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

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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