25 Democratic candidates endorsed by
One Fair Wage Action.
One job should be enough.
They ran for Congress, statehouses and city hall in 13 states. At least 20 of them won. Now we demand that Living Wage For All be a Day One priority in the next Congress and state legislatures.
The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009. For years, we have organized workers to make a $25 wage a national demand. We built the coalition behind the federal bill and took the fight to statehouses and onto ballots.
This year Living Wage For All candidates ran in 13 states, and the One Fair Wage Action Board endorsed them.
They ran on a living wage, and most of them won. Now they owe workers a raise.
What voters said
Voters say delivering $25 is important
78%
of voters say it is important that the candidates they vote for deliver a $25 living wage.
80%
of working-class voters say the same.
Earlier research points the same way
$26
is the average hourly wage voters say a worker needs for a decent quality of life. Independents and Republicans both said $25.
77%
of working-class Latinos nationwide support raising the federal minimum wage to $25 over several years, then tying it to the cost of living.
57%
of likely voters in 18 toss-up House districts back $25 for all workers, phased in, after hearing both sides. Strong support rose from 29% to 39%.
71%
of Alameda County, Calif. voters back a $30 wage for all workers, phased in. Workers have since qualified it for the county ballot.
And red-state voters keep voting for a raise
61%
of Florida voters approved a $15 minimum wage in 2020, on the same ballot where Donald Trump won the state.
58%
of Missouri voters approved $15 and paid sick leave in 2024, the same year Trump carried Missouri.
24 of 24
minimum wage increases on a statewide ballot passed from 1998 through 2023.
3 of 4
of our U.S. Senate candidates are running in states Trump won in 2024.
Four House candidates we endorsed flipped Republican-held seats: Randy Villegas (CA-22), William Lawrence (MI-07), Brian Poindexter (OH-07) and Bob Brooks (PA-07).
Our endorsements brought progressives and moderates together. Brooks, a firefighter, was backed by both Bernie Sanders and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. Poindexter, a union ironworker, won in an Ohio district that Trump carried by 11 points.
Sources: 2026 Midterm Election Voter Poll, BSP Research and the African American Research Collaborative (10,141 voters, Oct. 19–Nov. 3, 2026). National and working-class figures come from tables the pollsters prepared for One Fair Wage, one of the poll’s 14 partner organizations. “Important” combines “one of the most important issues,” “very important” and “somewhat important.” Working-class voters are those who say they meet expenses with nothing left over, struggle to make ends meet or have major financial troubles. Data for Progress, May 2023 (1,244 likely voters). BSP Research for UnidosUS, Aug.–Sept. 2026 (working-class Latino adults; 76% among registered voters). Lake Research Partners for One Fair Wage: 18 toss-up districts, Sept.–Oct. 2025 (371 likely voters); Alameda County, Jan. 2026 (300 likely voters). The UnidosUS and Lake polls asked about a wage phased in over several years, as in the Living Wage For All Act. Florida and Missouri election results; Ballotpedia. 2026 House results: Associated Press and state election offices, unofficial as of Nov. 11, 2026.
One Fair Wage organizes 300,000 restaurant and service workers and 1,000 employers committed to paying fair wages. It convenes the Living Wage For All coalition, which is running those campaigns and backing the federal bill.
In September, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted 4–0 to send a $30 living wage measure to voters. Of the candidates we endorsed, 24 have confirmed their support for a $25 wage floor directly with us.
This is a worker-led movement that has grown from the groundbreaking Fight for $15 into a nationwide push for a true living wage.
Saru Jayaraman, President, One Fair Wage
Paychecks and Prices
Affordability is two numbers
Nearly every campaign this year talked about what things cost. These candidates also talked about what people are paid, and voters chose most of them.
They ran on both: a living wage, and the price of rent and groceries.
That is a mandate to raise what people earn.
A campaign about prices alone says
“We’ll bring costs down.”
A campaign about paychecks and prices says
“We’ll bring costs down and raise your pay.”
Only the second one comes with a raise.
Our 2026 slate
Endorsed by One Fair Wage Action
Where a candidate has confirmed their support for a $25 wage floor directly with us, their card says so.
Also endorsed by One Fair Wage Action
Full list as text
Our candidates
In their own words
January
A mandate to deliver
These candidates won. They take their seats in January having told us they support a $25 wage floor.
8
new members of the House
1
new senator
The Living Wage For All Act already has 35 cosponsors in the House and a companion bill in the Senate. Democrats campaigned on affordability. Raising the wage floor should be one of the first things they do.
The new Congress should make the Living Wage For All Act a Day One priority.
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Make it a Day One priority
One Fair Wage Action is mobilizing 300,000 restaurant and service workers to make Living Wage For All a Day One priority in the next Congress and state legislatures.
The bill
Cosponsors of the Living Wage For All Act
These are the members of Congress cosponsoring the bill. Some are retiring or hold a seat that was not up this year, so they were not on the November ballot.
35
cosponsors in the House, 25 of them original — sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez; co-leads Reps. Analilia Mejia, Lateefah Simon and Jesús “Chuy” García
4
cosponsors of the Senate companion — sponsor Sen. Chris Murphy
See all 40 members backing the bill
Original cosponsor Joined later Not on a 2026 ballot
What we are fighting for
$25
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, the same as in 2009. Since then, rent, groceries, childcare and health insurance have all gone up.
The Living Wage For All Act would raise the federal minimum to $25 an hour in phases, then tie it to the national median wage so it keeps up.
One fair wage
The federal subminimum wage for tipped workers is still $2.13 an hour, unchanged since 1991. It is a direct legacy of slavery, and it leaves millions dependent on the goodwill of customers for most of their income.
One fair wage means the employer pays the full minimum wage, and tips are on top.
Paychecks and Prices
Bringing prices down matters. So does raising pay. We endorsed candidates who ran on both.
Chip in
One job should be enough. We are putting living wage for all measures on the ballot in multiple states over the next several years. Contributions to One Fair Wage Action are not tax-deductible.