What a week, Faith!
Last Monday, we announced our second round of endorsements, bringing the number of young leaders we're working to elect this November up to 12!
From gun violence to climate change to the skyrocketing cost of living, our leaders haven't been making enough progress on young voters' priorities. So all over the country, we're working to transform state legislatures (and Congress!) to include young people at a rate that's closer to our portion of the population.
Our endorsements span 10 different states in every part of the country.
In Arizona, first-generation American and Rhodes Scholar Oscar De Los Santos has already proven himself as a leader in the fight to repeal the state's abortion ban. He needs and deserves our help to win re-election this year.
In Tennessee, abortion rights champion Allie Phillips and immigrant rights advocate and first-generation American Luis Mata are going to make fantastic additions to the state legislature.
In Texas, ER nurse Molly Cook will continue to be a powerful force advocating for abortion rights and public transit in the State Senate. She just won a special election to serve out the remainder of the current term, but she'll need to be re-elected to a full term in November!
In Florida, climate advocate Nate Douglas will make sure young folks' priorities are front and center, along with Bryce Berry and Ashwin Ramaswami in neighboring Georgia. And in North Carolina, non-profit leader and former National Guard Captain Dante Pittman will do the same.
In Ohio, we've endorsed Christine Cockley for the State House. She's determined to make housing and childcare more affordable and keep our communities safe from gun violence — along with Anna Thomas, who we've endorsed in nearby Pennsylvania.
In Montana, Anja Wookey-Huffman is also laser focused on housing costs. As a born-and-raised Montanan who worked in Bozeman restaurants to fund her way through college and pay the bills, she personally understands the challenges young people are facing today.
And last but certainly not least, in Delaware, Sarah McBride has the chance to make history as the first openly trans member of the US Congress. She's a badass state senator who's been the driving force behind so many awesome bills, and we're going to make sure she gets to take the fight to Washington next.
If we elect even half of these candidates this November, we'll have made monumental gains for young people's representation in government and a big boost to get young voters turning out by giving them people their age to vote for. But we're not aiming to elect half of them — we're aiming to help each and every one of them win on Election Day.
— Leaders We Deserve HQ
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