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Gwen Moore

WI-04 (Map)

Help elect a woman in a safe Democratic seat. State Sen. Gwen Moore is running for an open seat in a heavily Democratic district in Milwaukee. The September 14 primary will decide who goes to Congress. The only African- American candidate in the Democratic field, Gwen Moore has a large base of support and can mobilize women and minority voters, who will be key to Democratic victory in this presidential battleground state.
A proud record of advocacy. Gwen Moore has spent her life passionately defending working families, particularly women and children, as an activist and legislator. A 16-year veteran of state government, her pro-choice stands have earned her a 110 percent rating from Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. Moore has repeatedly co-authored legislation to require insurance companies to include coverage for prescription contraceptives.
The quintessential EMILYs List race. Polling shows Gwen Moore is the strongest candidate in the field but she faces a sharp financial disadvantage against her primary opponents; one is a former state party chair who can tap into a powerful Democratic fundraising network. Moore represents a low income district which makes fundraising difficult. This is a race tailor- made for EMILYs List. Early support today will level the financial playing field and help Gwen Moore become the first African- American Wisconsin has ever sent to Congress.

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Kalyn Free

OK-02 (Map)

Seizing a Democratic opportunity. Kalyn Free is running for an open seat in Oklahomas second Congressional District, where the Democratic incumbent is running for the Senate. This is a heavily Democratic district, and Kalyn Free can win it for pro-choice Democratic women. Kalyn Free, a member of the Choctaw Nation, was the youngest attorney ever hired by the U.S. Department of Justice and the first American Indian to serve as a supervising attorney in that agency. Her strongest opponent in the Democratic primary on July 27 is state Rep. Dan Boren, whose father and grandfather both served in Congress. His political connections will probably enable him to push the primary into a runoff.
Defender of children and families. Kalyn Free was the first woman ever elected district attorney of her region. In that office, she focused on victims rights, violence against women and child abuse. Not only has she prosecuted significant child abuse cases, but she has also supported laws to keep guns out of children’s hands and has launched a program to teach students about gun violence. She created a special unit in her office to investigate and prosecute cases of domestic violence and child abuse.
A tough primary and run-off. Kalyn Free has made a good start in this race, but the July 27 primary will probably be followed by a run-off four weeks later. Kalyn Free needs immediate help from EMILY’s List members to fund her primary campaign and probable run-off election right now. With our help now she can become the first American Indian woman ever elected to Congress.

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Betty Castor

FL-Sen (Map)

Bush sees an opening. George W. Bush and his political advisors want to put a right-wing Republican in the seat of Florida Senator Bob Graham. But Betty Castor, Floridas former commissioner of education, can shatter that dream. She is a veteran of six years in the Florida Senate, the first woman president pro tempore of the Florida Senate, and the first woman in a Florida cabinet position.
Prominent among Democrats. In a crowded field of Democratic hopefuls including a congressman with a massive financial advantage Betty Castor has the highest name recognition, and her position as a candidate from central Florida is a key advantage. In addition, as a recognized leader on education and the environment, she will draw important groups of committed Democratic voters to the polls, dimming George W. Bushs chances of winning this state.
Right-wing Republicans. The Republican field, heavily slanted toward the right wing, includes former Congressman Bill McCollum, a House prosecutor in the Clinton impeachment trial. McCollum is anti-choice, and was a leader in opposing the Brady Bill, the key gun control legislation of the Clinton administration. Holding this seat for the Democrats will take a strong candidate like Betty Castor. She needs our immediate help to raise a $10 million campaign fund.

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Lois Murphy

PA-06 (Map)

An upset opportunity. Lois Murphy is trying to upset Republican freshman Representative, Jim Gerlach, in Pennsylvania’s sixth District. This race has been called one of the Democrats best opportunities to pick up a Republican seat. The incumbent Republican just barely won this seat in 2002 and spent his first term rubber-stamping George W. Bush’s conservative agenda.
Powerful advocate for rights. As an attorney, Murphy has taken on important work on behalf of women’s organizations. She has a long record of working to protect reproductive freedom; she is a past president of NARAL-Pennsylvania and has served as associate legal counsel for NARAL. In these roles and others, Lois Murphy has been a powerful advocate for a woman’s right to choose.
The real issues. Murphy’s campaign is focusing on jobs, the economy, health care, and the reckless fiscal policy of George W. Bush, which is saddling our children with record federal deficits. We can strike an important blow for the cause of women’s rights by helping Lois Murphy remove freshman Republican Jim Gerlach from the House. But he raised $1.6 million to obtain his narrow victory in 2002, nearly half of that from PACs. Lois Murphy will need a campaign budget of $2 million to capture this Republican seat for the Democrats.

