CHICAGO -- Planned Parenthood Illinois Action (PPIA), the non-partisan political and advocacy arm of Planned Parenthood in Illinois, announced endorsements in Illinois General Assembly races for the March, 15, 2016 Primary Election. PPIA endorses candidates who support access to a full range of affordable reproductive health care and education for all Illinois women, men, and teens.
“After a year of unprecedented attacks on Planned Parenthood and women’s health care, now more than ever we must elect leaders who will make sure that abortion remains a safe and legal medical procedure for a woman to consider, if and when she needs it,” said Carole Brite, President and CEO, Planned Parenthood Illinois Action. “The candidates endorsed by Planned Parenthood Illinois Action understand that a woman, not politicians, should make the informed decisions when it comes to her own pregnancy.”
PPIA endorsed the following candidates for the Illinois Senate:
Antonio “Tony” Munoz (D-1)
Omar Aquino (D-2)
Angelica Alfaro (D-2)
Kimberly A. Lightford (D-4)
Patricia Van Pelt (D-5)
Heather A. Steans (D-7)
Ira I. Silverstein (D-8)
John G. Mulroe (D-10)
Martin A. Sandoval (D-11)
Kwame Raoul (D-13)
Emil Jones III (D-14)
Donne E. Trotter (D-17)
Michael E. Hastings (D-19)
Iris Y. Martinez (D-20)
Cristina Castro (D-22)
Steve Caramelli (D-22)
Thomas E. Cullerton (D-23)
Corrine M. Pierog (D-25)
Laura Murphy (D-28)
Julie A. Morrison (D-29)
Melinda Bush (D-31)
Steve Stadelman (D-34)
Christine Benson (D-38)
Toi W. Hutchinson (D-40)
Pat McGuire (D-43)
Dave Koehler (D-46)
Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (D-49)
Scott M. Bennett (D-52)
Sheila Simon (D-58)
PPIA endorsed the following candidates for the Illinois House:
Daniel J. Burke (D-1)
Theresa Mah (D-2)
Alexander “Alex” Acevedo (D-2)
Luis Arroyo (D-3)
Cynthia Soto (D-4)
Juliana Stratton (D-5)
Sonya Marie Harper (D-6)
Emanuel “Chris” Welch (D-7)
Arthur Turner (D-9)
Ann M. Williams (D-11)
Sara Feigenholtz (D-12)
Gregory Harris (D-13)
Kelly M. Cassidy (D-14)
John C. D’Amico (D-15)
Lou Lang (D-16)
Laura Fine (D-17)
Robyn Gabel (D-18)
Robert Martwick (D-19)
Merry Marwig (D-20)
Silvana Tabares (D-21)
Michael J. Zalewski (D-23)
Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez (D-24)
Barbara Flynn Currie (D-25)
Christian L. Mitchell (D-26)
Monique D. Davis (D-27)
Robert “Bob” Rita (D-28)
Thaddeus Jones (D-29)
William “Will” Davis (D-30)
Mary E. Flowers (D-31)
André Thapedi (D-32)
Marcus C. Evans (D-33)
Elgie R. Sims, Jr. (D-34)
Frances Ann Hurley (D-35)
Al Riley (D-38)
Will Guzzardi (D-39)
Jaime M. Andrade (D-40)
Anna Moeller (D-43)
Fred Crespo (D-44)
Cynthia Borbas (D-45)
Deb Conroy (D-46)
Martin J. Moylan (D-55)
Michelle Mussman (D-56)
Elaine Nekritz (D-57)
Scott Drury (D-58)
Carol Sente (D-59)
Nick Ciko (D-61)
Sam Yingling (D-62)
Litesa E. Wallace (D-67)
Angelique A. Bodine (D-69)
Mike Smiddy (D-71)
Jeffrey D. Jacobs (D-72)
Michael W. Halpin (D-72)
Kathleen Willis (D-77)
Camille Lilly (D-78)
Greg Hose (D-81)
Linda Chapa LaVia (D-83)
Stephanie A. Kifowit (D-84)
Emily McAsey (D-85)
Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-92)
Natalie A. Manley (D-98)
Carol Ammons (D-103)
Katie Stuart (D-112)
PPIA engages in educational and electoral activity, including public education campaigns, grassroots organizing and legislative advocacy on behalf of commonsense policies that protect the reproductive health and rights of women, teens and families. The list of all PPIA’s endorsed candidates is available online.
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