(Trenton) – PAM’s List announced today a historic $60,000 in campaign contributions and its endorsement of a slate of candidates running for state legislature, county offices, and mayoral positions in the 2025 election cycle. This year’s endorsements include a slate of 63 female candidates at every level of government–including a candidate for Governor, 32 women for the General Assembly, 27 women running for county-level offices, and three mayoral candidates.

“These candidates are not just running for office; they’re running to protect our fundamental freedoms,” said Paulina O’Connor and Kay LiCausi, Co-Chairs of PAM’s List. “At a time when reproductive rights are under constant attack, it’s essential we elect leaders who are unwavering in their commitment to safeguard access to reproductive health care for all.”

Catherine Tung, Endorsement Chair of PAM’s List, added, “Supporting pro-choice Democratic women isn’t just the right thing to do–it’s a strategy for progress. These women are on the frontlines of change, and we are proud to stand with them as they fight for equality, justice, and the future of reproductive freedom.”

In the last several years, directed and aggressive attacks on equality, justice, and reproductive freedoms have made it so that this generation’s young women are growing up with fewer protections than their parents and grandparents. That is why it is absolutely critical to support and elect champions from the ground up: to ensure that women have a seat at the table in every room where decisions are made.

PAM’s List is especially excited to endorse Mikie Sherrill, a proven fighter. Now more than ever, New Jersey needs a Governor who will stand up to the attacks against women and reproductive health care choices. Mikie Sherrill and our endorsed candidates will protect New Jersey’s future.

Founded in 1993, PAM’s List has been a driving force in advancing women's rights, reproductive freedom, and progressive leadership at the state and local levels–building out a bench of Democratic, pro-choice, women elected officials at all levels of government.

The 2025 endorsed candidates reflect our organization's core mission of protecting access to reproductive health care and championing policies that uphold the rights and dignity of women and families. PAM’s List is a New Jersey women's political action committee founded in 1993 and has since expanded its mission to support pro-choice Democratic women seeking congressional, legislative, county, and mayoral office. PAM’s List dedicates its efforts to advancing the voices of women in our State.

The Women of PAM's List:
Kay LiCausi and Paulina Banasiak O’Connor (Co-Chairs), Catherine Tung (Endorsement Chair), T. Missy Balmir, Iris Delgado, Maureen Doherty (Treasurer), Casey Haddox, Jennifer Mancuso, Tricia Mueller, Joanne Rajoppi, Sarah Seaboldt (Finance Chair), Hira Shaikh, Jennifer Taylor, and Christina Zuk.

Endorsed Candidates
New Jersey Governor
Mikie Sherrill

New Jersey General Assembly
Carolyn Rush (LD-1)
Carol Sabo (LD-1)
Joanne Famularo (LD-2)
Maureen Rowan (LD-2)
Melinda Kane (LD-6)*
Carol Murphy (LD-7)*
Andrea Katz (LD-8)*
Lisa Bennett (LD-9)
Rosalee Keech (LD-9)
Janine Bauer (LD-10)
Gigi Esparza (LD-10)
Margie Donlon (LD-11)*
Luanne Peterpaul (LD-11)*
Freshta Taeb (LD-12)
Tennille McCoy (LD-14)*
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (LD-15)*
Mitchelle Drulis (LD-16)*
Yvonne Lopez (LD-19)*
Annette Quijano (LD-20)*
Linda Carter (LD-22)*
Marisa Sweeney (LD-25)
Rosy Bagolie (LD-27)*
Alixon Collazos-Gill (LD-27)*
Cleopatra Tucker (LD-28)*
Eliana Pintor Marin (LD-29)*
Shanique Speight (LD-29)*
Katie Brennan (LD-32)
Carmen Morales (LD-34)*
Shama Haider (LD-37)*
Ellen Park (LD-37)*
Lisa Swain (LD-38)*
Donna Abene (LD-39)

Atlantic County
Victoria Dolceamore
Sherri Parmenter
Bergen County
Mary Amoroso*
Germaine Ortiz*

Burlington County
Allison Eckel*
Camden County
Colleen Bianco Bezich
Jennifer Fleisher*
Michelle Gentek-Mayer*

Mercer County
Nina Melker*
Cathleen Lewis*
Paula Sollami Covello*
Middlesex County
Claribel “Clary” Azcona-Barber*
Nancy Pinkin*
Chanelle Scott McCullum*
Mildred Scott*

Monmouth County
Jacqui Wenzel
Alison De Noia
Morris County
Marie DeVenezia
Jocelyn Mathiasen

Passaic County
Christina Schratz

Salem County
Issabella Goetz

Somerset County
Melonie Marano*
Bernice “Tina” Jalloh*
Elizabeth Graner*
Union County
Rebecca Williams*
Joanne Rajoppi*

Warren County
Ethel Conry

Mayor
Phyllis Magazzu, Berlin Township*
Jenny Mundell, Bloomfield*
Meghan Stamatopoulos, Township of Washington

*denotes incumbent