NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland PAC Announces Additional Endorsements

Posted: 07/27/2010

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

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