Everytown For Gun Safety Endorses First Round of Moms Demand Action Volunteers Running for Office
3.10.2025
NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund endorsed its first round of endorsements of Moms Demand Action volunteers running for office across the country. These endorsements, which are Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund’s first of the 2025 election, are a testament to the growing power of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers as candidates for office themselves.
“Every election cycle, more and more gun safety volunteers are stepping into the arena and running for office themselves, which speaks volumes about the changing political calculus on guns,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. “We’re proud to endorse these Moms Demand Action volunteers, who enter their races with strong track records of fighting hard to keep their neighbors safe.”
“We are so excited to endorse this incredible list of volunteers who are taking the next step in their advocacy,” said Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action. “We know the decision to run for office isn’t a light one. These leaders are taking this leap because they know our collective safety is worth fighting for, and we couldn’t be more proud.”
The full list of candidates endorsed today and the office they are running for is available below:
Florida
- Gay Valimont, US Representative, FL-01
- Joshua Rydell, Coconut Creek City Commission, District E
Illinois
- Bill Manganaro, Arlington Heights Village Trustee
- Carina Santa Maria, Arlington Heights Village Trustee
- Maria Krause, Crystal Lake District 47 School Board
- Mary Kay Baldino, Elk Grove Township District 214 Board of Education
- Kevin Burns, Geneva Mayor
- Sharone Marck, Highland Park District 112 School Board
- Taryn Fisher, Village of Lake Bluff Trustee
- Matthew Hickey, Libertyville Mayor
- Rebecca Heneghan, Maine Township District 207 School Board
- Rachel Jacoby, Moraine Township Trustee
- Jennifer Ciok, Mount Prospect District 57 School Board
- Holly Blastic, Naperville Community Unit Schools District 203 Board of Education
- Leslie Ruffing, Naperville Park District Board Commissioner
- Gail Schnitzer Eisenberg, New Trier Township Supervisor
- Rory Roberge, Normal Town Council
- Caryn Fliegler, Northfield Township Clerk
- Jenna Leving Jacobson, Oak Park Village Board Trustee
- Kristin Hawksworth, Orland Township Trustee
- Beth Rankin, Park Ridge/Niles School District 64 Board of Education
- Lauren Duddles, St. Charles City Council, Ward 5
- Carissa Casbon, Warren Township Supervisor
- Sheri Williams, Wheeling Township Board Trustee
Wisconsin
- Addison Filiatreaux, Hudson School Board
- John Duncan, Madison Common Council, District 1
- Mara Helmke, Verona City Council, District 2