Ciscomani, Mike Collins, Eli Crane, Jasmine Crocket, Don Davis, Monica De la Cruz, Chris Deluzio, Anthony D’Esposito, John Duarte, Chuck Edwards, Mike Ezell, Brad Finstad, Mike Flood, Valerie Foushee, Maxwell Frost, Russell Fry, Robert Garcia, Dan Goldman, Harriet Hageman, Erin Houchin, Val Hoyle, Wesley Hunt, Glenn Ivey, Jeff Jackson, Jonathan Jackson, John James, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Tom Kean Jr, Jen Kiggans, Kevin Kiley, Nick LaLota, Greg Landsman, Nick Langworthy, Mike Lawler, Laurel Lee, Anna Paulina Luna, Morgan Luttrell, Seth Magaziner, Celeste Maloy, Jennifer McClellan, Rich McCormick, Morgan McGarvey, Rob Menendez, Max Miller, Cory Mills, Marc Molinaro, Nathaniel Moran, Jared Moscowitz, Kevin Mullin, Wiley Nickel, Zach Nunn, Andy Ogles, Marie Glusenkamp Perez, Mary Petrola, Brittany Pettersen, Della Ramirez, Pat Ryan, Andrea Salinas, John Sarbanes, Hillary Scholten, Keith Self, Eric Sorensen, Dale Strong, Emilia Sykes, Shri Thanedar, Jill Tokuda, Derrick Van Orden, Gabe Vasquez, Brandon Williams, Rudy Yakym, Ryan Zinke
Senate
Katie Britt, Ted Budd, John Fetterman, Markwayne Mullin, Pete Rickets, Eric Schmitt, JD Vance, Peter Welch
Long-Term Members (1980-2005)
Legislators who have served in Congress for 20+ years (1980-2005)
House before 1997
Sanford Bishop, Earl Blumenauer, Ken Calvert, Jim Clyburn, Rosa DeLauro, Lloyd Doggett, Steny Hoyer, Marcy Kaptur, Shirley Jackson Lee, Zoe Lofgren, Frank Lucas, Jerrold Nadler, Richard Neal, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Frank Pallone, Nancy Pelosi, Hal Rogers, Bobby Scott, Chris Smith, Nydia Velazquez, Maxine Waters,
House after 1997
Robert Aderholt, Michael Burgess, John Carter, Emanuel Cleaver, Tom Cole, Jim Costa, Henry Cuellar, Danny Davis, Diana DeGette, Mario Diaz-Balart, Anna Eshoo, Virginia Foxx, Kay Granger, Sam Graves, Al Green, Raul Grijalva, Brian Higgins, Darrell Issa, Lamborn, Rick Larsen, John Larson, Barbara Lee, Stephen Lynch, Doris Matsui, Michael McCaul, Betty McCollum, James McGovern, Patrick McHenry, Gregory Meeks, Gwen Moore, Grace Napolitano, Bill Pascrell, Cathy Rodgers, Mike Rogers, Dutch Ruppersberger, Linda Sanchez, Jan Schakowsky, Adam Schiff, Pet Sessions, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, David Scott, Brad Sherman, Mike Simpson, Adam Smith, Mike Turner, Benny Thompson, Mike Thompson,
Senate before 1997
Chuck Grassley, Patty Murray, Ron Wyden
Senate after 1997
Maria Cantwell, Tom Carper, Susan Collins, John Cornyn, Mike Crapo, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Lisa Murkowski, Jack Reed, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, John Thune
September Awareness: Suicide, Sickle Cell, Addiction.
Suicide Prevention Month
For those with chronic pain, this is an issue. As Albert Schweitzer said,
“ Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.”
According to the CDC statistics, in 2022 in America
13.2 million people seriously thought about suicide
3.8 million made a plan for suicide
1.6 million attempted suicide
Over 49,000 people died by suicide. That’s 1 death every 11 minutes.
I wonder how many of those people were legitimate pain patients being denied their medication.
