Leading Democrats running for Congress on the issues of the moment, pandemic politics and what the next two years might look like.
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Jones is a Democratic candidate in the 2020 race for Texas’ 23rd Congressional District, currently held by retiring U.S. Rep. Will Hurd. Jones also ran for the seat in 2018. Previously, she was an intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force and served in Iraq. Jones also served as the director for investment at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative under former President Barack Obama.
Kulkarni is a Democratic candidate for Texas’ 22nd Congressional District in the south-central portion of the Greater Houston metropolitan area. Previously, he was commissioned as a U.S. Foreign Service officer, serving overseas in places including Iraq, Israel, Russia, Taiwan and Jamaica. Kulkarni also worked on national security issues in the U.S. Senate as a defense, foreign policy and veterans’ affairs adviser under a Pearson fellowship.
Davis is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 21st Congressional District. Previously, she served in the Texas Senate for six years, representing parts of Fort Worth, and on the Fort Worth City Council. She founded Deeds Not Words, an online engagement initiative focused on women’s rights, in 2016. In 2014, Davis unsuccessfully ran for Texas governor against Greg Abbott.
Valenzuela is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 24th Congressional District. Previously, she was a member of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school board as an at-large representative from 2017 to 2019.
