Here is a sample of outstanding women Democratic candidates for Congress, most of them are running for office for the first time, all of them are accomplished achievers in their own fields and all have positive liberal visions for the country. All of them could do with a little help and support, since most of them are running in traditionally red districts. The world will be a better place with these women in office.
Candidate |
District |
Career |
538 Poll Numbers* |
Partisan Lean + |
Dr. Kim Schrier |
WA-8 |
Pediatrician |
50:50 |
R+1.3 |
M J Hegar |
TX-31 |
Veteran, Air Force helicopter pilot, Afghanistan Purple Heart |
44:54 |
R+21.2 |
Chrissy Houlahan |
PA-6 |
Air Force veteran, business leader, educator |
59:41 |
D+4.7 |
Veronica Escobar |
TX-16 |
El Paso County Judge, County Commissioner |
70:27 |
D+31.4 |
Mikie Sherrill |
NJ-11 |
Navy Pilot and former federal prosecutor |
52:45 |
R+4.5 |
Amy McGrath |
KY-6 |
Retired Marine, F/A-18 pilot |
49:49 |
R+10.5 |
Abigail Spanberger |
VA-7 |
Former CIA Officer, Girl Scout leader |
48:49 |
R+12.6 |
Elissa Slotkin |
MI-8 |
Former Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense |
48:48 |
R+7.2 |
Lauren Underwood
|
IL-14 |
Registered Nurse, Obama appointee as Senior Adviser at HHS |
49:51 |
R+9.8 |
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher |
TX-7 |
Lawyer, Community leader |
50:50 |
R+11.8 |
Stephany Rose Spaulding |
CO-5 |
Ph.D. in American Studies. Associate Professor at the Univ of Colorado, Colorado Springs. |
42:58 |
R+26.5 |
Elaine Luria |
VA-2 |
Former nuclear engineer and U.S. Navy commander.
|
48:51 |
R+7.8 |
Leslie Cockburn |
VA-5 |
Award winning journalist, Professor of Journalism at Princeton |
50:50 |
R+14.4 |
Dr. Hiral Tipirneni |
AZ-8 |
ER doctor & cancer research advocate |
48:52 |
R+26.2 |
Cindy Axne |
IA-3 |
Business owner, and community activist. MBA Kellogg School. |
46:50 |
R+2.4 |
Carolyn Long |
WA-3 |
Educator, Professor WSU Vancouver, former union worker. |
48:52 |
R+9.3 |
Mary Barzee Flores |
FL-25 |
Former judge, public defender, nominated for the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Florida by Obama, denied a hearing in the Senate judiciary committee. |
48:52 |
R+9.3 |
Kathleen Williams |
MT |
Three-term state legislator. Natural resources management. |
46:50 |
R+17.9 |
Gina Ortiz Jones |
TX-23 |
USAF Vet, IC, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. |
45:52 |
R+4.3 |
Lucy McBath |
GA-6 |
Businesswoman and activist for social justice and gun control. |
48:52 |
R+14.5 |
Xochitl Torres Small |
NM-2 |
Attorney, judicial law clerk for a federal judge, community leader. |
50:50 |
R+10.8 |
Kathy Manning |
NC-13 |
Business person, attorney, community leader. |
47:50 |
R+10.5 |
Linda Coleman |
NC-2 |
Teacher, Wake County Commissioner and 3 terms in the NC General Assembly. |
48:49 |
R+12.7 |
Jahana Hayes |
CT-5 |
Teacher, Talent and Professional Development Supervisor for Waterbury Public Schools. |
57:43 |
D+1.4 |
Ilhan Omar |
MN-5 |
State legislator, policy analyst, community organizer, human rights advocate |
80:10 |
D+51.8 |
Alyse Galvin |
AK |
Educator, Business owner, Public education policy |
46:50 |
R+15.3 |
Julie Oliver |
TX-25 |
Healthcare advocate, accountant, lawyer, appointed by the Austin City Council to serve on the board of Central Health |
44:53 |
R+23.0 |
Jess King |
PA-11 |
Working Mom, community leader, small business incubator |
45:55 |
R+27.3 |
Janet Garrett |
OH-4 |
Schoolteacher, Union Leader |
43:57 |
R+30 |
Lisa Ring |
GA-1 |
Military mom, former corrections officer, community activist |
37:62 |
R+20.4 |
* In the poll numbers column, the poll number for the Democratic candidate is shown first. The poll number is actually 538’s forecast of vote share, based on multiple polls and other factors.
