We can’t recount her every legislative achievement here—there’s simply not enough space—but especially worth noting was her authorship of the 1994 assault weapons ban, her support for which was informed by the assassinations of her colleagues, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. And as chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from 2009-2015, she led the investigation into reports of CIA torture and authored legislation with Sen. John McCain to ban the practice.Read More…
In this month’s Insider: A new top-tier Democratic candidate enters the Senate race in Florida, as a top-tier Republican plans to make the Michigan Senate race more competitive. Blue Dog Democrats—led by women who flipped seats in 2022—make a push to renew their influence in Congress, and voters again reject abortion restrictions at the ballot,…Read More…
Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks is attempting a feat: to become only the third Black woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. To do it, the Democrat must quickly raise money to help build statewide name recognition.Read More…
The big news this month: Second-quarter fundraising totals are in, and we have the numbers for every competitive US Senate and House race we’re watching for 2024. Our Senate candidates also got a few new challengers this month, while on the House side a spate of Democratic women who ran and lost in 2022 announced…Read More…
This month, we added new US Senate candidates, got some positive developments on voting rights from the Supreme Court (!), saw Kamala hit the campaign trail, and marked one year since the Dobbs anniversary. Here’s all the political news you need to know for June:Read More…
As we close out June and head into July—when most of us are looking forward to a much needed break before fall fundraising activity resumes—we wanted to give you some updates on what EWA and our candidates have been working on.Read More…
It was also a historic month for women down-ballot, with key wins in Florida, Pennsylvania—including a nail-biter of a special election—and Kentucky.Read More…
Yesterday the seismic political news we’ve been waiting on for months finally dropped: Delaware Sen. Tom Carper won’t run for reelection this cycle, clearing the way for Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester to enter the race for this safe Democratic seat.Read More…
This morning, Sen. Ben Cardin announced he will not seek re-election to the US Senate from Maryland. Sen. Cardin was first elected to the Senate in 2006, after 20 years in the US House and 10 years as Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates. We thank Sen. Cardin for his decades of service.
This month we finally got our hands on long-awaited first-quarter fundraising data, and things are looking pretty good for our 2024 Senate women—although when you look at men and women in similarly competitive races, a familiar gap remains.