She’s a 26-year-old social media star challenging a progressive stalwart in a congressional district she doesn’t live in yet. We asked her why.

Exactly one year after becoming constitutionally eligible to be sworn in, Kat Abughazaleh celebrated her 26th birthday last ...

Kat Abughazaleh, 26, who rose to prominence by making lively TikTok videos critiquing Fox News and Republicans, told WTTW ...

On March 24, 2025, a liberal influencer named Kat Abughazaleh announced her candidacy for Congress, challenging Representative Jan Schakowsky (Democrat-Illinois) in the northern Chicago suburbs.

In what may be the first campaign announcement in U.S. history ever to use the F-word, progressive social media sensation Kat Abughazaleh released a video Monday that kicked off her bid to unseat ...

Illinois 9th District has only been represented by two people since 1965, and there hasn’t been a competitive primary since the race Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, the district’s ...

Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old whose progressive ... setting up a potential showdown with longtime Rep. Jan Schakowsky for the 9th Congressional District. In a video announcing her run ...

Kat Abughazaleh, a progressive political commentator and social media influencer, announced a primary campaign against Rep.

When Kat Abughazaleh got laid off from her job as an extremism researcher and video producer at Media Matters last year, Elon Musk personally chimed in on ...

As liberal voters become increasingly frustrated by their leaders’ response to the Trump presidency, a crop of young ...

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky speaks at a rally of federal workers and their supporters in Federal Plaza in February. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old whose progressive ...

A progressive influencer launched a bid to unseat longtime Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). Kat Abughazaleh, 26, announced Monday that she would challenge Schakowsky in the 2026 midterm elections.