We must end this travesty.
Sickle Cell Awareness Month
Sickle Cell patients are being denied appropriate treatment when they have a recurrence. The appropriate treatment in the hospital is to start them on IV morphine and continue to raise the dose until pain relief is achieved. Then over time, the sickling stops and the treatment can be stopped. Today, they are being ignored or treated like drug seekers. So their pain increases their anxiety, which increases the sickling. Many die from blood pressure or heart conditions due to the lack of pain treatment.
We must end the propaganda against opioids so that they stop teaching doctors in medical school the wrong ideas about opioids, and we can get good pain management back.
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
What better place to address this than Doctorsofcourage.org, since we have the knowledge of the REAL Cause of Drug Addiction and people can actually cure their addiction themselves with this knowledge. They simply have to want to, come here, learn the truth, and then act on it. So if you know of anyone with an addiction of any sort, please direct them here to the video The REAL Cause of Drug Abuse, the webinar recording on the top menu bar, or better yet, the ecourse I offer.
We have to get this information to the legislators. That is the purpose of the communication campaign. So, starting this month if you haven’t already, communicate regularly with your legislators’ health issues staff on the information I share here on the communication page. If you don’t know who your health staffers are, fill out the pink form on the Contact Us page, and I’ll send you that information.
For supporting members and ambassadors of Doctorsofcourage, you have the complete list of all health issues staff in the membership site. For examples of emails to send to the health staff, you can use mine, modify to your own needs. I will have examples listed under assignments on the Communication Campaign page.
So please, share this website with all of your contacts, and join the communication campaign.
What You Need to Do
The Communication Campaign will be run on the page on Doctorsofcourage called “Communication Campaign”. That should be easy to remember. If you don’t remember, just go to the search symbol and put in one of the words, and it should be brought up. It is also on the top menu under “Call to Action”. On that page you will find the instructions for the communication that needs to be made. Throughout the page you will find the points that need to be shared with your legislator, and how to do it.
For the information on the legislators, you will find that on the Top Menu Bar under “Communicate”. There are other helpful aides under that same menu item, such as “Resources”. The submenu sections US Senate and US House of Representatives has a complete list of all legislators, information about them, and the Groups page has the lists of groups that you need to communicate with for specific issues. But these pages do not have the point and click feature to get to emails, FB pages, and twitter pages that are available only to supporting DoC members. If you aren’t a supporting member you can go to Govtrack.us for the contact information. It will just take longer.
I hope I get a good turnout of people wanting to end the attacks on opioids that will join me in getting the information out there that will make a difference. That isn’t CDC guidelines or SCOTUS decisions, or even the fact that people are dying due to lack of pain management. What we have to get across to the legislators is information that will help them get reelected next election, because that is all they care about. To do that, we need to show them that the War on Drugs is simply throwing billions of dollars down the drain, creating the border problem, and increasing disability in Americans (which costs $$$). We need to explain to them the history of the War on Drugs, and how drugs are really not the cause of addiction. Then we need to point out how repealing the Controlled Substance Act will repair the problems.
So are you with me?
Then go to the pages Communicate and Communication Campaign and be ready to start communicating with all of the legislators.
How will I know if my work is being carried out and if it is God’s will that we actually get somewhere? I get a daily count of how many visits to pages occur, and how long a person is on the page, on average. So it won’t take me long to know if my work is in vain and I just need to quit and move on with my life. I’ve been active since I got out of prison Dec, 2015. If people had gotten on board what I teach, this problem would already be solved, and would have been by 2018. Hopefully you will get involved now. The future of opioids is bleak if you don’t.
Email Letter to Health Staff
Send the letter below (or modify it to your own situation) to the health staffer each day that legislators are in Washington. Check it every day, because the letter is changed daily (or at least I try to).
Repeal the CSA
Repeal the CSA Why is it important to repeal the CSA? The war on drugs has failed. The government transferring the attacks to doctors has simply increased deaths due to opioids because legitimate patients are forced to the street.
