Posts tagged working class
Our Favorite Progressive Candidates in 2026 - Kirsten Root, Indiana State Senate District 21

We are pleased that this cycle, there are so many young progressive women running for elected office in the Indiana legislature (we have profiled several so far)! This week we are adding Kirsten Root (she/her) to that number. A bisexual Gen-Z social worker, Kirsten wants to restore trust and humanity to government. The values that guide her are service, partnerships, integrity, dignity, competence, and social justice. Kirsten’s platform includes universal healthcare, legalization of marijuana, empowering and protecting marginalized communities, strengthening labor unions, and focusing on prevention and rehabilitation over punitive treatment.

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Our Favorite Candidates in 2026 - Gabrianna Gratzol, Indiana State Senate District 11

Gabrianna Gratzol (she/they) is a queer Gen-Z factory worker running for office in north-central Indiana. This area has a long history of organized labor, and Gabrianna has seen the state weaken the rights of the working class over her lifetime — while pregnant with her son, she was fired from her job after disclosing her pregnancy. This Dungeons and Dragons nerd is most passionate about quality, accessible, and equitable education, saying “I believe that one of the factors that leaves people vulnerable to the dehumanizing, callous ideologies of the right is the disenfranchisement that our current failing systems have trapped us in. I believe (and evidence supports) the idea that knowledge and community is the best inoculation against hate.”

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