Blue Dog PAC

From New York Times Opinion | By James Pogue

Mr. Pogue, a contributing Opinion writer, has been covering rural America and the West for 15 years.

This essay is the fifth installment in a series on the thinkers, upstarts and ideologues battling for control of the Democratic Party.

In July, Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington proposed an amendment to a bill, calling for an inquiry into what she described as a “plague in this country of headlight brightness.”

She introduced the provision in a short speech in which she lapsed into obscenity and suggested that blinding lights on American roads were part of the inexorable deterioration in basic quality of life so many people feel today, implicitly gibed her fellow members for their failures to respond to that feeling and seemed to acknowledge that many of her listeners had heard talk like this before. When a solitary colleague interrupted to clap, she turned and joked, “I’ll give you your $20 later.”

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December 19, 2025
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Fairview, NC – Today, the Blue Dog PAC announced its endorsement of Jamie Ager for Congress in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District. Ager is a fourth-generation farmer, business owner, and proud son of Western North Carolina who is running to bring thoughtful, locally rooted leadership to Washington.

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December 17, 2025
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DELANO, CA – Today, the Blue Dog PAC endorsed family physician and California State Assemblymember Dr. Jasmeet Bains for California’s 22nd Congressional District.

Bains is the second endorsement in the Blue Dogs’ slate of commonsense, pragmatic candidates running for Congress in 2026.

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From Slow Boring, by Matthew Yglesias

Former Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (Photo by the Washington Post)

I almost can’t believe that I’ve been writing Slow Boring for five years. It is, in fact, so hard to believe that I didn’t pull together any big reflective musings this year on what I’ve learned or where we are as a publication.

But I think it’s fitting that the anniversary coincides with the release of our latest slate of recommendations for political donations. I wrote last week about principal-agent problems in the donor-adviser business, and one advantage I have as a writer is that anyone reading these recommendations has access to tons of information about what I think and what my values are.

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WASHINGTON — Today, the Blue Dog PAC proudly endorsed its first candidate of the 2026 cycle, throwing their support behind Rebecca Cooke who’s running in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District against extremist incumbent Derrick Van Orden.

A sixth-generation Wisconsinite, Rebecca was raised on her family’s Eau Claire dairy farm, milking cows and showing cattle from a young age. Rebecca’s lived what small business owners, dairy farmers, and rural Americans have gone through in the last few decades, as the chaos and failed policies decided in D.C. have left too many working people without a voice in Congress. She’s a working-class American who proudly waits tables at night to pay the bills, while running for Congress during the day.

“Rebecca Cooke is the homegrown fighter western Wisconsin needs in Congress right now, and the Blue Dogs are proud she’s the first candidate we’re endorsing for the 2026 election,” said Blue Dog PAC Chairman Rep. Jared Golden. “While Republicans in D.C. like Derrick Van Orden are working to gut health care and blow up the deficit to fund tax cuts for the rich, we know Rebecca Cooke will go to Congress with much different priorities: delivering local results for western Wisconsin, treating her constituents with respect and serving as a voice for the common sense thinking she hears from her community.”

“This moment calls for leaders who are ready to roll up their sleeves to get to work for the American people. I applaud the Blue Dogs’ commitment to getting things done and look forward to working with them to defeat Derrick Van Orden and send someone to Washington who is going to fight for working-class Wisconsinites,” said Cooke.

Rebecca won significantly more Trump voters in Wisconsin’s Third than the rest of the Democratic ticket did in 2024. Her deep roots in the community and ability to connect across party lines make her the kind of candidate who can rebuild trust and deliver results for working families in western Wisconsin. The Blue Dogs are confident she is the homegrown Democrat who will win this rematch in 2026.

About the Blue Dogs:

The Blue Dog PAC is the campaign arm of the Blue Dog Coalition, an official caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives made up of fiscally responsible Democrats who are leading the way to find commonsense solutions. They are pragmatic Democrats, appealing to the mainstream values of the American public. The Blue Dogs are dedicated to pursuing fiscally-responsible policies, ensuring a strong national defense for our country, and transcending party lines to get things done for the American people.