As shown in prohibition, making a drug illegal simply worsens the problem. When Congress finally realizes this and ends the war on drugs, we will save billions of dollars in running down wasted rabbit holes, end the black market, end the border crisis, and make billions of dollars in taxes from legitimate sales.
The war on drugs was a racist agenda created by a government to make the United States a world power. Minorities have been affected for 120 years. This needs to stop.
We have the answer. Just go to our website, www.doctorsofcourage.org and watch the webinar recording on the top menu bar for a short insight into the solution.
Facebook post to Representatives
Please support Representative Joyce’s new bill, the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States 2.0 Act. Half of the states in the US have legalized the use of Marijuana and the federal government should make interstate transportation legal and decrease the costs of production and selling, in addition to the ability to tax products. This is the first step in finally recognizing that the war on drugs was a failure.
Twitter Post
End the defunct war on drugs & repeal the CSA! Save taxes, end overdoses & the border crisis. No drug causes addiction. Alcohol, most abused, is legal. The war on drugs is a government agenda against minorities. Restore pain management! doctorsofcourage.org
Email, FB and tweet to New Legislators
Email:
We, Doctors and Patients of Courage, represent the 100 million Americans who have legitimate pain or the doctors who are trying to treat them. We are looking for legislators—of which you could be one—who will put the country’s interest over his/her own. As a newly-elected representative, we would like to help you understand a major problem the government has caused. We are asking you to help fix the ignorance of the government and the standard jumping into a quagmire of ineffective solutions that they are so good at creating. The problem, as we see it, is one of money. More money is being spent than is being recovered, but the organizations recovering the money spread the lies and throw the blame on others, to justify their own existence.
We are throwing money away because of a government-created, fake “crisis” with the only intent of making money for special interest law enforcement groups and agencies. Read Ronald Libby’s masterpiece “The Criminalization of Medicine” and learn the history of what you have walked into. Learn the truth on www.doctorsofcourage.org. The government is
actually creating addiction by the increased anxiety of legitimate patients who need legitimate medicines to maintain a quality of life. We can give you the information on how government ignorance and mishandling of the facts is actually creating the problem you are attempting to control, and won’t with your current methods. The centuries-old percentage of addiction has always been 1%. It was 1% when the fake government agencies decided to criminalize the legitimate use of opioids in the 1990’s. It is now climbing (slightly, to 1.3%) due to government-created anxiety (the #1 acidifier of the body) in legitimate patients now being tortured with lack of treatment.
Please become a supporter of stopping this never-ending waste of taxpayer’s money. Learn what WILL work. Stop destroying the lives of 33% of the citizens over the 1% that you aren’t helping anyway. Learn how you can help be learning the REAL cause of Addiction and Drug Abuse, which can be seen on a video on https://www.doctorsofcourage.org/videos/.
Linda Cheek, MD, the president of Doctors of Courage, is happy to speak to any group that would like to get together to work on what will really solve the problem. Her website is www.lindacheekmd.com
Respectfully,
FB post:
The country needs a legislator—maybe you—who puts the country’s interest over his/her own. We are throwing money away because of a government-created, fake “crisis” with the only intent of making money for special interest law enforcement groups and agencies. Read Ronald Libby’s masterpiece “The Criminalization of Medicine” and learn the history of what you have walked into. Learn the truth on www.doctorsofcourage.org. The government is actually creating addiction by the increased anxiety of legitimate patients who need legitimate medicines to maintain a quality of life. We can give you the information on how government ignorance and mishandling of the facts is actually creating the problem you are attempting to control, and won’t with your current methods. The centuries-old percentage of addiction has always been 1%. It was 1% when the fake government agencies decided to criminalize the legitimate use of opioids in the 1990’s. It is now climbing (slightly, to 1.3%) due to government-created anxiety (the #1 acidifier of the body) in legitimate patients now being tortured with lack of treatment.
