Rick Nolan

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Rick Nolan

Rick Nolan is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 8th district of Minnesota.[1]

Nolan defeated incumbent Chip Cravaack (R) in the November 2012 election.

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".

Carol Moseley Braun, a former US Senator from Illinois, and long time Communist Party USA affiliate, serves on the organization's Advisory Board. 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.[2]

Nolan was one of 12 key progressives endorsed by 21st Century Democrats in the 2012 election cycle.[3]

2012 CLW House victories

2012 Council for a Livable World House Victories were;

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Ron Barber (D-AZ), Ami Bera (D-CA), Tim Bishop (D-NY) Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Joe Garcia (D-FL), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Denny Heck (D-WA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH), Dave Loebsack (D-IA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Rick Nolan (D-MN), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Brad Schneider(D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter(D–NH), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ),Mark Takano(D-CA) and John Tierney(D-MA)..[4]

The Council said of Nolan;

Rick Nolan represented Minnesota in Congress for eight years in the 1970s. Running on a platform of opposition to the Vietnam War, he was first elected in 1974, one of a wave of Democratic freshman seeking to reform the political system in the wake of the Watergate scandal. In Congress, Nolan was a passionate advocate of reforming U.S. foreign and defense policies. He worked to decrease the U.S. military footprint abroad, opposed aid to Nicaragua under the brutal Somoza regime and opposed clandestine efforts by the C.I.A. to prop up corrupt dictators in the name of opposing communism.
Nolan retired from Congress in 1980 to pursue a successful career in the private sector. Disturbed by the divisive rhetoric of the Tea Party and other right wing conservatives, he has decided to reenter public service and is running for Congress in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District.[5]

Congressional Progressive Caucus

In January 2013, Rick Nolan was listed as a new member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.[6]

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