Courage to Change
Founded2020
FoundersAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Websitecouragetochangepac.org

Courage to Change is an American political action committee launched by U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to elect progressive challenger candidates.[1] The PAC was first announced in January 2020[2] and the next month, endorsed seven women running for congressional seats.[3] Courage to Change made $160,000 in contributions in the first quarter of 2021.[4] The PAC did not give to endangered Democrats in the second quarter of 2021, following an issue in the first quarter in which those campaigns sought to return unsolicited donations from Ocasio-Cortez to avoid blowback from affiliation with her.[5]

Candidates

Candidate Office
Jessica Cisneros Texas's 28th congressional district
Kara Eastman Nebraska's 2nd congressional district
Teresa Leger Fernandez New Mexico's 3rd congressional district
Georgette Gómez California's 53rd congressional district
Samelys López New York's 15th congressional district
Marie Newman Illinois's 3rd congressional district
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez Texas U.S. Senator

References

  1. ↑ Walsh, Deirdre (February 21, 2020). "Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Launches Political Group To Boost Progressive Candidates". NPR. Archived from the original on July 6, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  2. ↑ Epstein, Kayla (January 12, 2020). "Ocasio-Cortez creates PAC to push back on the Democratic Party's 'blacklisting' rule". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  3. ↑ Edmondson, Catie (February 21, 2020). "Ocasio-Cortez Builds Progressive Campaign Arm to Challenge Democrats". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  4. ↑ Cornwell, Susan (April 19, 2021). "U.S. Republicans spotlight AOC PAC's contributions to vulnerable House Democrats". Reuters. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  5. ↑ Garcia, Eric (August 12, 2021). "AOC political group doesn't give to endangered Democrats this quarter after previous uproar". The Independent. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
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