Mondaire Jones
Mondaire Jones
Working Families Party 2024 endorsements
In 2024 Mondaire Jones was the Working Families Party endorsed candidate for U.S. House, District 17 New York.[1]
Collective PAC
The Collective PAC, September 5, 2023.
We’ve had his back in the past and we’re proud to stand with him again… @mondairejones is the right choice for Congress now!
The Collective PAC also endorsed Mondaire Jones in 2022.
The Collective PAC also endorsed Mondaire Jones in 2020.
JStreet PAC endorsement
In 2024 JStreet PAC gave Mondaire Jones a "Priority endorsement".[2]
JStreet conference
Secretary of State Antony Blinken headlined a JStreet in December 2022.
Other speakers included former Bernie Sanders adviser and longtime Israel critic Matt Duss, Daily Beast writer Wajahat Ali, a cadre of pro-Palestinian activists, and several Democratic members of Congress, including Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D., Md.) and senator-elect Peter Welch (D., Vt.).
Eric Alterman was on the list, as were Representatives Sean Casten, Gerry Connolly, Madeleine Dean, Mondaire Jones, Pramila Jayapal, Jamie Raskin, Melanie Stansbury, Jennifer Wexton, Ben Wikler of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, Leah Greenberg of Indivisible, Ruth Messinger, Ambassador Rabbi David Saperstein and Hesham Youssef of US Institute of Peace.[3]
Humanitarian Needs in Cuba letter
December 16 2021 , House Rules Committee Chair James McGovern (D-MA), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory Meeks (D-NY), House Appropriations subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations Chair Barbara Lee (D-CA), and House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Energy Chair Bobby Rush (D-IL) led 114 Members of Congress in a letter to President Biden asking him to prioritize the well-being of the Cuban people as they experience the worst economic and humanitarian crisis in recent history...
In the wake of this year’s protests, the members urged the administration to support the Cuban people by suspending U.S. regulations that prevent food, medicine, remittances, and other humanitarian assistance from reaching the Cuban people...
Signatories included Mondaire Jones.[4]
MPAC intern
In 2021 Preston Nouri was a Muslim Public Affairs Council Congressional Leadership Development Program intern in Mondaire Jones 's office.
Netroots Nation 2021/Packing the Court
REBALANCING THE SUPREME COURT: WHY PROGRESSIVES MUST TAKE BACK THE [STOLEN] COURT TO SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY Plenary; Fri, 10/08/2021 - 05:00pm (Eastern)
When Republicans stole two Supreme Court seats in an unprecedented power grab, progressives knew our most basic rights were at risk—and that expanding the Supreme Court was the necessary solution. In less than a year since the GOP seized a supermajority on the high court, our fears have come true: The right-wing court has gutted the Voting Rights Act and allowed Texas to ban abortion and place a bounty on the heads of doctors and others who help women exercise their rights.
The Republican Party has controlled the Supreme Court for more than 50 years, despite losing the popular vote in 7 of the last 8 presidential elections. And it uses the Court to govern via minority rule, rigging elections to help them win despite popular opposition, and legislating from the bench when they lose. It’s no surprise that new polling shows job approval for the Supreme Court at an all-time low, with a majority of Americans disapproving of the Supreme Court.
The need for reform is undeniable — and progressives are meeting the moment. Earlier this year, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, Courts Subcommittee Chairman Hank Johnson, Rep. Mondaire Jones, and Sen. Ed Markey introduced the Judiciary Act of 2021 to rebalance the court by adding four seats. The bill now has dozens of cosponsors and the Senate bill is supported by progressive champion Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota, and more than 80 organizations have announced their support for court expansion.
Co-hosted by Take Back The Court Executive Director Sarah Lipton-Lubet and Rep. Mondaire Jones, this keynote panel featuring Sen. Tina Smith will discuss the urgent need to rebalance the stolen Supreme Court in order to protect democracy and preserve the essential rights of all Americans. You’ll also hear from Rep. Barbara Lee, who will speak about this critical intersection between protecting our democracy and passing progressive policy, with a special welcome from Netroots Nation Board Member Arshad Hasan.
Led by: Arshad Hasan
Panelists: Mondaire Jones, Rep. Barbara Lee, Sarah Lipton-Lubet, Sen. Tina Smith
Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus
The formation of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus was announced on June 4, 2008, by openly gay representatives Tammy Baldwin and Barney Frank. The caucus had 165 members (164 Democrats and 1 Republican) in the 116th United States Congress. The caucus is co-chaired by the United States House of Representatives' nine openly LGBT members: Representatives David Cicilline, Angie Craig, Sharice Davids, Mondaire Jones, Sean Patrick Maloney, Chris Pappas, Mark Pocan, Mark Takano, and Ritchie Torres.
