National Organization for Women of New Jersey Political Action Committee (NOW-NJ PAC) is endorsing an additional forty-six candidates for election in the upcoming November general election.

“New Jersey will truly flourish when our legislature reflects the population of our state. To that end, we are proud to endorse a group of pro-choice, feminist candidates whose diversity will serve our state well,” said Linda Weber, Chair of NOW-NJ PAC. “NOW advocates for reproductive rights, racial justice, environmental justice, efforts to stop violence against women, pay equity and Constitutional recognition of equal rights for women. These candidates are worthy of our support because we believe they will help in the fight furthering all of these issues.”

Sia Bansal, summer intern with NOW-NJ PAC and NOW Campus Action Network leader at Livingston High School, emphasized the importance of legislation that supports women and minorities. “I hope as a high school student to one day live in a society where we have true equality. Being that legislation is the best way to implement change on a large scale, we need legislators who are dedicated to actively empowering women and working towards a society where women can achieve their full potential.”

Incumbents were recommended for endorsement on the basis of their strong voting record on bills and resolutions supporting our feminist agenda that were passed since the last election and their continued commitment to NOW New Jersey’s legislative priorities. Challengers were recommended on the strength of their responses to our application and demonstrated support for women’s issues in their official campaign platform. In the absence of both for a candidate, no endorsements were made.

ENDORSED CANDIDATES

For the November 2021 Gubernatorial election
Sheila Oliver* (D) for Lieutenant Governor
Phil Murphy* (D) for Governor was endorsed ahead of the Primary election.

For the November 2021 Legislative election

* – Incumbent

Annette Quijano* (D) for Assembly in LD20 and Anjali Mehrotra (D) for Assembly in LD21 were endorsed earlier this year.

About National Organization for Women of NJ Political Action Committee (NOW-NJ PAC)

NOW-NJ PAC consists of representatives from all our chapters throughout the state along with members of the NOW New Jersey state board. Candidates were evaluated based on their record and/or commitment to push a legislative agenda in support of NOW’s six core issues. NOW’s core issues are as follows – achieving constitutional equality, ending violence against women, supporting LBGTQ+ rights and fighting for reproductive rights and justice, economic justice and racial justice.

About National Organization for Women of New Jersey (NOW-NJ)

The purpose of NOW-NJ is to take action through intersectional, anti-racist grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life.

For more information about NOW New Jersey and NOW-NJ PAC, please visit www.nownj.org.