Please become a supporter of stopping this never-ending waste of taxpayer’s money. Learn what WILL work. Stop destroying the lives of 33% of the citizens over the 1% that you aren’t helping anyway. Learn how you can help be learning the REAL cause of Addiction and Drug Abuse, which can be seen on a video on https://www.doctorsofcourage.org/videos/. Linda Cheek, MD, the president of Doctors of Courage, can speak to any group to work on what will really solve the problem. Her website is: www.lindacheekmd.com
Tweet:
Needed: decrease the deficit and stop attacks on citizens by rogue agencies supporting themselves with US tax dollars. For the truth about the fake, government-created “opioid crisis”, go to www.doctorsofcourage.org. Stop
throwing money down a bottomless pit.
Tips for Writing Your Patient Testimony
Tips for Writing Your Patient Testimony (PT):
We ARE being judged – although affected by our pain or disability, we may be thought to be impaired by ‘drugs’ if our letters are rambling, lengthy or off topic.
- Be brief as possible, polite, clear, concise.
- Explain your pain condition/diagnosis – 3 or 4 which most affect your life
- Discuss failed treatments: PT, OT, Chiro, Devices, Surgeries, Procedures, etc,
- Non opioids ineffective – Nsaids, mood stabilizers, anti epileptics, etc
- Discuss how your function/life affected – work, driving, chores, entertainment, self care, travel, finance, family, etc.
- Explain all treatments, non opioids failed and medication/PM was a last resort and that you are incurable and your condition will likely worsen with aging
- Mention if inadequate pain control has been detrimental to your health – high BP, stroke, other physiological problems.
- Share how you have been a model patient on a strict pain contract with regular UAs, pill counts, utilizing one pharmacy, etc.
- Explain if you have to travel long distances, difficulties with paying for additional appointments and pharmacy co-pays
- If cut from meds/dropped by doctor – explain the above and how your function and life has been affected
- If you still have meds, discuss what your function/life would be like without
- Please do NOT use the words ‘drugs’, ‘narcotics’ or ‘addicts’. It’s been suggested to us that we use ‘people with addiction’. *Avoid ‘opioid’ or ‘opiate’ when possible, using ‘pain reliever’ or ‘pain relief’. Try not to use acronyms (UA, PM, etc.) as others may not understand.
To all letter writers, the guidelines above were about patient testimonies. What we are communicating may be a little different.
Think of WHO you’re writing and what you’re trying to convey to them while remembering, in the guidelines above, the basic rules that must apply, ex.(no profanity, clear & concise, not too lengthy). If you’re mentioning your diseases or injuries don’t write a novel. State the main ones and move on, or you risk losing the reader.
Remember that this first letter will be the most difficult to compose. It may take some time to think about what you’re trying to convey.
But once you’re done, the hard part is over. If you compose this on your computer or phone SAVE YOUR WORK!!
Then with the next target, if changes are needed, it’s easy to change it and SAVE!
In the above guidelines where it’s telling you how to write a testimony, for this project you may want to do that or you may have other information you’re trying to convey.
An Open Letter to Legislators by a CPP on Medium
Here is a letter by Heather on Medium that is worth copying and using by both chronic pain patients and professionals. I would break it down, however, and send it in several separate letters. A letter this long would not be read by health staff or the legislator. Put the main point you want to get across in the first paragraph. Then expand on it, but not more than a page long.
An Open Letter To All Who Hold Public Office in America From Painful Disease Patients
Effects of Chronic Pain by Doug Marsh
Described by Doug Marsh of Chronic Pain Sufferer Rights Leadership Commission. Feel free to use any of these descriptions in your letters to Congress.
Chronic Pain touches us all in so many different ways.
