Duckworth (IL-8) then-Congressman Bill Enyart (IL-12) Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2) Ruben Gallego (AZ-7) Ted Lieu (CA-33) Seth Moulton (MA-6) Kevin Strouse (PA-8) Wesley Reed (TX-27) Jerry Cannon (MI-1) then-Congressman, now Senator Tim Walz (MN-1) Jim Mowrer (IA-4) Mark Takai (HI-1) 2016 In 2016, VoteVets endorsed the following candidates for House and Senate in the general election: then-Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-Senate) then-Secretary of State Jason Kander (MO-Senate) Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2) then-Congressman, now Governor Tim Walz (MN-1) Congressman Ruben Gallego (AZ-7) Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33) Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-6) Anthony Brown (MD-4) Jim Mowrer (IA-3) Doug Applegate (CA-49) Mike Derrick (NY-21) John Plumb (NY-23) Salud Carbajal (CA-24) DuWayne Gregory (NY-2) Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) Additionally, the group endorsed a number of candidates for Governor: Governor John Bel Edwards (LA) then-Lt. Governor Ralph Northam (VA) Steve Hobbs (WA) 2018 In 2018, VoteVets endorsed the following candidates for House and Senate in the general election: then-Senator Bill Nelson (FL-Sen) Senator Tom Carper (DE-Sen) Congressman Ruben Gallego (AZ-7) Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33) Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-6) Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-4) Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) Randy Bryce (WI-1) Gil Cisneros (CA-39) Jesse Colvin (MD-1) Jason Crow (CO-6) Den Feehan (MN-1) Jared Golden (ME-2) Ken Harbaugh (OH-7) MJ Hegar (TX-31) Chrissy Houlahan (PA-6) Brendan Kelly (IL-12) Joseph Kopser (TX-21) Elaine Luria (VA-2) Dan McCready (NC-9) Amy McGrath (KY-6) Richard Ojeda (WV-3) Gina Ortiz-Jones (TX-23) Max Rose (NY-11) Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) George Scott (PA-10) Josh Welle (NJ-4) The group also endorsed Conor Lamb in a special election in PA-18, and again in the general election, in November 2018. Additionally, the group endorsed a number of candidates for Governor: then-Congressman Tim Walz (MN) David Garcia (AZ) James E. Smith Jr. (SC) 2020 VoteVets endorsed Pete Buttigieg in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Action Fund VoteVets.org Action Fund, the group's non-profit wing, has also been active in the paid airwaves. The first ad generated by the action fund was an ad critical of then-Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman, for "failing to ask the tough questions" on the war. The group ran a newspaper ad and radio ad, featuring Jeremy Broussard, in Connecticut. The Action Fund also commissioned a 2006 poll, conducted by pollster Celinda Lake, of troops who had returned from Iraq. That poll found many troops did not feel they were given what they needed to succeed in Iraq, and even more had faced medical,