Blue states elect Democrats who supported permanent cash handout policy as part of mayors coalition
Five former Mayors for a Guaranteed Income coalition members won higher office, raising questions about direct cash assistance becoming permanent policy.
TL;DR
- Five former members of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (MGI) won higher office in the midterm elections.
- Voters approved multiple direct-cash ballot measures nationwide.
- Keisha Lance Bottoms, a founding member of MGI, was elected governor of Georgia.
- Two current MGI members secured seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Cook County, Illinois, established the nation's first permanent guaranteed income program at the county level.
- More than 100 pilot programs for guaranteed basic income have been launched since 2018.
- The Economic Security Project (ESP) has supported over 100 guaranteed income pilots nationwide.
- Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a supporter of direct-cash programs, won Michigan's U.S. Senate election.
- Sherrod Brown, a proponent of the Child Tax Credit, returns to the Senate with new allies supporting similar policies.