Despite the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion, we are celebrating Black History Month as we do every year with a custom slate of Black women who need our help to keep making history. 

Celebrate with us by chipping in $25 or more to our 2025 Black History Month slate:

🔸 Tishaura Jones, Mayor of St. Louis (incumbent): Tishaura won a tough primary in 2021 to become the city’s first Black female mayor. She faces a primary again this year, with a male former chair of the Missouri Dems as her most serious opponent. Election Day is this April 8.

🔸 Barbara Lee, Mayor of Oakland: After spending 35 years representing the East Bay, first in the California Assembly, then the California Senate, and finally the US Congress, former Rep. Barbara Lee is throwing herself back into Oakland politics, this time running for the city’s top job. She is the frontrunner, though the race is crowded. Election Day is this April 15.

🔸 Mary Sheffield, Mayor of Detroit: Detroit has never had a Black female mayor, but that could change this year. Mary is the president of the Detroit City Council and the frontrunner for this open seat. There’s still time for competition to stiffen—the filing deadline for this crowded, technically nonpartisan election is not until April. Election Day is November 4, 2025.

🔸 Rep. Emilia Sykes, OH-13 (incumbent): Emilia was first elected in 2022, preserving a Democrat-held, northeast Ohio seat that’s emblematic of the types of working-class areas where the party is struggling. She won again last year by 2 points, and is the first Black person to represent this district in Congress. Dems must hold this seat in 2026 if we’re going to flip the House. 

🔸 Rep. Janelle Bynum, OR-5 (incumbent): Last year Janelle flipped a suburban Portland district—winning it by 3 points—of the type that Democrats are increasingly relying on as a base of support. She is the first Black member of Congress from Oregon. This is another must-hold in 2026. 

Campaign finance data from competitive races that we compiled after the 2022 election showed Black women non-incumbents raised 65 percent of what White women non-incumbents raised, and large donors gave Black women half the funds they gave to White women. 

These women need our support. Please support them this month and beyond.