NEW POLITICS ENDORSES SLATE OF 28 ADDITIONAL SERVANT LEADERS FOR DOWNBALLOT OFFICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
These candidates are serving their communities and driving change at the ground level all over the country. Fixing our democracy starts with betting on servant leaders close to home, in the town halls and statehouses where daily life actually gets decided. New Politics is honored to back these leaders.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Aly Ferguson
aly@newpolitics.org; 480-363-6465
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 16, 2026) — New Politics today endorsed a slate of 28 additional candidates running for downballot office in 2026, ranging from state legislatures to town councils and county commissions. The slate of servant leaders includes community leaders and civil servants, military veterans, and alumni of AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps.
The endorsed downballot candidates are:
- Quanta Crews, Arizona House of Representatives (LD-26)
- Aaron Lieberman, Arizona State Senate (LD-4)
- Maggie Bove-LaMonica, City Council, Hermosa Beach (CA)
- Stephen Post, City Council, West Hollywood (CA)
- Michael Farrington, Regional Transportation District Board, District K (CO)
- Branden Fletcher, Delaware House of Representatives (HD-3)
- Kyle Grantham, County Council, New Castle County, 3rd District (DE)
- Michelle Wall, Delaware House of Representatives (HD-9)
- Marquese Averett, Georgia House of Representatives (HD-140)
- Darcy Castro, Georgia State Senate (SD-37)
- Jaha Howard, Georgia State Senate (SD-35)
- Abi Boatman, Kansas House of Representatives (HD-86)
- Dan Gessen, Board of Regional Commissioners, Barnstable County (MA)
- Michael Howard, Michigan House of Representatives (HD-11)
- Justin Onwenu, Michigan State Senate (SD-1)
- Alex Quagge, District Court Judge, 8th Judicial District Court, Department 29 (NV)
- Patrick Long, New Hampshire House of Representatives (Hillsborough 26)
- Daisy Maldonado, County Commissioner, Doña Ana County, 1st District (NM)
- Juan De Jesus Sanchez, New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands (NM)
- Sean McCarthy, Town Supervisor, North Hempstead (NY)
- Joseph Scianablo, Town Supervisor, Hempstead (NY)
- Safiyah Jackson, County Commissioner, Wake County, 2nd District (NC)
- Sue AnderBois, Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island (RI)
- John King, South Carolina House of Representatives (HD-49)
- Sabrina Bruce, Town Council, Herndon (VA)
- Ben Brist, Wisconsin State Assembly (AD-61)
- Ismael Luna, Wisconsin State Assembly (AD-8)
- Darrin Madison, Wisconsin State Assembly (AD-10)
Emily Cherniack, Founder and Executive Director of New Politics, released the following statement:
“These candidates were called to serve long before politics was ever on their radar. They've spent their careers setting their own ambitions aside to serve their communities and their country. Now they're bringing that same integrity and sense of duty to serving their communities and driving change at the ground level all over the country. Fixing our democracy starts with betting on servant leaders close to home, in the town halls and statehouses where daily life actually gets decided. New Politics is honored to back every name on this list.”
About New Politics
New Politics is an organization that revitalizes American democracy by recruiting, developing, and electing leaders across the ideological and political spectrum who have committed their lives to serving their communities and our country, either through military service, national service organizations like AmeriCorps or the Peace Corps, or by demonstrating strong service-based leadership in their community. New Politics’ support includes strategic advising and training in all aspects of a candidate’s campaign, such as fundraising, communications, organizing, hiring, and team building. New Politics has raised over $40 million to support over 475 candidates, successfully electing more than 200 of them to office, from Congress to School Board. Learn more at newpolitics.org.