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Allyson Schwartz

PA-13 (Map)

A leader ready for Congress. State Sen. Allyson Schwartz is running for an open House seat in Pennsylvanias 13th Congressional District. She has served with distinction in the state Senate since unseating an anti-choice Republican in 1991. She has fought hard to defend the right to choose, going head-to-head with anti-choice groups that opposed her bill to fund family planning.
Advocate for children. Allyson Schwartz was the leading Senate negotiator on the team that developed the Pennsylvania Childrens Health Insurance Program making private health insurance available to children of working families ineligible for Medicaid. In 1999 she introduced a bill to expand insurance coverage to all uninsured children in Pennsylvania from birth to age 19. On the Senate Education Committee, she has fought for smaller classes, charter schools, all-day kindergarten, higher standards for education, and professional development for teachers. Her Invest in Success initiative would increase funding to the most needy schools in Pennsylvania while putting them under increased state oversight.
A tough campaign ahead. Now Allyson Schwartz faces Republican Melissa Brown, a notoriously vicious campaigner who lived up to her reputation by attacking Allyson Schwartz immediately following the primary, questioning her commitment to fund U.S. soldiers in the war on terror. Facing such a no-holds-barred opponent, Allyson Schwartz urgently needs our financial support to build a winning campaign.

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Inez Tenenbaum

SC-Sen (Map)

A must-hold open seat. Inez Tenenbaum has stepped forward as a powerful candidate to hold the Democratic Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Ernest Fritz Hollings. Currently South Carolinas superintendent of education, Inez Tenenbaum is a veteran campaigner the top statewide vote-getter in 1998 and 2002 and a respected leader in education. In fact, Inez Tenenbaums statewide appeal is so strong that when she entered the race, she virtually cleared the Democratic primary field.
Pro-choice, pro-education. Inez Tenenbaum has strong pro-choice credentials having served as an attorney for the South Carolina Family Research Foundation, dedicated to preserving choice. She has won widespread praise from teachers, the press, and even Republicans for her actions as superintendent of education. Under her leadership, SAT scores have risen at the fastest rate in the nation; more children are testing ready for school than ever before in the states history; and the number of nationally board certified teachers has increased from 17 to 3,225.
Right-wingers jostle for the nomination. A crowd of right-wingers are vying for the Republican nomination. Rep. Jim DeMint is so anti-choice he has had consistent zero scores from Planned Parenthood and NARAL. Former Attorney General Charlie Condon lamenting the slow pace of executions suggested that South Carolina needed an electric sofa. No matter who takes the Republican nomination, Inez Tenenbaum needs immediate support from EMILY’s List members to raise a campaign fund of at least $6 million to hold this seat for the Democrats.

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Nancy Farmer

MO-Sen (Map)

Democratic Opportunity. Missouri is a perpetual battleground in the struggle for control of the Senate and the White House. Now Nancy Farmer, Missouris first woman state treasurer, has the potential to deal a devastating blow to Bushs support in the Senate by ousting Sen. Kit Bond, one of Bushs most consistent Senate backers, whose re-election margins have always been narrow. Sen. Bond has taken the lead in rolling back reproductive freedom and environmental protections. He also has a disgraceful record on gun safety, the environment, health care, and education.
A fiscal star. As state treasurer, Nancy Farmer has kept Missouri on track despite George W. Bushs disastrous economic policies, which have sent other states into fiscal crisis. Before becoming treasurer, Nancy Farmer had been guiding Missouris fiscal policy for years as chair of the Ways and Means Committee in the Missouri House and as a member of the Budget Committee. In the U.S. Senate, she will be an experienced and eloquent critic of Bush economic policies that are damaging state governments and citizens. Nancy Farmer has won the endorsement of pro-choice groups in Missouri. She is a staunch advocate of education, and she stood up for working families by leading the effort to eliminate sales tax on groceries.
A long road ahead. This is an opportunity to replace a right-wing Senate ally of Bush with a pro-choice woman and expert on government fiscal responsibility! But Kit Bond already has $4 million in the bank, so Nancy Farmer will need our immediate help to build her campaigns momentum and to amass a campaign fund of $10 million.

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