Radical campaign manager
In 2020 Hannah Nayowith was Campaign Manager Mondaire for Congress.
Freedom to Vote Town Hall!
Our Revolution is joining with the Declaration for American Democracy to host a Freedom to Vote Town Hall! - a special edition of our Monday Night Organize to Win Broadcast - featuring US Sen. Jeff Merkley and US Rep. Mondaire Jones.
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With Andrea Waters King, Helen Butler, Jana Morgan, Elizabeth Hira.
New York Election Rally
With Jumaane D. Williams, Brad Lander, Dana Balter, Mondaire Jones, Jessica Ramos.
Common Defense
Common Defense endorsed Mondaire Jones in 2020.
"End the Forever War"
END THE FOREVER WAR PLEDGE
- The United States has been in a state of continuous, global, open-ended military conflict since 2001. Over 2.5 million troops have fought in this “Forever War” in over a dozen countries – including Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Jordan, Niger, Somalia, and Thailand. I pledge to the people of the United States of America, and to our military community in particular, that I will (1) fight to reclaim Congress’s constitutional authority to conduct oversight of U.S. foreign policy and independently debate whether to authorize each new use of military force, and (2) act to bring the Forever War to a responsible and expedient conclusion.
2020 signatories of the Common Defense pledge.
Non-Incumbent Federal Candidates
John Hickenlooper, Adrian Perkins, Dani Brzozowski, Moe Davis, Wendy Davis, Kara Eastman, Kristy Gnibus, Joan Greene, Jon Hoadley, Donna Imam, Sara Jacobs, Mondaire Jones, Ike McCorkle, Hillary Mueri, Michael Muscato, Marie Newman, Julie Oliver, Roger Polack, Qasim Rashid, Mike Siegel, Candace Valenzuela.[5]
CPC Deputy Whips
2021 Congressional Progressive Caucus Deputy Whips: Congressman Mark Takano (CA-41), Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX-35), Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17), Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Congressman Mondaire Jones (NY-17), Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09), Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush (MO-01).
People's Charter endorser
The People's Charter was released by the Working Families Party shortly before the 2020 election.
Endorsers included Mondaire Jones.
Our Revolution support
PDA endorsement
In 2020 Progressive Democrats of America endorsed Mondaire Jones's congressional run.[6]
Stanford ASSU
In 2007 Hershey Avula and Mondaire Jones ran as a ticket for ASSU president and vice-president respectively. They won.
Financial questions
Matthew Sprague The Stanford Review. "The release of the 2007-2008 Hershey Avula / Mondaire Jones ASSU Executive financial records raises questions about the personal integrity of our elected representatives and draws much needed scrutiny to the systems in place to prevent wasteful and unethical spending.
Here is what we know: $11,500 was spent for food during the school year on 250 different occasions, with nearly 45 of these expenditures under $10 and 95 under $20. $1,500 was spent on personal gasoline (presumably incurred on the job), which translates to over 5,000 miles of driving.
It is not a stretch of the imagination to wonder whether the Avula/Jones slate improperly used ASSU Executive funds for their personal expenditures. The sheer magnitude and patterns of food and gas purchases certainly suggest this, as does testimony from former ASSU officials regarding certain situations in which ASSU credit cards were used.
tanford may never know for certain to what extent these expenditures were inappropriate uses of “discretionary” money, but what is evident at the very least is the staggering waste of funds by the Executive during their tenure. To think that $50,000 of the ASSU Executive budget went toward paying cabinet members, ASSU Executive salaries, and padding pockets with burritos (and BBQ, to boot), is an alarming and disappointing legacy.
Even more disappointing is the Executive’s use of $2,500 in funds (also for food) from the “Collaboration Initiative” and “ASSU Shuttle” accounts. These expenses were incurred on the April 1st credit card payment, at which point the “General Discretionary” account had been emptied. It appears that the Avula/Jones slate proceeded to fund their spending behavior with other accounts, at the loss of the student body.
Though an investigation into these expenditures last year was unable to determine whether the behavior constituted a violation of the Fundamental Standard (primarily because of the length of time that had elapsed), it is nonetheless important that the Stanford student body know the truth about the financial records of the Avula/Jones presidency. "[7]