2026 Secular Seven Endorsements | CFE PAC

Jared Huffman is running for re-election to Congress in California’s 2nd District. He won the top two primary on June 2 against seven challengers earning 51% of the vote. Huffman is the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee. In 2024, Huffman earned 73% in the general election. In 2017, he became the second member of Congress to identify with the humanist and atheist community (Pete Stark was the first in 2007). Huffman is the founder and co-chair of the Congressional Freethought Caucus. He is a humanist.

Yassamin Ansari is running for re-election to Congress in Arizona’s 3rd District. She is in her first term in Congress, winning the 2024 general election with 71% of the vote. She is unopposed in the Democratic primary on July 21. Prior to her service in Congress, she was a member of the Phoenix City Council. In 2025, Ansari became the third member of Congress to identify with the humanist and atheist community and she is a member of the Congressional Freethought Caucus. Ansari is an agnostic.

Chris Rabb is running for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 3rd District. The Democratic incumbent in this seat, Dwight Evans, is not seeking re-election. Rabb won the Democratic primary on May 19 with 44% of the vote against three opponents. RepRabb, as he prefers to be called, is in his fifth term in the Pennsylvania State House (District 200). He has built his career standing up for social justice and fighting corporate greed. RepRabb is not religious.

Tram Nguyen is running for Congress in Massachusetts’s 6th District. This is an open seat, and she is in a crowded Democratic primary on September 1 against six other candidates. Nguyen has been a member of the Massachusetts State House since 2019, where she works to support public schools, combat climate change, and strengthen workers’ rights. Prior to elected office, she was an attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services, leading the Civil Legal Assistance for Victims of Crime program. There she dedicated herself to fighting for those too often left behind, including survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, veterans, immigrants, low wage workers, and people with disabilities. In this role, Tram oversaw efforts to help victims of violence, wage theft, and exploitation rebuild their lives and find justice. Nguyen is a Buddhist and is spiritual but not religious.

Jon Rosenthal is running for the Texas Railroad Commission. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 3. This is a statewide election for a powerful state agency that regulates oil and gas, pipelines, and utilities. He will be running against Republican Jim Wright (Chairman of the Commission) who won in 2020 with 53% of the vote. Jon Rosenthal has been a member of the Texas House of Representatives since 2019. He is an agnostic.

Steph Vigil is running to reclaim her District 16 seat in the Colorado State House. In 2024, she lost her re-election bid by just three votes. When she returns to office, she will continue her work by standing up to corporate lobbyists and Christian Nationalists to protect civil rights, strengthen worker protections, safeguard our environment, and promote more affordable housing and transportation.​ Vigil is unopposed in the Democratic primary on June 30. She is a secular humanist, an exvangelical, and an atheist.

Maria Peterson is running for the Illinois House of Representatives in District 52. She won the Democratic primary on March 17 with 65% of the vote. In 2024, she challenged the Republican incumbent Martin McLaughlin and lost by just 47 votes. This close contest demonstrates that District 52 is ready for change and Maria is the candidate who can deliver it. She is running so families can afford to stay in their homes, breathe clean air, send their children to safe schools, and build the secure future they’ve worked so hard to achieve. Peterson is non-religious.

Nate Blousin was a member of the Secular Seven. He ran for Congress in Utah-1. He was not successful in the Democratic primary on June 23.

Brianna Titone was a member of the Secular Seven. She ran for Colorado Treasurer, but was not successful in the March Democratic Convention to obtain ballot access for the June 30 Colorado Democratic primary.

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