Mac D'Alessandro
Mac D'Alessandro
21st Century Democrats support
21st Century Democrats is a Political Action Committee that has stood for Progressive causes for over 20 years. Founded in 1986 by Institute for Policy Studies affiliate, Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, Democratic Socialists of America affiliates, former Texas Agriculture Secretary Jim Hightower, and former Illinois Congressman Lane Evans. Its three main goals are to help elect progressive candidates, train young people about grassroots organizing, and lastly, to continue to support our elected officials after Election Day "through our comprehensive progressive network".
Long time Board chair was Democratic Socialists of America member Jim Scheibel, a former Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The mission of 21st Century Democrats is to build a "farm team" of progressive populists who will be the future leaders of the Democratic Party.
- In each election cycle, we endorse a diverse array of candidates who exemplify our values and show unusual promise to advance our progressive goals. We invest in some of the most competitive races as well as in some of the most challenging – those in which the candidates are outstanding but the traditional Democratic supporters are most reticent. We back candidates in primaries as well as general election races, and we focus the bulk of our resources on electing challengers and protecting vulnerable incumbents.[1]
Mac D'Alessandro was one of 5 key progressives endorsed by 21st Century Democrats in the 2010 election cycle, second round. [2]
DSA endorsement
In 2010 Boston Democratic Socialists of America endorsed Mac D'Alessandro's unsuccessful primary run for Congress against Stephen Lynch in the 9th Congressional District of Massachusetts?[3]
- Why does DSA support Mac D’Alessandro’s primary run for Congress against Stephen Lynch in the 9th Congressional District of Massachusetts?
- Congressman Lynch is the only Democrat from New England—from Massachusetts, the home of Teddy Kennedy, no less—to vote against healthcare reform. Mac believes that Congressman Lynch has no excuse for siding with insurance companies over patients.