NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland PAC has announced a new round of endorsements. (Click here for their first round.) The new round includes more state legislative picks plus the Montgomery County Council. It's noteworthy that despite - or perhaps because of - their public thrashing by House Majority Leader Kumar Barve, they still have not endorsed either of his district teammates, Delegates Jim Gilchrist and Luiz Simmons. (We hear that Gilchrist still has not submitted his questionnaire.)
Following is their press release.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 27, 2010
NARAL PRO-CHOICE MARYLAND PAC ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL ENDORSEMENTS
SILVER SPRING, MD--Today the Political Action Committee of NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland announced additional endorsements of candidates in several races including Governor, Maryland Senate, Maryland House of Delegates, Baltimore County Executive, and Montgomery County Council.
“NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland PAC has endorsed candidates that will both protect a woman’s right to choose and fight to improve access to reproductive health care across Maryland,” said NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland PAC Chair Tracy Terrell.
NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland PAC endorsed Governor Martin O’Malley and Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown in their campaign for re-election. NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland PAC also supported O’Malley in 2006.
“Having a governor that supports reproductive choice is critical to maintaining the right to choose in Maryland. We are very happy to support Governor O’Malley,” said Terrell.
NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland PAC will announce additional endorsements before the September primaries.
Endorsed Candidates as of July 27, 2010. Recently endorsed candidates are in bold.
Endorsed incumbents:
Governor Martin O’Malley and Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown
Senator Katherine Klausmeier - District 8
Senator James Robey – District 13
Senator Rona Kramer – District 14
Senator Rob Garagiola – District 15
Senator Brian Frosh - District 16
Senator Rich Madaleno – District 18
Senator Jamie Raskin – District 20
Senator Nathaniel Exum – District 24
Senator John Astle – District 30
Senator Nancy King - District 39
Senator Jim Brochin - District 42
Senator George Della – District 46
Delegate Galen Clagett – District 3A
Delegate Michael Weir, Jr. – District 6
Delegate Adrienne Jones – District 10
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam – District 10
Delegate Dan Morhaim – District 11
Delegate Dana Stein – District 11
Delegate Jon Cardin – District 11
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo - District 12B
Delegate Shane Pendergrass – District 13
Delegate Frank Turner – District 13
Delegate Guy Guzzone – District 13
Delegate Anne Kaiser - District 14
Delegate Kathleen Dumais – District 15
Delegate Brian Feldman - District 15
Delegate Susan Lee - District 16
Delegate Bill Frick - District 16
Delegate Kumar Barve - District 17
Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez – District 18
Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher – District 18
Delegate Al Carr – District 18
Delegate Ben Kramer – District 19
Delegate Sheila Hixson – District 20
Delegate Tom Hucker – District 20
Delegate Heather Mizeur – District 20
Delegate Barbara Frush – District 21
Delegate Ben Barnes – District 21
Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk – District 21
Delegate Tawanna Gaines – District 22
Delegate Justin Ross – District 22
Delegate James Hubbard - District 23A
Delegate Kris Valderrama – District 26
Delegate Sue Kullen - District 27B
Speaker Michael Busch - District 30
Delegate Virginia Clagett – District 30
Delegate Mary-Dulany James – District 34A
Delegate Rudolph Cane – District 37A
Delegate Charles Barkley – District 39
Delegate Kirill Reznik – Delegate 39
Delegate Shawn Tarrant – District 40
Delegate Samuel “Sandy” Rosenberg – District 41
Delegate Stephen Lafferty - District 42
Delegate Maggie McIntosh – District 43
Delegate Ruth Kirk – District 44
Delegate Cheryl Glenn – District 45
Delegate Peter Hammen - District 46
Delegate Brian McHale – District 46
Delegate Doyle Niemann – District 47
Delegate Jolene Ivey – District 47
Endorsed challengers:
Candy Greenway – Delegate Candidate District House 3A
Jordan Hadfield – Senate Candidate District 6
Calvin Bowman – Delegate Candidate District 8
Hon. Cheryl Kagan – Senate Candidate District 17
Hon. Roger Manno – Senate Candidate District 19
Arthur Helton, Jr. – Senate Candidate District 34
Hon. Victor Ramirez – Senate Candidate District 47
Eric Luedtke – Delegate Candidate District 14
Jodi Finkelstein – Delegate Candidate District 14
Aruna Miller – Delegate Candidate District 15
Ariana Kelly – Delegate Candidate District 16
Dan Campos – Delegate Candidate District 17
Bonnie Cullison – Delegate Candidate District 19
Jay Hutchins – Delegate Candidate District 19
Nicole Williams – Delegate Candidate District 23A
Judd Legum – Delegate Candidate District 30
John Janowich – Delegate Candidate District 35B
Arthur Hock – Delegate Candidate District 36
Shane Robinson – Delegate Candidate District 39
Lori Albin – Delegate Candidate District 42
Mary Washington – Delegate Candidate District 43
Keiffer Mitchell, Jr. – Delegate Candidate District 44
Luke Clippinger – Delegate Candidate District 46
Baltimore County Executive
Hon. Kevin Kamenetz
Montgomery County Council
Councilmember Roger Berliner – District 1
Councilmember Nancy Navarro – District 4
Councilmember Valerie Ervin – District 5
Councilmember Marc Elrich – At Large
Councilmember Nancy Floreen – At Large
Councilmember George Leventhal – At Large
Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg – At Large
Since 1982, NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland PAC has worked to elect pro-choice candidates to all levels of office and is the most influential pro-choice PAC in Maryland.
Contact: 301-565-4154
By authority, Emily Luedtke, Treasurer
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland PAC Announces More Endorsements
