Greg Casar

Leadership & Staff

José “Chito” Vela Austin City Council Member; lawyer

• Position

Tara Pohlmeyer Texas-based progressive political organizer

• Position

Board Memberships

Austin City Council City Council of Austin, Texas

• Council member

Positions

Congressional Progressive Caucus U.S. House and Senate progessive caucus

• chair (Dec 5 '24→?)

Workers Defense Project

• Policy Director ('14→?)

Local Progress

• Board Member

Government Positions

House Oversight Committee

• Position

City of Austin City located in Texas, US and it's municipal government

• Council member

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative

Donors

Gabriel Bankman-Fried Former congressional staffer; brother of crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried

• Donation · 3,900 USD ('22)

Rick Cofer Travis County Private Defense Attorney; DNC operative; Local Democratic Party Leader

• Donation/Grant

Greg Casar For Congress

• Donation/Grant

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Bernie Sanders Independent US Senator and former representative from Vermont, 2016 and 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate

• 1 contribution · 250 USD (Feb 17 '20)

Bernie 2020

• 1 contribution · 250 USD (Feb 17 '20)

Campaign Donors

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Leah Hunt-Hendrix Organizer; daughter of Helen LaKelly Hunt, founder of The Sister Fund and Women Moving Millions and the granddaughter of Texas oil tycoon H.L. Hunt.

• 2 contributions · 5,800 USD (Nov 15 '21)

Gregorio Casar Wealthy Bellaire

• 3 contributions · 4,547 USD (Feb 9 '22→Mar 25 '22)

Nicolette Beck Artist, musician, and activist from the SF Bay Area

• 1 contribution · 2,900 USD (Feb 4 '22)

Emily Rapoport Artist - Waco Texas, Granddchild of Bernard Rapoport

• 1 contribution · 2,900 USD (Dec 30 '21)

Patricia Rapoport Artist - Waco Texas

• 1 contribution · 2,900 USD (Dec 30 '21)

Susan Pritzker Board member of Mother Jones; wife of Nick Pritzker

• 1 contribution · 2,900 USD (Feb 3 '22)

George Soros Currency speculator and major donor to liberal groups

• 1 contribution · 2,900 USD (Dec 20 '21)

Luis A Miranda Jr Partner of MirRam Group

• 1 contribution · 2,900 USD (Feb 26 '22)

Joanne Witty Attorney - Director, Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation

• 1 contribution · 2,900 USD (Feb 7 '22)

Jill Soffer Jill Soffer Design, Santa Monica California/Carbondale Colorado

• 1 contribution · 2,900 USD (Jan 31 '22)

Memberships

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative (Jan 3 '23→Jan 3 '27)

Democratic Party The U.S. Democratic Party

• Member

Capital Area Progressive Democrats Austin Area Democratic Party Coalition

• Member

Services & Transactions

ADL Austin

• Service/Transaction

Center for Economic and Policy Research The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) was established in 1999 to promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives.

• Service/Transaction

Open Society Foundations International grantmaking network founded by business magnate George Soros

• Service/Transaction

Schools

Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School

• School (?→'07)

University of Virginia public research university in Charlottesville, VA

• School

Social

Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez Texas-based policy advocate,  political candidate and political commentator

• Professional [+1]

• Professional

José Garza Elected District Attorney for Travis County, Texas; Former Executive Director at the Workers Defense Project; "Soros DA"

• Professional [+3]

• endorser

• Endorsee

• boss

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez US Representative from New York (2019-present)

• Professional [+1]

• Professional

Maxwell Frost Florida Congressman

• Professional

Steve Adler Former Mayor, Austin Texas; Eminent Domain Attorney, Barron & Adler, LLP; 

• endorser