Physical Effects
Far too often after an illness or pain caused by an injury, we believe the treatment or therapy originally given to us has cured us. But then later on down the road the pain starts again, most of the time as a dull and periodic annoyance, just slightly more irritating than a common headache or another pain we might take an Aspirin for. As time progresses this inconvenience starts to become a more noticeable annoyance happening more and more frequently. To deal with this pain we start taking more and stronger over-the-counter pain relievers like Ibuprofen, Tylenol and Aleve to deal with this irritation or simply just to do our jobs, or even play with our children.
Eventually, the irritating pain starts becoming an interference effecting how we all do even simple tasks like making the bed or carrying out the garbage or even taking a walk. We start do things like favoring different parts of our bodies, posturing or carrying ourselves differently in an attempt to feel less pain. Most of the time we do not even realize that we are walking bent over or slouching while we are standing or sitting. All we know is that we don’t hurt as much at this time.
Next this interference caused by our pain starts to become a disruption, effecting our lives in various ways until one morning we wake up and can’t move without experiencing excruciating pain. We start missing work or backing out of social activities because we just don’t feel well enough to participate. We don’t know what’s happening to us—all we know is that the pain we are feeling has been getting worse every day.
Our employers start to become disappointed with our performance along with our work attendance and we can’t explain it to them. Now, every aspect of our lives has become difficult and our abilities and actions become more difficult and life itself is interrupted. What was once a reflex or a simple action now takes thought and planning to do because we want to avoid the pain every action now causes.
We want answers. We want an explanation other than “as we get older our aches and pains get worse”. So we seek the explanation by going to doctor after doctor to have tests done and seek relief. We subject ourselves to torture simply to find out what is causing our everyday pain. We are jabbed to the bone with needles that they then put an electrical current though in order to test our nervous systems. We are given steroid and epidural injections, spinal cord stimulator implants and other surgical procedures in an attempt to alleviate the pain and get our lives back to normal. Then, after all that fails we are prescribed everything from massive amounts of ibuprofen, gabapentin or Lyrica to opioid pain medications to manage our pain. But still no one can fix our ailments or injuries. Finally we succumb to our ailment or injury because we have come to the realization that pain now controls our lives.
Financial Effects
For years we took pride in our jobs and worked as hard as possible to get raises and promotions. We always showed up to work, even sick at times because we had families to support. There is no way we will ever ask them to go without.
Then one day our pain starts causing us to miss work, or it starts effecting our job performance. Our paychecks start suffering and our medical bills start adding up. We have family medical leave (FMLA) and short term disability, but that starts running out after 90 days. So we beg our doctors to release us and attempt to return to work so we don’t lose our jobs.
What we find out is that these injections and surgical procedures that were supposed to alleviate our pain only succeeded in making it worse and we start having to go home early and calling off work once again. Then when our employers can no longer afford to carry us anymore, we lose our jobs.
So now we have lost our employer sponsored health insurance, our income, and our sense of self-worth. Our pain won’t allow us to work and we have to go to court and fight tooth and nail for what is rightfully ours. Our Social Security Disability that we have paid into for all the years we were in the workforce often takes years to get. So now we are disabled, have no income and no health insurance. Our medical bills are adding up, and we have spent through our savings nest eggs or cashed in our 402k retirement, but still we have to wait on the federal government for our SSDI and do back flips through hoops to get what is rightfully ours. We are both physically and financially broken at this time.
Emotional effects
Because we are stubborn, we refuse to let pain slow us down. We stay positive and hopeful even though we are miserable. We force ourselves out of bed every day and go to work in agony. While at work, we put on our best, “I’m ok face and work through the pain but fight internally with ourselves daily on how much longer we can work.
We are gullible by believing and going through painful and expensive testing, along with surgical procedures that are supposed to make our lives great again.
We see the ads on television and we believe what pain doctors tell us about miracle surgeries and magical implants so we agree to it all.
We are embarrassed by being taken by these doctors who promise us a pain free future.
We start feeling helpless when we can’t work anymore because of our pain. Our desperation grows when we can’t earn the money to pay our bills.
