The Stand Up For Workers Blog

The Stand Up For Workers PAC-endorsed candidates were in the forefront of the epochal “blue tsunami” of Democratic electoral wins that arrived last week in the November mid-term elections. In what can fairly be called a breathtaking outcome, the voters of America from Maine to Texas, from Alaska to Mississippi, and, amazingly, from the Carolinas […]

In House elections this year, Republicans lost in every section of the country, in urban, suburban, exurban and rural districts, among Black, Hispanic, Asian and white voters. Young voters, the future of this democracy, switched parties at an enormous rate. As for me, on Election Eve 2026, I was focused on the returns in the […]

A brief chat with former President Bill Clinton was the inspiration for Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed to enter public service early in his career, and his tenure as an Assistant Professor of Public Health at Columbia University determined his primary goal of improving healthcare for all Americans ever since. Dr. El Sayed […]

As efforts by the Trump administration to disrupt the upcoming Midterm elections become more apparent, concerned Americans are​ beginning to identify and prepare for some of the threatened measures. The array of threats fall into several categories, including voter intimidation and suppression, interference with electoral processes, and measures to call results into​ question. One major concern is […]

Peggy Flanagan begins her campaign stump speeches by stating that she wants to introduce herself in the traditional way, in the Ojibwe language. She follows this by saying, “My name is Peggy Flanagan. My Ojibwe name [Gizhiiwewidamookwe] is Speaks in a Loud and Clear Voice Woman.” Flanagan, the Minnesota lieutenant governor, is the daughter of […]

As the threat of interference by the Trump administration in the upcoming midterm elections continues to grow, political analysts are identifying some of the races most likely to draw such interference. That interference is most likely to take the form of challenges to the accuracy of vote counts and to the (traditionally thin) likelihood that […]

Election success in Maine can be deceptively challenging.  While outsiders are often most familiar with the winter sports resorts in the mountains or vacation hotspots along the coast (including Bath, where the Iron Works has long benefitted from incumbent Susan Collins’ clout), much of Maine is rural with many towns near the poverty line. Because of this, it’s critical for political candidates to adjust their messages to appeal to small farmers, itinerant loggers, and other agricultural workers, […]

Democratic socialism is having a moment in Democratic Party primaries in 2026. Zohran Mamdani was elected last fall to be mayor of New York City. He joins the more than 250 elected officials who have been endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Recently, five DSA endorsees have won Democratic primaries for House races […]

Psychological, sociological, and political science research shows that a constellation of personality characteristics leads people to prefer authoritarian political leaders; a result that may explain the strong loyalty of Trump voters. Factors like: unstable and increasing cost of living groundless, seemingly whimsical initiation of war and race-based, anti-minority policies may remain helpful rational issues but […]

Iowa Rep. Josh Turek tells a story about how he approaches voters, and he has a video to prove it. Turek has a lifelong disability as a result of spinal bifida. When he approaches a voter’s home, he climbs out of his wheelchair, scoots up the home’s steps, pulls the wheelchair behind him, places himself […]