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Cassy Garcia
Cassy Garcia


Cassy Garcia ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 28th Congressional District. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022. Garcia was born in Edinburg, Texas. She earned a bachelor's degree in communications and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Texas at Pan American (Rio Grande Valley). She worked as the deputy state director for U.S. Senator Ted Cruz in 2013. Prior to joining Sen. Cruz’s office, she served as a regional field representative for the Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, serving […]
Madison Gesiotto Gilbert
Madison Gesiotto Gilbert


Madison Gesiotto Gilbert ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Ohio’s 13th congressional district in 2022, losing in the general election. Gesiotto Gilbert was born on March 20, 1992. She was raised in Stark County, Ohio. She attended The Ohio State University, where she earned a degree in political science in 2014. She would then attend law school at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and earn a Juris Doctor degree in 2017. While in law school, she served as a staff editor on the Ohio […]
Cathy Glasson
Cathy Glasson


Cathy Glasson was a Democratic candidate for governor of Iowa in 2018, losing in the primary. Glasson was born in Spencer, Iowa. She is a nurse, union organizer, and the president of her local chapter of the SEIU, receiving support from the union during her candidacy.
Theresa Greenfield
Theresa Greenfield


Theresa Greenfield was the 2020 Democratic nominee for the United States Senate from Iowa, but lost the general election to incumbent Joni Ernst. Greenfield grew up in rural southern Minnesota. She earned a bachelor's degree in design and human development from Minnesota State University, Mankato. After college, she worked as an urban planner and then in real estate development. She joined the home-building company Rottlund Homes, eventually leading the company’s Iowa division. She became president of Colby Interests, a Des Moines’ real estate and development company, 2012. In 2018, Greenfield […]
Christina Grigorian
Christina Grigorian


Christina Grigorian was a 2018 Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate for Maryland, losing in the primary. Grigorian was born in Towson, Maryland, and was raised in Baltimore. She attended George Washington University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in history in 1990 and a master’s degree in education in 1992. She earned her J.D. at the University of Maryland School of Law in 1996. She began her political career after college when she worked in the White House Office of Counsel to the President under George H.W. Bush. During […]
Christine Hallquist
Christine Hallquist


Christine Hallquist was the 2018 Democratic nominee for governor in Vermont, the first openly transgender major party nominee for governor in the United States. Hallquist grew up in Baldwinsville, New York and moved to Vermont in 1976 to work for IBM. She then worked at Digital Equipment Corporation. She later moved back to Vermont to become the CEO of a small electronics company in Barre, Vermont, then founded a consulting firm. She worked at Vermont Electric Cooperative from 1998 to 2018, the last 12 years as CEO, when she resigned […]
Alison Hartson
Alison Hartson


Alison Hartson was a 2018 Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate for California, losing in the primary. Hartson was born in California on July 4, 1980. She spent ten years working as a public high school teacher in Garden Grove, California. She volunteered for Wolf-PAC, an organization dedicated to ending political corruption, later becoming its national director.
MJ Hegar
MJ Hegar


Mary "MJ" Hegar was the 2020 Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate from Texas, losing to incumbent John Cornyn. Hegar was the 2018 Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas' 31st Congressional District, losing to incumbent John Carter. Hegar was born in 1976 in Connecticut and moved to Texas at age seven. She received a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 and an Executive M.B.A. in 2016, both from the University of Texas at Austin. While an undergraduate student, Hegar was vice wing commander of Detachment 825 AFROTC […]
Elizabeth Heng
Elizabeth Heng


Elizabeth Heng was a 2018 Republican nominee for California’s 16th Congressional District, losing to incumbent Jim Costa in the general election. Heng was born and raised in Fresno, California. She earned a BA in Political Science and Economics from Stanford University and an MBA in Sustainability Studies from Yale. She began her professional career in politics with the Oregon Republican Party in 2010 and has continued it through her role as Chief of Protocol and Member Outreach of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the United States House of Representatives from […]
Madeline Hildebrandt
Madeline Hildebrandt


Madeline Hildebrandt, a professor at Central New Mexico Community College, was a 2018 candidate for New Mexico’s 2nd District in the U.S. House of representatives, but lost in the primary. Hildebrandt was born in New Mexico in 1961. She earned her Associate of Arts and Bachelor of Arts in individual studies in history from Columbia College at Treasure Island Naval Station, her Master of Arts in history from San Francisco State University, and her Ph.D. in history from the University of Maine. After finishing her studies, Hildebrandt served in the […]