We get depressed and we start feeling as if we are letting our families down.
We feel inadequate and irritated because we have to spend our life savings to put a dent in the medical bills. Then we feel anger at ourselves and depressed because we feel we are the cause of all the above.
Finally beaten by the pain, the financial and the emotional problems caused by our pain, we accept our future no matter what the outcome.
We are entirely broken now and totally unsure of our future.
Our bank accounts suffer and our relationships are stressed. Our lives are in complete turmoil and we are finding out that few really care.
Letter from Patient With Chronic Pancreatitis
Here is a copy of a letter that can be modified to fit your needs and sent to your representatives:
(To whom it may concern)
Dear____
My name is ______ and I am writing this letter on behalf of myself and the countless others I am connected with who also suffer from Chronic Pancreatitis (ChP). According to Dr. David Whitcomb from the University of PA, Chronic pancreatitis is more painful than cancer, diabetes, and most other chronic illnesses. I have suffered from this disease due to gallstones for 14 years and I can attest to the debilitating level of pain it incurs. But more than just pain, ChP affects other organs sharing nerves with the heart and a blood supply with the spleen.
Any time we have a flare it can mean death for those of us who suffer with pancreatitis. We also suffer with mal-nutrition, PTSD and many have other conditions like GERD, diabetes, etc as well.
There is no curative treatment for pancreatitis other than transplant surgery which is not covered by most insurance companies. Controlling the symptoms is the only way to have ANY quality of life I no longer have the pain relief needed to allow me to function even in the most minimal part time job. every day,. I am actively being harmed by the unscientific and biased treatment standards being forced on my doctors, insurance companies and pharmacies by both the federal and state levels of government. I want to live a productive life despite the challenge of a very painful disease. However, my quality of life has been taken away from me due to government overreach. The current “opioid epidemic” has been vastly mischaracterized and misdirected in the dominant public narrative.
The federal government, in deciding to stop people from becoming addicted to opioids, has chosen to make it extremely difficult for people with chronic pain conditions to continue getting the very medications that make life tolerable and worth living. There are many politicians and government departments who have made our lives miserable. For example, the CDC has written opioid treatment guidelines which are now known to be fraudulent. (Cite?) The guidelines were based on “research” that was deliberately biased to over-emphasize the real risks of treating chronic pain with opioids (Cite?). Thus, it denied the reality that opioids are currently the MOST effective means of safely and reliably treating millions of people who would otherwise be totally disabled by pain.
The guidelines are also being enshrined in highly restrictive state laws with a record of malicious and unwarranted prosecution of doctors by the DEA. (Cite) The DEA has completely ruined the “doctor-patient relationship” that I used to receive in treating my painful disease. Now doctors fear for their licenses instead of caring for patients. The FDA and Dept. of Health & Human Services have also become involved in this travesty. There are legislators and lobbyists that have become involved as well, and all of them are directly responsible for denial of effective pain management to tens of thousands of patients. Chronic pain patients are being involuntary denied medications that have been effective and safe for them for decades. They face reluctant doctors, wary pharmacists and insurance companies, and the frequent demand to prove that they are not addicts.
Suicides due to overwhelming pain have already happened and more are anticipated. (Give examples) It is not fair to punish one group of society in an effort to improve another group that chooses to abuse the medications we need to live our lives in a productive way. Our lives literally depend on these medications to function. All of this has also caused undue financial stress on an already stressful situation which intensifies our symptoms. My last Urine Analysis was $1500.00, twice a year makes it $3000.00 more on top of an already tight budget. It is $220.00 every time I walk into my pain specialist office. In addition, now my state wants to make us get our medications filled every 7 days which again places undue financial burden upon my family as well as stress on my already weary body. We are not criminals, we are only seeking relief from severe pain.
