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Nonreligious and Humanist Americans are one of the largest, fastest-growing groups in the country. So, we're not waiting for change, we're building it. CFE pushes evidence-based policy, elects Humanist, atheist, and nonreligious leaders, and mobilizes the people who get both across the finish line.

10,200

Advocates across the country

360+

Members of the Association of Secular Elected Officials

375+

Endorsements in 2026 election cycle

125+

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Candidates and Elected Officials

Learn more about the candidates running in 2026 who we’ve endorsed, and the 130+ elected officials who are members of our project, the Association of Secular Elected Officials, where officials (and staffers/advocates) become part of a network of peers.

NOTE - Not all of the officials and candidates in our network are secular - many are religious allies!

  • “When someone who doesn’t identify with a faith tradition steps forward to serve with integrity and compassion, it broadens the idea of who belongs in public life.”

    Monica Wilson - City Councilmember (Ward 1)

  • “But I don’t need religion. I don’t need a heaven to be promised to go to and I don’t need hell to be afraid of to do what I think is right. I do what I believe is right and I don’t care what anybody else says.”

    Ernie Chambers - Former Nebraska State Senator, District 11 (North Omaha)

  • “If you've been on the fence, I really encourage you to give it a try—you’ll be surprised at how rewarding and simple it actually is.”

    Andrea from New York on Volunteering with CFE

  • “But when we're at our best, it's when we are fighting the good fight... when we work in community and understand that our strength comes in solidarity, we are invincible.”

    Chris Rabb - Congressional Democratic candidate (PA-3)

  • “Coming out publicly in national politics as a Humanist was another matter entirely. Everybody I asked: is this a good idea? I want to do this. They all told me the same thing. Don't do it. Bad idea. But the secular community was always there for me. You had my back at every step.”

    Jared Huffman - U.S. Representative, (CA-02)

  • “We have to fight back, especially in this moment against an administration that continues to push religion into decision-making and policies like our healthcare and education — that must stop.”

    Tram Nguyen - Congressional Democratic candidate (MA-3)

  • “The idea of freedom of conscience, this idea of government for and by the people, not for and by the prophets, has been an American value for 250 years. But at every juncture we've had to defend it from people who want to take it all for themselves.”

    Fish Stark - Executive Director