Nov 5, 2019 — 49,000 Races in 34 States

It’s time to Reclaim Our Reproductive Rights

We are not a forced birth nation.

On October 8th I joined Womens March organizers, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and hundreds of activists at the footsteps of the Supreme Court with a clear message: our reproductive freedom is under attack — and we’re ready to fight back.

We’re ready to fight back against sexual predators in office.
We’re ready to fight back against misogynists and racists.
We’re ready to take our nation back.

Yes, we are still watching.

As I stood at the footsteps of the Supreme Court earlier this month it hit me how important it is to focus on electing #VOTEPROCHOICE Champions. While we challenge some of this nation’s most powerful decision-makers, we must remember that reproductive freedom iS not only decided on behind closed doors at the Supreme Court, the White House, or in the halls of Congress. Every elected office has the power to impact our reproductive freedom and the fundamental wellbeing of everyone.

Antichoice elected officials continue to abuse power in unprecedented ways: increasingly restricting access to abortion across the nation, continuing to try to pass mandatory ultrasounds in Virginia (i.e. state sanctioned sexual assault), five city-councils in Texas voting to ban abortion entirely, and all out unconstitutional abortion bans — The attacks on reproductive freedom have been relentless over many decades, but the escalation we are seeing now is unconscionable.

Attacks on our reproductive freedom also looks like escalating police violence against Black communities; the endemic of violence against trans women; our nation leading the world in death by gun violence; trans people fighting for the same rights on the job as the rest of the nation; violent family separation at the border; and the expansion of US concentration camps.

Electing these prochoice champions moves us one step closer to taking our prochoice nation back.

We must also stop reassuring ourselves that “abortion is still legal in this country.” Not only is the U.S. Constitution in a very precarious state, we aren’t honoring the fact that nearly 58% of people live in a place hostile to their reproductive health — TODAY. We cannot be complacent about this. We must act right now.

This year — November 5, 2019–49,000 races are on the ballot in 34 states. Every single race down the ballot is crucial in our fight for reproductive freedom — and I believe that we can win if we vote prochoice up and down the ballot.

Visit www.vpc.guide for a personalized and local view of candidates on your ballot.

Earlier this month #VOTEPROCHOICE announced our historic campaign to support reproductive freedom — 42 endorsements of prochoice candidates in 2019 general election. From local school board races, city council, state legislature, district attorney, mayoral and count clerk races- we’re endorsing community leaders ready to put reproductive freedom front and center! To see all endorsements, plus which candidates running on November 5 support bodily autonomy, check out www.vpc.guide

Meet The 2019 #VOTEPROCHOICE Prochoice Champions on the ballot.

In Tennessee, we’ve endorsed Kyonzte Toombs (D) for Nashville Metro Council amidst movement in the legislature to ban abortion at a “fetal heartbeat” — before most pregnant people can even detect their own pregnancy.

In Virginia, Sheila Bynum-Coleman (D) is fighting to unseat House of Delegates Speaker Kirk Cox (R), who has supported mandating invasive intravaginal exams and compared aborted fetuses to dead soldiers.

Former Peace Corps volunteer Amy Laufer is running for Virginia’s State Senate against Bryce Reeves: a man with a history of degrading comments towards women on abortion who continuously votes to defund women’s health clinics.

Seriously, there are elections all the time and only 15% of voters vote all-the-way down their ballot. Voters need to vote for prochoice candidates up and down their ballot or we’ll lose access to reproductive freedom next year. These endorsements give prochoice voters the support and empowerment to #VOTEPROCHOICE on election day — and I am confident that with your support, the prochoice majority will win.

Additional endorsements include:

California:

1. Suzy Loftus — District Attorney
2. Elizabeth Betancourt — CA State Assembly
3. Vallie Brown — San Francisco, District 5 Supervisor

Colorado

1. Tay Anderson — Denver Public Schools Board of Education
2. Bryan Lindstrom — Aurora City Council, Ward 6

Georgia

1. Van Johnson — Mayor of Savannah

Indiana

1. Alison Brown — Indianapolis City County Council, District 5
2. Crista Carlino — Indianapolis City County Council, District 6
3. Ethan Evans — Indianapolis City Council, District 4
4. Maria Rusomaroff — Lawrence Common Council, District 4

Iowa

1. Alexandra Dermody — Davenport City Council, 7th Ward

Louisiana

1. Mandie Landry — State House of Representatives, District 91 — November 16th

Mississippi

1. Theresa Gillespie Isom — State Representative, District 7
2. Brandon Rue — State Representative, District 102
3. Jennifer Riley Collins — Mississippi Attorney General

New York

1. Elizabeth Smith- Mount Pleasant Town Justice
2. Megan K. Thompson — Monroe County Legislator, District 8

North Carolina

1. Dimple Ajmera — Re-Election, Charlotte City Council At Large
2. Braxton Winston II- Charlotte City Council at Large
3. Vi Alexander Lyles — Mayor of Charlotte, NC

Ohio

1. Elizabeth Brown — Columbus City Council
2. Liliana Rivera Biaman — Columbus City Council
3. Carrie Hartman — Maumee City Council

Pennsylvania

1. Mark Pinsley — Lehigh County Controller
2. Bethany Hallam — Allegheny County Council at Large
3. Olivia Bennett — Allegheny County Council District 13
4. Linda Bobrin — Bucks County Register of Willis
5. Jordan Yeaher — Judge, Bucks County Court of Common Pleas
6. Joshua Siegel — Allentown City Council

Tennessee

1. Amelia Parker — Knoxville City Council At Large — Seat C

Texas

1. Eliz Markowitz — Texas House District 28

Virginia

1. Sheila Bynum-Coleman — Virginia House of Delegates, District 66
2. Danica Roem — Virginia House of Delegates, District 13
3. Schuyler Van Balkenburg — House of Delegates, District 72
4. Hala Ayala — House of Delegates, District 51
5. Shelly Simonds — Virginia House of Delegates, District 94
6. Karl Frisch — Fairfax County School Board, Providence District
7. Annette Hyde — Virginia Senate, District 24
8. Karen Mallard — Virginia House of Delegates, District 84
9. Margaret Angela Franklin — Prince William County Board of Supervisors, Woodbridge
10. Qasim Rashid — State Senate, District 28
11. Jennifer Woofter — Virginia House of Delegates, District 22
12. Morgan Goodman — Virginia House of Delegates, District 55
13. Jessica Foster — Virginia House of Delegates, District 88
14. Joshua Cole — Virginia House of Delegates, District 28
15. Ghazala Hashmi — State Senate, District 10
16. Amy Laufer — Virginia Senate, District 17

Washington

1. Navarra Carr — Port Angeles City Council, Position 6

For a full list of our endorsements please visit our super slate.

This wave of endorsements follows our recently released Local Impact: How Down-ballot Seats Affect Reproductive Freedom — detailing the impact of every elected seat in America on reproductive freedom. The report proves that every local seat, from governor to county auditor, is critical to ensuring the 77% of prochoice Americans protect the right to choose. The report was used to ensure this slate of endorsements covered the most high-impact elections, up and down ballots across the country.