Congressional candidate Andrew Sneed announced Monday that U.S. Representative Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, has joined Sneed’s candidate coalition, Balance and Accountability Candidates.
Sneed founded Take BAC Congress, a coalition of candidates who have pledged to support a five-point plan focused on congressional and judicial campaign finance and ethics reforms.
Coalition members have pledged to work toward congressional term limits, a ban on congressional stock trading and a moratorium preventing former members of Congress from immediately taking lobbying jobs. They also support overturning the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and establishing an enforceable ethics code for the Supreme Court.
Landsman, who has represented Ohio’s First Congressional District since 2023, is the first sitting federal officeholder to join the coalition.
Sneed, the Democratic nominee for Alabama’s First Congressional District, welcomed Landsman’s participation and said the coalition continues to gain momentum.
“We are incredibly proud of the momentum that our national coalition has built,” Sneed said. “We are honored and inspired to be joined by Representative Landsman—a stalwart champion and leader in fighting against government corruption.”
“This moment should clearly show that all politicians are not the same—there are already leaders with the courage and conviction to fight for what is right, and more on the way,” Sneed continued. “The moment to fix the House and restore balance and accountability to our politics and government is now.”
The coalition also highlighted the introduction last month of the Drain the Swamp Act, a broad legislative package led by Landsman and U.S. Representative Josh Riley, D-New York.
BAC described the proposal as the “most comprehensive anti-corruption legislation to date to take on our rigged system, strengthen democracy, and restore trust in government.”
The legislation addresses several of the coalition’s policy priorities. It would prohibit members of Congress, the president, the vice president, Supreme Court justices and their immediate family members from owning individual stocks.
The bill would also establish an ethics code and 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices, remove the statute of limitations for crimes committed by a sitting president or vice president and overturn Citizens United.
Landsman described the proposal as an opportunity for Congress to confront what he called “blatant corruption in Washington.”
“This is our moment for big change,” Landsman said. “It’s time to take on corruption, fix our broken politics and democracy, and return power to the American people.”
Since its launch, BAC has attracted more than 110 candidates from more than 35 states. Alabama signatories include Sneed and Democratic congressional candidates Lee McInnis, Amanda Pusczek and Clyde Jones.
Landsman is seeking reelection and will face Republican Eric Conroy in November.
Sneed will face incumbent U.S. Representative Dale Strong, R-Alabama, in the November 3 general election.
