THE 2026 SLATE

These are the candidates Black Progress PAC is organizing behind in 2026. Some are running in seats the national party already counts as safe. Some are running in seats it has written off. We are in all of them, because Black political power is not built one safe district at a time.

THE MOST ENDANGERED DEMOCRAT IN THE HOUSE

DON DAVIS

NORTH CAROLINA 1ST DISTRICT

Rep. Don Davis represents eastern North Carolina. In late 2025 the Republican legislature redrew his district, stripped out Wayne, Wilson, Greene, and Lenoir counties, and moved Donald Trump's margin from three points to roughly twelve. The Cook Political Report now rates the seat Lean Republican at a partisan index of R plus five, and calls Davis, without a doubt, the most vulnerable House Democrat in the country. He is running anyway. So are we.

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Oliver Gilbert

Florida's 24th District

South Florida mayor building the strongest Black-led operation in the state.

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Chris Jones

Arkansas's 2nd District

Nuclear engineer and pastor turning a two-point Republican seat into a real race.

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Donna Miller

Illinois's 2nd District

Cook County leader running on health access and economic power on the South Side.

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Amanda Hollowell

Georgia's 1st District

Coastal Georgia organizer running where the party stopped competing.

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Ceretta Smith

Georgia's 12th District

Building Black turnout across the Augusta corridor and the rural counties around it.

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Robert People

Florida's 15th District

Tampa-area challenger in a district on the national target list.

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The Senate Watch

At least nine Black nominees are on the Senate ballot this November. Here is where every race stands.

Polling as of October 5, 2026

Florida (special)

Angie Nixon

Tied

Nixon 45, Moody 45. St. Pete Polls, Sept. 15-17.

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Kentucky

Charles Booker

-9

Barr 49, Booker 40, 11% undecided. Global Strategy Group (D), Aug. 24-27.

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Illinois

Juliana Stratton

Hold

Safe seats are lost by coasting. No public head-to-head poll yet.

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State	Black Nominee	Opponent	Latest Public Poll	Pollster and Dates	Status
Florida (special)	Angie Nixon (D)	Ashley Moody (R)	Tied 45-45	St. Pete Polls, Sept. 15-17	Within Reach
Louisiana	Jamie Davis (D)	Julia Letlow (R)	Letlow 48, Davis 44	Hart Research for the Davis campaign, Sept. 2026	Within Reach
Mississippi	Scott Colom (D)	Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)	Hyde-Smith 44, Colom 38	Data for Progress, Aug. 5-15	Within Reach
Kentucky	Charles Booker (D)	Andy Barr (R)	Barr 49, Booker 40	Global Strategy Group (D), Aug. 24-27	Within Reach
Illinois	Juliana Stratton (D)	Don Tracy (R)	No public poll	n/a	Hold the Seat
New Jersey	Cory Booker (D)	Justin Murphy (R)	No public poll	n/a	Hold the Seat
Alabama	Everett Wess (D)	Barry Moore (R)	Moore 54, Wess 33	RMG Research, early Oct.	Long Road
Tennessee	Marquita Bradshaw (D)	Bill Hagerty (R)	Hagerty 58, Bradshaw 33	Beacon Poll, August	Long Road
Oklahoma	N'Kiyla Jasmine Thomas (D)	Kevin Hern (R)	Hern 49, Thomas 25	CHS & Associates, Aug. 3-6	Long Road
Wyoming	James W. Byrd (D)	Harriet Hageman (R)	No public poll	n/a	Long Road

Polls marked (D) or paid for by a campaign come from Democratic-aligned pollsters. Independent candidate Ty Pinkins, who is also Black, polled at 7 percent in Mississippi.

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