Jake Rakov

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Our campaign is gaining momentum because voters are ready for change.
We need leaders who will fight for raising the minimum wage, investing in affordable housing, and stand up to MAGA Republicans.
We’re building a people-powered movement and it’s just getting started.
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My opponent has taken $5.6 million in corporate PAC money.
I’ve pledged to take $0.
We’re building a campaign powered by people — not corporations.
#NoCorporateMoney #CA32 #JakeForCongress

Our team is growing! We're looking for some amazing people who are ready for change in the Democratic party and ready to challenge the status quo. Apply at jakeforcongress.com/jobs

Check out latest interview on my campaign for Congress against my former boss.

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Ready for new energy in Washington? I am!
That's why I'm running for Congress against my old boss.
$20 empowers us to bring a people powered movement to CA-32.
Together we can make Congress accessible and life affordable.

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Thank you so much for your work! Y'all did such an amazing job keeping things organized!!

We lost my dad back in 2020 and I always look at this picture on Father's Day. I was incredibly lucky to have him as my dad.

He was the most Compassionate man l've ever known and even now he's still my moral compass.

Happy Father's Day dad wherever you are. Thanks for all the piggyback rides.

Beautiful day for a protest! Studio City showing up for the #nokings rally! #democrats #protest #losangeles

I worked as a waiter and bartender for years, there's not a piece of food in our grocery stores or restaurants that wasn't touched by immigrant workers who are some of the hardest working people in our country and who contribute to our economy while providing a better life for their families.

ICE agents chase after farmworkers as they flee fields during latest raid in Ventura County Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) targeted workers on produce farms in Ventura County Tuesday morning in one of the latest raids in Southern California.

This is the most despicable bullshit. It doesn't make our community safer. It only instills fear and chaos. These are not the criminals you are looking for.

Good fucking luck to any moron who thinks kneecapping our food supply like this is not going to cause massive problems down the line

Current scene in downtown LA on Los Angeles outside the federal building. Protests are loud but peaceful, and California national Guard in front of the building. #laprotests #dtla

ICE must stop targeting the families and non-criminals who are following the rules of the system and who contribute to our society and economy.

This is insane. The protests have dissipated and the people currently gathered are peacefully exercising their 1st Amendment rights. Mobilizing Marines on US soil is a completely unwarranted escalation.

And if far left populist politics continues to forbid us from actually implementing the things we promised voters (e.g. Housing, high speed rail, infrastructure investments) then more and more voters will continue to leave our party and political engagement all together.

This is a fantastic piece. The most popular policies can die through failed implementation.

To paraphrase "if you're going to tax me for high speed rail build the fucking rail."

Young Democrats’ POV: How California politicians can better resonate with young voters California’s young Democrats have tips for candidates on how to make inroads with their peers: Be concise, progressive and … not too old.

I and other young Democrats are saying it is time to move the party, the government, and the country into the 21st century.

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This is a major point of my campaign. The politicians who have been in power for most of my life and the whole lives of Gen Z'ers are not equipped to legislate for where the world is now.

It's not about liberal bona fides. It is about how we fundamentally want the world to operate.

CNN Poll: A record share of Americans want the government to get more done. Few trust either party to do it | CNN Politics Neither the Republican nor the Democratic Party has consolidated a majority of the public behind its approach, with more than 4 in 10 saying that neither party can get things done or has strong leader...

Only 19% of Americans believe Democrats can get anything done. I don't blame them, when most of our members still legislate like it's 1996.
It's time we cut the crap with bureaucracy and multi-year studies. Make government work not more government work. www.cnn.com/2025/06/01/p...

A fantastic weekend at the California Democratic Convention in Anaheim. Had so many great conversations about the need for new voices in the party. It's going to take all of us to make actual change happen.

Gotta play the game to change the game.

Sherman should be fighting to get this housing built ASAP at an actually realistic price instead of just hoping for more money.

Vets in LA hope, with Trump order, that they can finally come home President Trump has ordered a Veterans Affairs campus in West Los Angeles to house 6,000 homeless vets by 2028, but details are elusive.

This is what the Abundance movement is talking about: Insane regulations, legal challenges, and endless bureaucracy mean that in Los Angeles, the VA is saying it will cost $3.3billion to build 6,000 units of Veteran's housing. And Rep Brad Sherman seems totally fine with $550,000 per unit!

The people of California's 32nd district deserve a leader who can plainly say what they stand for. These are my priorities. This is what I will fight for in Congress. And I will always fight for my constituents.
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It’s a new level of bad when Republicans are calling out their own party’s BS

We launched a Substack! If you want to follow our campaign and get longer form updates about why I'm running for Congress, what I believe, and what it's like to run a campaign, follow along.

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The dysfunction in congress this week was on fill display. It's why I'm primarying my old boss.

If we want to change Washington we have to change who we send there.

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Join me tomorrow at 5pm ET/ 2pm PT for an insightful conversation with "The Art of Resistance" Live on Substack about the future direction of the Democratic Party. Don't miss out on this engaging discussion! #DemocraticParty #FutureOfPolitics substack.com/@jakerakov32

This is where Democrats have to be focused right now: making the political arguments about what we will actually do, and it's not about just flipping a switch and restarting programs. It has to be about rebuilding our economy in a way that actually works for working Americans.

Tired of the same old politics? I'm running for Congress against my former boss, a 15-term incumbent, because it's time for a new generation of leadership committed to fighting for real solutions in Congress. Stand with me. Learn more at jakeforcongress.com #ChangeIsComing

Young Democrats challenge longtime incumbents as party grapples with generational divide | CNN Politics There is a growing wave of young Democrats who have launched bids to shake up the party’s ranks by ousting incumbent House members in deep blue seats. They see voter frustrations with Democrats’ ineff...

"It is about needing new energy in Congress to actually meet the moment where we are," said 37-year-old Jake Rakov, who is challenging his former boss, 15-term Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman of California. "We just need people who...don't operate like it's 1996."

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