Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses More Than 70 State and Federal Candidates
10.9.2018
NEW YORK – Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund today announced additional endorsements of more than 70 state and federal candidates. The endorsed candidates are key gun safety champions from red, blue and purple states. Everytown is all-in on electing these candidates, and Moms Demand Action volunteers will be making calls, knocking on doors and turning out the vote for them in November.
Everytown’s electoral program includes independent expenditures, candidate contributions, candidate endorsements, voter registration and nationwide canvassing and phone banking.
STATEMENT FROM JOHN FEINBLATT, PRESIDENT OF EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY:
“We are proud to support these candidates, who have pledged to put public safety ahead of gun lobby priorities. The fact that gun sense champions are running strong campaigns in red, blue and purple states is further proof that the political calculus on gun safety has dramatically shifted.”
STATEMENT FROM SHANNON WATTS, FOUNDER OF MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA:
“These leaders are proof that 2018 is different – across the country, campaigns are keeping gun safety front and center because their voters demand it. Moms Demand Action volunteers will be with them every step of the way to elect leaders who will finally end this crisis.”
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund today endorsed the following candidates:
GOVERNOR
- Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (CA)
- Rep. Jared Polis (CO)
- Ned Lamont (CT)
- J.B. Pritzker (IL)
- Laura Kelly (KS)
- Rep. Tim Walz (MN)
- Gov. Tom Wolf (PA)
ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra (CA)
- William Tong (CT)
- Kwame Raoul (IL)
- Atty. Gen. Maura Healey (MA)
U.S. SENATE
- Sen. Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Sen. Chris Murphy (CT)
- Sen. Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Sen. Martin Heinrich (NM)
- Rep. Jacky Rosen (NV)
- Sen. Bob Casey (PA)
- Sen. Tim Kaine (VA)
- Rep. Beto O’Rourke (TX)
- Sen. Tammy Baldwin (WI)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-02)
- Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05)
- Rep. Jackie Speier (CA-14)
- Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24)
- Katie Hill (CA-25)
- Katie Porter (CA-45)
- Harley Rouda (CA-48)
- Mike Levin (CA-49)
- Jason Crow (CO-06)
- Rep. Jim Himes (CT-04)
- Jahana Hayes (CT-05)
- Rep. Stephanie Murphy (FL-07)
- Rep. Val Demings (FL-10)
- Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-22)
- Mary Barzee Flores (FL-25)
- Rep. Carlos Curbelo (FL-26)
- Donna Shalala (FL-27)
- Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02)
- Rep. Mike Quigley (IL-05)
- Lauren Underwood (IL-14)
- Sharice Davids (KS-03)
- Rep. Katherine Clark (MA-05)
- Elissa Slotkin (MI-08)
- Haley Stevens (MI-11)
- Rep. Debbie Dingell (MI-12)
- Angie Craig (MN-02)
- Dean Phillips (MN-03)
- Cort VanOstran (MO-02)
- Susie Lee (NV-03)
- Steven Horsford (NV-04)
- Chris Pappas (NH-01)
- Andy Kim (NJ-03)
- Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11)
- Perry Gershon (NY-01)
- Rep. Peter King (NY-02)
- Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-10)
- Antonio Delgado (NY-19)
- Danny O’Connor (OH-12)
- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01)
- Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06)
- Susan Wild (PA-07)
- Rep. Matt Cartwright (PA-08)
- Rep. Conor Lamb (PA-17)
- Rep. David Cicilline (RI-01)
- Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (TX-07)
- Gina Ortiz Jones (TX-23)
- Colin Allred (TX-32)
- Elaine Luria (VA-02)
- Abigail Spanberger (VA-07)
- Rep. Don Beyer (VA-08)
- Jennifer Wexton (VA-10)
- Carolyn Long (WA-03)
- Lisa Brown (WA-05)
- Kim Schrier (WA-08)
For a full list of Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed candidates this cycle, please visit: https://gunsensevoter.org/endorsed-2018/