National progressive group plans to help Kara Eastman build competitive campaign from small donation [View all]

National progressive group plans to help Kara Eastman build competitive campaign from small donations


The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group that includes U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, endorsed Democratic nominee Kara Eastman on Friday in her race against Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb.

The endorsement comes just days after Bacon described Eastman’s positions on health care, abortion and taxes as “too extreme” to represent a swing district like Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District.

Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, asked members of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee to help Eastman raise money in small donations from individual donors to help her compete with Bacon, who in April listed $830,000 in campaign cash on hand.

The Progressive Caucus’ political action committee pledged $5,000 as a start for the general election, though it would not disclose a fundraising goal. The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, already connected her with 3,000 progressive donors in the primary.

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