Endorsements

Voice for Refuge endorses candidates in select local, state, and national electoral races who are refugees themselves or who are champions for refugee protection.

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Voice for Refuge endorses candidates in select local, state, and national electoral races who are refugees themselves or who are champions for refugee protection. We choose to engage in electoral races based on a variety of factors, including impact, viability, and if and how refugee and immigration issues are being discussed by candidates. We base our endorsement decisions on candidate survey responses, voting records, public statements, accessibility to refugee communities, and proven solidarity with refugees. 

For the 2022 midterms, priority attention has been given to candidates running for Federal or State office in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.  We can’t endorse every refugee or pro-refugee candidate, so a lack of endorsement is not an indication that someone isn’t a champion for refugees. We encourage refugees and community supporters of refugees to recommend additional candidates and electoral races that we should be aware of. Candidates can also request endorsement by filling out our endorsement survey. To request that we look at a certain candidate or electoral race, please email info@voiceforrefuge.org.

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Kayse Jama

Oregon

State Senate, District 24

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Khanh Pham

Oregon

State Representative, District 46

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Dr. Hai Pham

Oregon

State Representative, District 36

Joseph Yetter

Oregon

House of Representatives, Oregon District 2

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Daniel Nguyen

Oregon

Oregon House, District 38

Odessa Kelly

Tennessee

US House of Representatives, Tennessee, District 7

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Angela Romero

Utah

State House, District 25

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Joe Neguse

Colorado

U.S. House of Representatives, Colorado District 2

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Earl Blumenauer

Oregon

US House of Representatives, Oregon District 3

Jamie Mcleod-Skinner

Oregon

US House of Representatives, Oregon, District 5

Heidi Campbell

Tennessee

US House of Representatives, Tennessee, District 5

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Jared Polis

Colorado

Governor

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Michael Bennet

Colorado

US Senate, Colorado

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Jason Crow

Colorado

US House of Representatives, Colorado, District 6

Adam Frisch

Colorado

US House of Representatives, Colorado District 3

David Torres

Colorado

US House of Representatives, Colorado District 5

Fatima Dirie

Utah

State Representative, District 30

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Dr. Michelle Au

Georgia

Georgia General Assembly, District 50

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Karen Kwan

Utah

Utah State House District 31

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Munira Abdallahi

Ohio

State House District 9

Stacey Abrams

Georgia

Governor, Georgia

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Raphael Warnock

Georgia

US Senate, Georgia

Bee Nguyen

Georgia

Secretary of State, Georgia

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Lucy McBath

Georgia

US House of Representatives, Georgia, District 7

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Lloyd Doggett

Texas

US House of Representatives, Texas, District 35

Gwenn Burud

Texas

Texas State Senate, District 9

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Morgan LaMantia

Texas

Texas State Senate, District 27

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Joyce Beatty

Ohio

U.S. House of Representatives District 3

Tina Maharath

Ohio

State Senate District 3

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Ismail Mohamed

Ohio

State House District 3

Beto O’Rourke

Texas

Governor, Texas

Rochelle Garza

Texas

Attorney General, Texas

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César Blanco

Texas

Texas State Senate, District 29

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Veronica Escobar

Texas

US House of Representatives, Texas, District 16

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Vincente Gonzalez

Texas

US House of Representatives, Texas, District 15

Brian Jaye

Michigan

U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan, District 9

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Debbie Dingell

Michigan

US House of Representatives District 6

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Alabas Farhat

Michigan

Michigan State Assembly, District 3

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Ranjeev Puri

Michigan

Michigan State Assembly, District 24

Christina Kafkakis

Michigan

Michigan State Assembly, District 49

Aisha Farooqi

Michigan

Michigan State Assembly, District 57

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Rashida Tlaib

Michigan

US House of Representatives, Michigan, District 12

Shadia Martini

Michigan

Michigan State Assembly, District 54

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Shri Thanedar

Michigan

US House of Representatives, Michigan, District 13

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Stephanie Chang

Michigan

Michigan State Senate, District 3

Padma Kuppa

Michigan

Michigan State Senate, District 9

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Gretchen Whitmer

Michigan

Governor

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Hillary Scholten

Michigan

US House of Representatives, Michigan, District 3

Janelle Perez

Florida

Florida State Senate, District 38

Val Demings

Florida

U.S. Senate

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Jay Chaudhuri

North Carolina

State Senate District 15

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Dr. Ya Liu

North Carolina

State House District 21

Ricky Hurtado

North Carolina

State House District 63

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Josh Shapiro

Pennsylvania

Governor

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John Fetterman

Pennsylvania

U.S. Senate

Yesenia Rodriguez

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, State House District 116

Cheri Beasley

North Carolina

US Senate

Unless stated below: this is an independent expenditure prepared and paid for by Voice for Refuge Action Fund, P.O. Box 1933, 28606 Phillips Street, Elkhart, IN 46515, Erol Kekic, Executive Director, and no candidate authorized this ad – it is not coordinated with, authorized by, or approved by any candidate or candidate’s committee, nor is any candidate responsible for it.