Political Query: Who Should I Give Money To?

A question for the more politically plugged-in folks out there: If I want to donate money this election cycle, who should I be looking at giving it to?

OK, that probably needs some unpacking, but given Internet attention spans, I wanted to get the basic question right up front before a passing Pokemon draws people away…

So, the last couple of presidential elections, I donated to the Obama campaign, but it doesn’t really look like Hilary Clinton desperately needs my money. And I’ve given to the Democratic party more generally (DSCC and DCCC) in the past, but given their track record in recent legislative elections, I’m not convinced that’s money well spent– that is, I’m not sure they’re optimally allocating their resources.

So, I’d sort of like to give my regular political donation (which is of order a few hundred bucks) directly to a candidate for whom it would do some good. There are way more races out there than I can really keep track of, though, thus this appeal.

So: who’s a candidate for the House or Senate either running as a Democrat or who will caucus with the Democrats who’s in a race that’s potentially winnable who would benefit from additional cash? Bonus points for opposing a particularly objectionable incumbent, but I don’t want to just protest vote, I’d like to give money to somebody who has a chance of actually winning.

Note: I’m not committing to blindly donating money to any random candidate people name in comments here, I’m just soliciting names for possible donations. I’ll check out the policy views and the status of the race for anybody whose name comes up, and if there’s somebody particularly appealing, I’ll throw a little money their way. I’d prefer to directly contribute to a candidate rather than some progressive umbrella group just on bang-for-buck grounds, so please don’t give me sales pitches for activist organizations. And if you want to berate me for being excessively liberal, or insufficiently liberal, well, I can’t really stop you from leaving a comment, but I’ll mock you quietly.