It is my plea that you do everything possible to stop the war against chronic pain patients immediately. The only ethically and medically sound way forward is immediate withdrawal of the CDC guidelines. They then need to be immediately replaced by better qualified stakeholder groups including both pain management specialists and chronic pain patients. The DEA should also be required by Congress to cease prosecution of doctors whose only “crime” is an attempt to serve the medical needs of their patients.
I have been advocating for and supporting those with chronic pain for 10 years and it is my conviction that those who have no experience suffering from debilitating pain have no right legislate pain management restrictions. Because for us, it is not about getting high, it is about getting by.
Meet with Your Legislator Face-to-Face
The most effective communication is meeting with your legislator face-to-face. Here is how to arrange that and how to best use your time together. Be sure and print off and take the Concerns and Demands that you can download from the button here:
How to Get a Meeting With Your Legislator
Meeting with your members of congress is one of the most effective ways that you can influence the legislative process. Members are more likely to support positions that their constituents feel strongly about, and there is no better way to display your passion for an issue than by taking the time to have a face-to-face meeting. This is especially important on issues where the opposition, such as the Department of Justice and DEA, is lobbying strongly against legislation you support, or on issues that are relatively new, complex, and sometimes controversial, such as the “opioid crisis” where there is an opportunity to educate policy makers. Meeting with your legislators can be easy and fun. You can meet one-on-one or you can plan a meeting with other activists in your area.
Setting up a meeting
- Plan, Plan, Plan. If you are willing to invest the time to get a face-to-face meeting with your legislator, be willing to think through what you hope to accomplish from the meeting and how best to go about reaching your goal. Consider what issue you most want to focus on and what your main message on this issue is. What is your legislator’s position on that issue and what do you want your legislator to do after the meeting? It is also important to consider whether having other people join you in the meeting would help you to convey your main message. Bring any relevant materials regarding your topic to leave behind.
- Find a date and location. If you are meeting with a federal legislator, you will need to find out when your legislator is back in the district. Check their website for the most current information about when they are on recess. If you plan to meet with a state or local legislator, be sure to check their website for details about where the office is.
- Request the meeting.Your request for a meeting should be initiated by mailing or faxing a letter to the legislator’s scheduler. Call the local office and ask for the names of the legislator’s scheduler. Next, fax or mail a letter requesting a meeting, putting it to the attention of the scheduler. You should indicate how flexible you are with the time of the meeting, as this will increase your chances of getting a meeting during busier days. In a toggle below there is a sample meeting request letter
- Follow-up by phone. Within 24 hours of sending the fax or when you think the letter will have arrived, call the scheduler and confirm his or her receipt of the note. If you have not heard back in three to four days, call the scheduler again and ask if a meeting has been arranged.
Additional tips and resources
- Consider meeting with the health issues staff person. If the legislator is unavailable to meet, you could actually benefit by meeting with the health issues staff person instead, especially as more people join the cause and also communicate with him/her. The health issues staff person is the office “expert” on the issue and thus has influence with the legislator. If you are persistent and effective, you may be able to parlay a first meeting with an aide into a long-term relationship with that office and/or a meeting directly with the legislator.
- Have Reasonable Expectations. Don’t expect your legislator to change his/her position after your 20-minute meeting. You should view your meeting as one critical step among many to engage your legislator on the issue.
Sample Meeting Request Letter
Sample Meeting Request Letter
Date
Legislator title and name
Address
ATTN: Scheduler’s Name, fax number
Dear [Title Last Name]: I am writing to request a meeting with you and your aides on the subject of the opioid epidemic. [If appropriate, briefly mention any credentials that would convince the scheduler to make you a priority.]
[Discuss the reasons for your current request for a meeting—e.g., developments in a piece of legislation you’re concerned about. For example:] I wish to request a few minutes of your time to discuss the recently introduced bill, [bill name].
I will be available to meet with you anytime on the [date(s)] and would be delighted to talk with you then about [the bill]. I would like to bring with me [list colleagues, or other are activists if applicable], also from [your state/district]].
