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2006
Congressional Midterm Election Results
January
2007
At
a WAND/WiLL reception on Capitol Hill, Rep. Nancy
Pelosi (l) received the "chair at the table of
power" pin from Sen. Debbie Stabenow (r). In
light blue, Susan Shaer, executive director of WAND;
next to her, Sen. Nan Grogan Orrock (GA), president
of WiLL.
WAND
endorsed these women; here's how they did.
Incumbents
In the 109th Congress, 36 women came from the ranks
of WiLL and WAND; WAND endorsed the incumbents who
were running again. All of them won.
And our delighted congratulations to Speaker
Nancy Pelosi!
The first female Speaker of the House is an old friend
of WAND and WiLL, and we are pleased as punch to see
a woman third in line to the Presidency! It’s
a good day.
Candidates
in the November election
• Yvette Clarke (NY-11) - Won
• Carol Shea-Porter (NH-1) - Won
• Diane Farrell (CT-04) - Lost (48%)
• Coleen Rowley (MN-02) - Lost (40%)
• Phyllis Busansky (FL-09) - Lost (44%)
• Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15) - Lost (after a recount)
• Samm Simpson (FL-10) - Lost (34%)
• Karen Carter (LA) - Lost in the Democratic
runoff
Candidates
in the Primary
• Donna Edwards (MD-04) - Conceded
• Paula Hollinger (MD-03) - Lost primary bid
• Nancy Nusbaum (WI-08) - Lost primary bid
• Paloma Capanna (NY-25) - Withdrew
• Pan Godchaux - Lost primary bid (Pan is former
Chair of WAND Board)
For
the Summer 2006 PAC news in a PDF document, click
here.
For the Spring 2006 PAC news in a PDF document, click
here.
WHY
ELECT WOMEN?
Women in Congress vote differently than their male
counterparts. And Congresswomen from the ranks of
WAND and WiLL vote even better: studies show they
vote progressively 96% of the time.
Why
women this year? Because we need
a new foreign policy. We do not need preemptive
wars or new, more “usable” nuclear weapons.
Women know that smart security honors peace, justice,
education, health care, jobs and a healthy environment.
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Yvette
Clark (NY-11) WON!
Born to Jamaican immigrant parents, Clarke followed
in her mother’s footsteps when she held
the same seat in Brooklyn’s City Council
and ran for the same Congressional seat. Clarke,
a vocal advocate for women and people of color,
helped secure millions of dollars for organizations
that address domestic violence prevention, breast
cancer awareness, and HIV/AIDS counseling. She
used her position in city government to speak
out on national issues; she co-sponsored resolutions
that opposed the war in Iraq, criticized the Patriot
Act and called for a national moratorium on the
death penalty. She has spoken out against federal
budget cuts to the Violence Against Women Act
(VAWA) and against the elimination of food stamp
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Carol
Shea-Porter (NH-1) WON!
At sixteen, Carol Shea-Porter ignored her career
counselor’s advice to get a secretarial
job, and went on to earn Bachelor's and Master's
degrees from the University of New Hampshire.
She was exposed to the realities of war through
her father’s experiences in World War II,
and through her husband’s career in the
Army during the Vietnam War. Shea-Porter started
considering a run for Congress when she moved
back to New Hampshire; but it was only after volunteering
in the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina
that she realized it was time to make a difference
in Washington, DC. Her dedication and exuberance
invigorated New Hampshire voters across the political
spectrum, and she inspired legions of volunteers. |
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Samm
Simpson (FL-10)
Lost
Simpson is a peace activist taking on a powerful
appropriator, Bill Young, who's been in the
seat representing the St. Petersburg area since
1970. A cable TV producer who has been involved
in activist politics for many years, Simpson
will be emphasizing the budget and Young's war
votes in her campaign. |
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Coleen
Rowley (MN-02) Lost
owley
is the FBI agent who brought some of the pre-9/11
lapses in the investigation of Zacarias Moussaoui
to light. There is no other woman candidate
running in 2006 who knows more about the misleading
intelligence that led us up to our failed policy
in Iraq. In June of 2002, Rowley testified to
the Senate Judiciary Committee about some of
the endemic problems faced by the FBI and the
intelligence community. She is challenging incumbent
John Kline in a district that encompasses many
of the southern suburbs of Minneapolis and St.
Paul, riding the wave of an exciting ticket
in both the Senate and Governor's races. |
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Mary
Jo Kilroy (OH-15) Lost a
tight race
For
the past six years, Kilroy has served as Franklin
County Commissioner in this suburban Columbus
district. Under her leadership, Franklin County
was ranked as one of the five best-managed counties
in the country by Governing magazine. Kilroy
willl be an independent voice standing up to
the Bush administration; she will work to restore
fiscal sanity to the Federal budget, fix the
Medicare prescription drug benefit, and honor
our men and women in uniform and their dependents,
whether on active duty, in the Guard and Reserve
or as Veterans. |
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Diane
Farrell (CT-04) Lost a tight
race
Farrell
is running to replace a Congressman who expects
the U.S. to be in Iraq for years to come. She
is determined to pursue a different agenda in
Congress: toward peace and real democracy. She
just concluded her second term as the first
selectwoman of the town of Westport, CT. In
2004, when Farrell ran for Congress, she raised
over a million and a half dollars and received
48% of the vote in one of the closest races
for Congress in the country. This time, the
district -- which encompasses New York City
suburbs, including Stamford and Greenwich --
is ready for change and fed up with the war.
Help us keep Farrell in front of the voters
all the way up to election day! |
Incumbents
who deserve your support
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Gwen
(c) with young women of STAND at WiLL/WAND DC
reception
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In 2004, progressives welcomed the election of
Gwen
Moore to Congress from Wisconsin’s
Fourth Congressional District. In 2006, she is
running for reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives,
and she is still talking about the issues most
important to us in the peace and security and
women’s communities — federal budget
priorties, children over obsolete weapons systems,
the environment over nuclear weapons. |
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Called
by some “the most recognizable freshman
in Washington,” Debbie
Wasserman Schultz made a big
splash in her first session in Congress. Some
of the waves: A thinktank called her one of 24
rising stars in American government. The Miami
Herald told (in glowing terms) the “political
fairy tale” of this hard working 38-year-old
from South Florida. An American Jewish newspaper
named her one of the 50 most influential leaders
in the American Jewish community for 2005. |
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Debbie
(r) with WAND executive director Susan Shaer
(l) and WiLL president Nan Grogan Orrock (c)
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For over 30 years, Sen. Debbie
Stabenow has been making progress:
for women, for peace and security, and for the
rights of all of us to live in a nonviolent, healthy
world. In 2000, she made history when she became
the first woman from Michigan elected to the U.S.
Senate. Since then, she has been an influential
and accomplished leader. After only four years,
she was elected to the third-ranking Democratic
leadership position. We can only assume that she
will continue to make progress and strides as
her experience grows. |
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