Received this e-mail today from NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC president, Ilyse Hogue, on behalf of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in support of Marie Newman’s (D. IL-03) congressional campaign:
I’m Ilyse Hogue, the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC, and I’m writing to say how excited I am that PCCC and NARAL are teaming up to support Marie Newman’s campaign to defeat anti-choice Democrat Dan Lipinski.
Dan Lipinski may have a D next to his name—but he doesn’t have true Democratic values, and his record proves it.
Rep. Lipinski is the only Democrat ever to lead the Pro-Life Caucus. He opposed the Affordable Care Act, voted with Republicans to gut Wall Street regulations, and voted against student debt relief. He's consistently undermined the rights of women, immigrants, and the LGBTQ community.
But, that’s going to change this year. With our help, Marie Newman is going to defeat Rep. Lipinski in the Democratic primary in just 29 days.
Let’s make sure he’s the last Democrat to lead the Pro-Life Caucus. Will you chip in $3 to help Marie Newman defeat anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ Rep. Lipinski?
Marie Newman is on the side of working people and will be a champion for issues they talk about across the kitchen table. She will fight for livable wages and tax relief to working families, not the 1%. And, she says she will be a "worker bee" for Medicare for All. The people of Illinois deserve a real Democrat and progressive leader who will side with them—not with Wall Street.
And this isn't some deep-red district. This district is solid blue. The seat has been held by a Democrat for 58 out of the last 60 years, yet Lipinski votes more like a right-wing Republican.
Rep. Lipinski has been an enemy of reproductive freedom for years, voting to restrict abortion access even in cases of rape and incest. He's long skated by without a serious primary challenge. But not this year. Now he's being challenged by Marie Newman, a REAL, progressive Democrat who has a great chance to win.
Will you chip in $3 to help Marie Newman as she sprints toward the finish line in the final days of the primary election?
With the GOP becoming more and more ideologically extreme in its opposition to abortion rights, we simply can't afford to let anti-choice Democrats off the hook.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- Ilyse Hogue, President, NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC
Click here to donate to Newman’s campaign.