NEW YORK — Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund released its latest round of endorsements of Moms Demand Action volunteers running for office across the country — underscoring the growing power of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers as candidates for office themselves.
“Moms Demand Action volunteers have already proven that they will do whatever it takes to keep their communities safe, so it comes as no surprise that a growing number of them are making the jump from influencing laws to writing them,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. “Everytown is proud to endorse these volunteers, whose leadership in the gun violence prevention movement will help them hit the ground running after they’re elected.”
“Our movement is pulling out all the stops this election, and nothing showcases that more than our own volunteers running for office,” said Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action. “We are so proud of these leaders for pouring their time and energy into these races, equipped with a vision of making their communities safe from gun violence. We’re here to support them every step of the way.”
The full list of candidates endorsed today and the office they are running for is available below:
- California
- Kristen Maahs, Anaheim City Council, District 5
- Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin, Culver City Council
- Lisa Henry, Mountain View Whisman School Board
- Alison Kamhi, Palo Alto Unified School Board
- Colorado
- Marta Loachamin, Boulder County Commission, District 2
- Connecticut
- Martha Marx, State Senator, District 20
- Delaware
- Sarah McBride, US Representative, At-Large
- Branden Fletcher-Dominguez, State Representative, District 03
- Frank Burns, State Representative, District 21
- Monica Beard, State Representative, District 22
- Mara Gorman, State Representative, District 23
- Cyndie Romer, State Representative, District 25
- Coby Owens, Wilmington City Council, District 1
- Florida
- Anna Prizzia, Alachua County Commission, District 3
- Georgia
- Andrew Ferguson, State Representative, District 120
- Illinois
- Karina Villa, State Senator, District 25
- Peter Janko, State Representative, District 69
- Kansas
- Mary Ware, State Senator, District 25
- Kentucky
- Kathleen “Penny” Christian, Fayette County Public Schools School Board, District 3
- Maryland
- Amanda Jozkowski, Carroll County Public Schools Board of Education
- Michigan
- Regina Weiss, State Representative, District 05
- Pam Harris Kaiser, Grand Traverse County Commission, District 9
- Tami Rey, Kalamazoo County Commission, District 1
- Michael Howard, Macomb County Commission, District 12
- Alyshia Dyer, Washtenaw County Sheriff
- Minnesota
- Randy Schubring, Rochester City Council President
- Bridget Liverca, Waconia School District School Board, District 110
- North Carolina
- Leigh Coulter, State Representative, District 69
- New Hampshire
- Debra Altschiller, State Senator, District 24
- Lena Nirk, State Representative, Belknap 6 District
- Don House, State Representative, Belknap 8 District
- Fred Davis, State Representative, Hillsborough 3 District
- Ray Newman, State Representative, Hillsborough 4 District
- Sue Newman, State Representative, Hillsborough 4 District
- Wendy Thomas, State Representative, Hillsborough 12 District
- Melanie Renfrew-Hebert, State Representative, Hillsborough 29 District
- Megan Murray, State Representative, Hillsborough 37 District
- Paul Skudlarek, State Representative, Rockingham 16 District
- Timothy Horrigan, State Representative, Strafford 10 District
- Loren Selig, State Representative, Strafford 10 District
- Ohio
- Karla DeMali, Wayne County Commission
- Rhode Island
- Melissa Carden, State Senator, District 28
- Pamela Lauria, State Senator, District 32
- Justine Caldwell, State Representative, District 30
- Jonathan Daly-Labelle, State Representative, District 37
- Paul Roselli, State Representative, District 47
- Jennifer Boylan, State Representative, District 66
- Linnea Drew, North Kingstown Town Council
- Matthew McCoy, North Kingstown Town Council
- Corey Jones, Providence School Board, Region 1
- Patricia Alley, South Kingstown Town Council
- Wisconsin
- Lee Snodgrass, State Representative, District 52
Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund launched “Demand a Seat,” a program to train grassroots volunteers and gun violence survivors to take the next step in their advocacy efforts by running for office and working on campaigns to elect gun sense candidates in 2021. Since 2017, hundreds of Moms Demand Action volunteer leaders have run for elected office and more than two hundred have won seats – from town council and school board to U.S. Congress. In 2023, 162 volunteers ran for office and 96 won their races. More information on Demand a Seat can be found here.