I can be reached at the phone number (s) below, and look forward to hearing from you soon. Respectfully yours,
Dr./Mr./Mrs. _____________
Institution (if appropriate, and you may use DoctorsofCourage as an organization)
Address
Phone Numbers
Now That You've Got the Meeting Set, What's Next?
How to Have an Effective Visit With Your Policy Maker
Once you have your meeting set, you’ll need to prepare and know what to expect. Here are some tips to ensure you have a productive meeting:
Getting the most out of your meeting
- Identify your main message. Before the meeting, determine what the main message that you want to convey to your legislator is. For instance, “please play a leadership role in advancing policies to stop government overreach into medicine” or “please vote for bills that will ensure proper pain management for chronic pain patients.”
- Determine roles for participants. If more than one person is meeting with the legislator designate a group leader to open and close the meeting and a different person to present each issue or main message.
- Prepare and practice for the meeting. It’s always a good idea to run-through what you intend to say before the meeting itself. If you are meeting with a group of people, have each person practice their part in front of the group. Time permitting—hold a dry run of the entire meeting. Remember to dress nicely, business attire is appropriate. If you are meeting in Washington, D.C. business/formal dress is required in the Capitol building.
- Introduce yourself. Tell your legislator or staff person your name, where you are from, and that you are a constituent. If you represent an organization, note its name, where the group is located, and the size of its membership. If you are associated with a specific institution, identify it and your field of study (i.e. pain management). If you have any family, social, business, or political ties to the legislator, mention them as well. If possible, thank the member for a good stand they recently took on an issue and/or mention if you voted for the member. At a minimum, thank them for taking the time to meet with you.
- Take the initiative. State clearly and concisely what issue you want to discuss, what your position is, and what action you want the member to take. Follow this with facts about why they should take your position. Ask questions the legislator can respond “yes” or “no.” Press politely for a commitment, unless the member is clearly opposed to your position or to making a commitment.
- Make a local connection. Stress how the issue will affect the legislator’s district or state and, if possible, tell a personal story that highlights your experience with the issue and why you care about it.
Additional Tools and Resources
Additional tools and resources
- Follow up. Always follow up with a prompt thank you letter. In the letter, reiterate your key points and any commitments the legislator made to you. Include all follow-up information you promised to provide.
- Let us know how it went. Be sure to let us know the results of your meeting. The more details you can provide us with the better.
- Bring a “leave-behind” document. Give the legislator a brief fact sheet (one to two pages) that outlines your position and explains what the bill does (if there is one) and why they should support your viewpoint.
- Drop names. Mention any other organizations, important individuals, government officials, and legislators that support your position.
- Don’t answer what you don’t know. It’s okay to not know all the answers. Answer questions to the best of your ability, and if you don’t know an answer, admit it. This ensures you maintain credibility and it provides an opportunity for a relevant follow-up letter to provide any additional information.
- Don’t get discouraged. Members of the legislature are very busy and could be called out of the meeting—or not available at all—leaving you with their legislative aide that handles the issue. Don’t let this discourage you. Meeting with a staff member can be equally or even more productive than meeting with the member. Staff can have tremendous influence over legislators and in many cases know far more about the legislation than the legislators themselves. Be sure to ask the staff person to convey your views and legislative requests to their boss.
Stay on topic. The legislator may hijack the agenda or waste valuable time by bringing up unrelated issues. While it is important to be cordial and flexible, this is a meeting for you to relay your concerns to an elected official. Quickly acknowledge and address their issue and redirect the discussion back to the agenda. Don’t let them take you off-course for more than a moment.
Communicate With the White House
We do need to include the President and his staff in our communications. The most important thing is to tell them the REAL Cause of Drug Abuse, and how the medical profession has become victims of a witchhunt. He can relate to that.
Joe Biden
President
Call the President:
202-456-1111
Email the President:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Write a letter:
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500
Steve Ricchetti
Counselor to the President
Email at:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact
Write a letter:
Steve Ricchetti
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500
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