National Organization for Women of New Jersey Political Action Committee announces endorsements for 2021 New Jersey General Election

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

LD

Candidate(s)

04

Gabriela Mosquera* (D) for Assembly

07

Troy Singleton* (D) for Senate

Carol Murphy* (D) for Assembly

10

Emma Mammano (D) for Senate

11

Vin Gopal* (D) for Senate

Joann Downey* (D) for Assembly

12

Raya Arbiol (D) for Assembly

14

Linda Greenstein* (D) for Senate

Wayne DeAngelo* (D) and Daniel Benson* (D) for Assembly

15

Shirley K. Turner* (D) for Senate

Verlina Reynolds-Jackson* (D) and Anthony S. Verrelli* (D) for Assembly

16

Andrew Zwicker (D) for Senate

Roy Freiman* (D) and Sadaf F. Jaffer (D) for Assembly

17

Joe Danielsen* (D) for Assembly

18

Sterley Stanley* (D) for Assembly

21

Joseph Signorello (D) for Senate

Elizabeth A. Graner (D) for Assembly

22

Nicholas P. Scutari* (D) for Senate

Linda S. Carter* (D) and James Kennedy* (D) for Assembly

23

Hope Kaufman (D) for Assembly

25

Jeff Grayzel (D) for Senate

Patricia Veres (D) and Lauren Barnett (D) for Assembly

26

Christine Clarke (D) for Senate

Pamela Fadden (D) and Melissa Brown Blaeuer (D) for Assembly

27

Mila Jasey* (D) and John McKeon* (D) for Assembly

28

Cleopatra Tucker* (D) for Assembly

29

Teresa Ruiz* (D) for Senate

31

Angela McKnight* (D) for Assembly

33

Annette Chaparro* (D) and Raj Mukherji* (D) for Assembly

34

Nia H. Gill* (D) for Senate

Britnee N. Timberlake* (D) for Assembly

35

Shavonda Sumter* (D) for Assembly

36

Clinton Calabrese* (D) for Assembly

38

Lisa Swain* (D) and Christopher Tully* (D) for Assembly

39

Karlito A. Almeda (D) for Assembly

40

Genevieve Allard (D) for Assembly

* – 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.

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