Candidates who would overrule Citizens United
About this list: This list was researched and compiled with the assistance of ChatGPT. Candidates are included only when publicly available evidence documents support for substantially more progressive federal taxation of very high incomes and/or extreme wealth. Links to the underlying sources are provided so readers can evaluate the evidence themselves.
I rechecked this with a stricter definition of “support overruling Citizens United”: I included candidates for whom I found support for a constitutional amendment that would reverse/overturn Citizens United, rather than merely an End Citizens United endorsement or a general promise to reduce big money.
Here is a much better updated core list for 2026:
| State | 2026 candidate | Office | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | Ro Khanna | U.S. House, CA-17 | Cosponsor, We the People Amendment |
| Florida | Maxwell Frost | U.S. House, FL-10 | Cosponsor, We the People Amendment |
| Georgia | Hank Johnson | U.S. House, GA-04 | Cosponsor, We the People Amendment |
| Georgia | Nikema Williams | U.S. House, GA-05 | Cosponsor, We the People Amendment |
| Illinois | Delia Ramirez | U.S. House, IL-03 | Cosponsor of constitutional amendments overturning Citizens United |
| Iowa | Christina Bohannan | U.S. House, IA-01 | 2026 campaign explicitly promises constitutional amendment reversing Citizens United |
| Maine | Jared Golden | U.S. House, ME-02 | Cosponsor, Democracy for All Amendment |
| Michigan | Rashida Tlaib | U.S. House, MI-12 | Cosponsor of constitutional amendments overturning Citizens United |
| New York | Nydia Velázquez | U.S. House, NY-07 | Cosponsor, We the People Amendment |
| New York | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | U.S. House, NY-14 | Cosponsor, We the People Amendment |
| New York | Josh Riley | U.S. House, NY-19 | Cosponsor, Democracy for All Amendment |
| Oregon | Andrea Salinas | U.S. House, OR-06 | Cosponsor, We the People Amendment |
| Pennsylvania | Mary Gay Scanlon | U.S. House, PA-05 | Lead sponsor, Democracy for All Amendment |
| Pennsylvania | Summer Lee | U.S. House, PA-12 | Cosponsor, We the People Amendment |
| Pennsylvania | Chris Deluzio | U.S. House, PA-17 | Cosponsor, Democracy for All Amendment |
| Washington | Suzan DelBene | U.S. House, WA-01 | Cosponsor, Democracy for All Amendment |
| Washington | Pramila Jayapal | U.S. House, WA-07 | Lead sponsor, We the People Amendment |
| Wisconsin | Mark Pocan | U.S. House, WI-02 | Cosponsor, Democracy for All Amendment |
Jayapal’s 2025 We the People Amendment explicitly says it would reverse Citizens United, and her official congressional announcement names Khanna, Frost, Johnson, Williams, Ramirez, Tlaib, Velázquez, Ocasio-Cortez, Lee and Salinas among the cosponsors.
Scanlon’s 2025 Democracy for All Amendment explicitly says its purpose is to overturn Citizens United. Her official announcement identifies Golden, DelBene, Ramirez, Tlaib, Deluzio, Riley, Pocan and others as cosponsors.
Bohannan is particularly straightforward: her current 2026 campaign website says she will “pass a constitutional amendment to reverse the Citizens United decision.”
I also cross-checked these names against current 2026 candidate information. End Citizens United’s 2026 material, for example, identifies Golden, Deluzio, Riley, DelBene and others as 2026 candidates, and its February 2026 slate confirms Khanna, Frost, Ramirez, Tlaib, Lee and Pocan among the incumbents running for reelection.
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