Justice Democrats PAC
Progressive primary challenges to Democratic incumbents
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FEC committee: JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PAC. Figures cover this registered committee, not its parent organization or wider network.
Reported activity: Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026. Captured Oct 14, 2026.
Money raised
$6,659,828.55
Total receipts this cycle
Money spent
$6,314,751.02
Total disbursements this cycle
Cash on hand
$1,441,320.70
At the latest reporting cutoff
Debt owed
$14,697.81
At the latest reporting cutoff
Where it comes from
- Individual contributions
- $1,985,427.92
- Itemized
- $804,556.46
- Unitemized
- $1,180,871.46
- Other committee contributions
- $28,500.00
- Party committee contributions
- $0.00
- Transfers from affiliated committees
- $0.00
- Transfers from nonfederal accounts
- $0.00
- Loans received
- $0.00
- Loan repayments received
- $0.00
- Operating offsets
- $14,961.71
- Other federal receipts
- $4,630,938.92
Where it goes
- Contributions to candidates and committees
- $97,500.00
- Independent expenditures
- $3,965,938.11
- Transfers to affiliated committees
- $0.00
- Operating expenditures
- $1,397,034.26
- Contribution refunds
- $9,325.50
- Loan repayments
- $0.00
- Loans made
- $0.00
- Other disbursements
- $844,953.15
Selected FEC reporting categories, not additional totals. Indented rows are included in their parent category. Independent expenditures are spending for or against candidates, not money handed to them. Transfers can appear on both committees’ books, so committee totals are not summed into a network total here.
Compare reporting cycles
Compare the reported amounts and cutoff dates side by side. An unfinished cycle is not a like-for-like growth comparison with a completed cycle.
| Reported metric | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Reporting cutoff | Dec 31, 2024 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Money raised | $7,657,315.59 | $6,659,828.55 |
| Money spent | $6,871,293.59 | $6,314,751.02 |
| Cash on hand | $1,096,243.17 | $1,441,320.70 |
| Debt owed | $0.00 | $14,697.81 |
Source details and reporting method
- Committee name in the FEC response
- JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PAC
- Debts owed to the committee
- $0.00
- Captured response SHA-256
- 9d1e3e964ef8262a2f458a56d0be37a3215051b0b3bbfe4c9d338535379933a0
These are FEC summary figures, not a sum of itemized transactions. Cash and debt are balances at the reporting cutoff, not today’s balances. Missing fields remain unreported. Figures may change when amended filings are processed.
Inspect preserved FEC response ↗The operation.
Justice Democrats is a progressive political action committee founded in 2017 by former Bernie Sanders campaign staffers Cenk Uygur and Kyle Kulinski. It recruits and supports primary challengers against centrist Democratic incumbents, with a platform centered on Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and rejection of corporate PAC money. Justice Democrats helped elect Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, Jamaal Bowman, and Cori Bush.
Major donors.
Notable races.
Sources.
Questions about Justice Democrats PAC.
What is Justice Democrats?
Justice Democrats is a federal PAC founded in 2017 that recruits and funds progressive primary challengers against centrist Democratic incumbents. It refuses corporate PAC money and runs candidates on a platform of Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and a ceasefire in Gaza.
Which members of Congress did Justice Democrats elect?
Justice Democrats-backed members include Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Jamaal Bowman (NY-16, defeated 2024), Cori Bush (MO-01, defeated 2024), Greg Casar (TX-35), and Summer Lee (PA-12).
How much does Justice Democrats raise?
Justice Democrats raises in the low single-digit millions per cycle, primarily from small-dollar donors. Its strategic advantage is recruiting and infrastructure rather than ad-spend firepower — its candidates are massively outspent by AIPAC's UDP and DMFI in contested primaries.