The Progressive Honor Roll of 2012

The Nation’s annual Most Valuable Progressives Honor Roll has been going strong for the better part of a decade, and its alumni are moving up. Elizabeth Warren is now a senator-elect. Keith Ellison and Raúl Grijalva co-chair the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Two of our most valuable state legislators were elected to Congress on November 6: Wisconsin’s Mark Pocan and Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema. Ed Schultz has a prime-time show on MSNBC. The Dream Act dreamers spoke from the podium of the Democratic National Convention, and President Obama and Vice President Biden hailed their courage. But after a long election season and a hopeful outcome, there is still work to be done. Here are some of the Americans doing it.
 


Most Valuable Progressive: Bernie Sanders
 


Most Valuable Senator: Jeff Merkley



Most Valuable Representative: Tammy Baldwin


Most Valuable Governor: Peter Shumlin



Most Valuable State Official: Montana Attorney General: Steve Bullock



Most Valuable State Legislator: Marcia Moody


Most Valuable Educational TV Show: The Colbert Report



Many more on the list and with details on what they have done for progressives


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