+ Partisan lean indicates how much more Republican or Democrat the district is relative to the nation overall.
The following sections include some additional info and a campaign ad for each candidate.
Dr. Kim Schrier, WA-8, Pediatrician. Also has degree in Astrophysics from UC Berkeley.
M J Hegar, TX-31, Air Force helicopter pilot, Afghanistan Purple Heart, not your typical candidate.
This is Hegar’s famous ad “Doors” few months ago — to which Lin-Manuel Miranda tweeted — “MJ, you made the best political ad anyone's ever seen. I should be asking YOU for help!”
Chrissy Houlahan, PA-6, Air Force veteran, Engg degrees from Stanford and MIT.
Veronica Escobar, TX-16, El Paso County Judge, County Commissioner.
Mikie Sherrill, NJ-11, Navy Pilot and former federal prosecutor.
Amy McGrath, KY-6, retired Marine, F/A-18 pilot.
Abigail Spanberger, VA-7, former CIA Officer, Girl Scout leader.
Elissa Slotkin, MI-8, Former Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense.
Lauren Underwood, IL-14, Registered Nurse, Obama appointee as Senior Adviser at HHS.
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, TX-07, Lawyer, Community leader, co-founder of Planned Parenthood Young Leaders.
Stephany Rose Spaulding, CO-5, Ph.D. in American Studies. Associate Professor of Women’s and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, founder of For Our Children’s Children Enterprises.
Elaine Luria, VA-2, former nuclear engineer and U.S. Navy commander. Served for 20 years as a Surface Warfare Officer and nuclear engineer, deployed six times.
Leslie Cockburn, VA-5, Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton, producer for CBS 60 Minutes, a correspondent for PBS “Frontline”, two Emmys, two George Polk Awards, two Columbia Dupont journalism awards, and the Robert F. Kennedy Award, conservationist. Daughter Olivia Wilde is starring in "A Vigilante."
Dr. Hiral Tipirneni AZ-8, ER doctor & cancer research advocate.
Tipirneni wants to see Medicare expanded to serve as a public insurance option for more than seniors and wants to increase Social Security revenue. She would do that by raising the withholding tax or increasing the amount of income subject to that tax.
Cindy Axne, IA-3, business owner, and community activist. MBA Kellogg School.
Carolyn Long, WA-3, Educator, Professor WSU Vancouver, former union worker.
Mary Barzee Flores, FL-25. Former judge, public defender, nominated for the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Florida by Obama, denied a hearing in the Senate judiciary committee.
Kathleen Williams, MT, three-term state legislator. Natural resources management. Running against Greg Gianforte, the body-slammer.
Gina Ortiz Jones, TX-23, USAF Vet, IC, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Lucy McBath, GA-6, businesswoman and activist for social justice. National spokesperson for Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Lost son to gun violence.
Xochitl Torres Small, NM-2, Attorney, judicial law clerk for a federal judge, community leader.
Kathy Manning, NC-13, Business person, attorney, community leader.
Linda Coleman, NC-2, Teacher, Wake County Commissioner and three terms in the North Carolina General Assembly.
Jahana Hayes, CT-5, Talent and Professional Development Supervisor for Waterbury Public Schools, 2016 National Teacher of the Year.
Ilhan Omar, MN-5, Refugee from Somalia, Intersectional Feminist, state legislator, policy analyst, community organizer, human rights advocate.
Alyse Galvin, AK, Educator, Business owner, Public education policy.
Julie Oliver, TX-25, Healthcare advocate, accountant, lawyer, appointed by the Austin City Council to serve on the board of Central Health.
Jess King, PA-11, Working Mom, community leader, small business incubator.
Janet Garrett, OH-4, schoolteacher, Union Leader, running against Jim Jordan. Trailing in the polls.
Lisa Ring, GA-1, Military mom, former corrections officer, community activist.
Serve America’s ad about “badass” women, featuring the women who have served in the armed forces.
A transcript of this video is available at www.dailykos.com/…, painstakingly put together by TrueBlueMajority.
There are many more women candidates, not covered here, running for Congress, and for state and local offices.
Let’s forward these campaign ads and tweets to our friends and acquaintances — even if the ads are not for an individual’s candidate, they create a positive image of Democrats, inspire confidence and in many cases bring a smile to weary faces.
Also, check out the twitter sites of these outstanding candidates for the latest news, interviews and campaign events.
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