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Jahana Hayes is the U.S. Representative for the Fifth Congressional District of Connecticut. Hayes was elected in November, 2018. She is the first African-American Congresswoman from Connecticut, and this is her first public office. A high school teacher, Hayes first garnered widespread notoriety when she was named National Teacher of the Year in 2016 by President Barack Obama. In her capacity as National Teacher of the Year, Hayes traveled the country and the world engaging public education stakeholders in policy discussions meant to improve outcomes for students.

Rosa Delauro is currently serving her 15th term as a United States Congresswoman for Connecticut’s 3rd Congressional District. Rosa has built a reputation as a hard-working, passionate, and forthright advocate for her constituents, an honest broker who works with members of all parties, and a leader on matters of domestic and social policy. She has helped improve schools, bring tax relief to middle-class families, protect employee pensions, and encourage job creation in Connecticut.

Sara is running for U.S. Senate in the State of Maine. She is running to defeat Susan Collins, who cast the deciding vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh then voted to overturn precedent and attack reproductive freedom. Sara Gideon, currently the Maine Speaker of the House, led her state's legislature to pass laws ensuring that every Mainer has affordable access to reproductive care.

Sara believes that every woman has the right to make her own health care decisions, and as senator, will will fight to protect our reproductive rights. Please donate to her campaign here.

“Sen. Cornyn and his D.C. boss Mitch McConnell are terrified of the campaign we’ve built,” she said confidently in a letter to her supporters. MJ Hegar, a decorated former Air Force helicopter pilot, is backed by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

M.J. supports federal law codifying Roe v. Wade so that reproductive rights are not subject to the whims of an increasingly partisan court system. "Politicians should not legislate a woman’s most intimate decisions." Donate to M.J. Hegar's campaign here.

Teresa opposes the privatization of Social Security & Medicare as they are crucial to the livelihoods of countless Iowans. Her strategy in making these programs the cornerstone platform to her campaign has put her ahead in the polls in a state that narrowly voted for Trump in 2016. It's time to retire Joni Ernst, her opponent who often toes the line with Trump.

Donate to Theresa's campaign here.

In summer 2018, Senate Republican leaders removed her from her leadership position on the Senate health committee for endorsing Democrat Sharice Davids over 3rd District Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder. Months later, Bollier left the Republican Party. Bollier is an outspoken supporter of Medicaid expansion, and for three years was the main sponsor of legislation that would allow judges to temporarily take guns away from people determined to be risks to themselves or others, known as “red flag” laws. 

Barbara supports lowering the cost of healthcare, defending public education, acting on climate change, and preserving a woman’s right to making her own reproductive decisions. Donate to her campaign here.

As a part of the sweeping wave of women elected to Congress in 2018, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell fights to end gender discrimination in the areas of education, employment, health care, and all other spheres. She sees the value of investing in our public education system to ensure every child has access to a quality K-12 education. Debbie is also a strong advocate for common-sense gun safety legislation. And as a first-generation American, Debbie has fought tirelessly to close down the Homestead Detention Center for Migrant Children and ensure that those children are placed in safe environments. 

Lucy McBath is the mother of Jordan Davis, who was senselessly shot and killed at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida by a man objecting to the music Jordan was playing in his car. Since then, Lucy had become a fearless advocate for gun violence prevention. As a congresswoman, Lucy fights for universal background checks for all gun sales and Red Flag Laws to limit access to firearms for those who are potentially dangerous. A two-time breast cancer survivor, Lucy supports preserving funding for Planned Parenthood, and fights for the essential services they provide.

As a community advocate and an advocate for women, Susan Wild fights for increased access to healthcare, including safe and legal abortions, equal pay, workplace protections for women, paid family leave, and more. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Susan urged the Trump administration to extend the open enrollment period for health care coverage so everyone can get the care they need during this turbulent time.

In 2018, Sharice Davids was elected to represent Kansas’ Third District, becoming one of the first two Native American women ever to serve in Congress. She has spent her first term in office working tirelessly to tackle the issues most important to Kansas families, including strengthening our public schools, lowering the cost of healthcare and prescription drugs, and making sure the government is working for the people — not special interests.

Lizzie Fletcher works to protect access to affordable reproductive health services and to protect the Title X Family Planning Program. She supports policies to encourage access to contraception, including the Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2019, the Women’s Health Protection Act, and the Put Patients First Act to prohibit discrimination in and obstruction of care. Lizzie is a member of the Pro-Choice Caucus.

Jillian Freeland is the Democratic candidate running for Colorado’s 5th Congressional District. Before running for the US House in Colorado's Fifth District, Jillian was a private practice midwife in Colorado Springs. Her experience as an entrepreneur, healthcare provider, and middle-class millennial mom drove her to run to guarantee complete healthcare coverage, clean air and water, and an economy that works for everyone. Jillian promotes social justice, reproductive rights, action on climate change, and government accountability.

Abigail Spanberger supports protecting women’s access to reproductive healthcare, including federal funding to Planned Parenthood and other providers that ensure essential healthcare to women. As a former federal law enforcement officer, she is a gun violence prevention advocate and a cosponsor of the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, supporting federal background checks on all firearm purchases. Abigail fights for racial justice, equity, and civil rights, and believes that no one should face discrimination in the community or workplace because of their gender, race, creed, national origin, disability, whom they love, or anything else that defines them.  https://abigailspanberger.com 

As a doctor and a woman, Rep. Kim Schrier trusts women to make their own personal decisions about health and family planning. She supports a woman’s right to choose and recognizes Planned Parenthood as a provider of vital health services and is the only provider in some rural areas. She opposes any effort that limits a women’s right to choose abortion or any reproductive health decision. Kim fights to increase funding for Planned Parenthood and consider any attack on Planned Parenthood to be an attack on women.