Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Delaware offers endorsements
Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Delaware recently announced it is endorsing 44 candidates in the 2022 election.
Each of the 44 chosen individuals agrees substantively with Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Delaware’s stance on reproductive rights. Candidates are required to fill out a PPAFDE questionnaire and demonstrate pro-reproductive health views; specifically, they must align with the organization on at least 90% of the questions to be eligible for an endorsement.
The list of candidates was approved last week by PPAFDE’s executive board.
We are excited to support this great group of candidates. All of them have expressed support for sexual and reproductive healthcare, and most have proven that support with their voting records. It is heartening to see so many people not just support abortion access but run on defending and expanding it at a time when 17 states have instituted restrictions on this type of care. We urge voters who care about reproductive rights to back these individuals Nov. 8.
PPAFDE is supporting one candidate for each of the four statewide offices up this year, as well as 40 legislative seats. The organization is endorsing for re-election Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Attorney General Kathy Jennings and Treasurer Colleen Davis, as well as Lydia York for auditor.
In the state Senate, PPAFDE has endorsed 16 candidates, 12 of whom are incumbents. Those include: SD 1: Sarah McBride; SD 3: Tizzy Lockman; SD 4: Laura Sturgeon; SD 5: Kyle Evans Gay; SD 6: Russ Huxtable; SD 7: Spiros Mantzavinos; SD 8: Dave Sokola; SD 9: Jack Walsh; SD 10: Stephanie Hansen; SD 11: Bryan Townsend; SD 12: Nicole Poore; SD 13: Marie Pinkney; SD 14: Kyra Hoffner; SD 17: Trey Paradee; SD 18: Billy Devary; and SD 21: Sonja Mehaffey.
The organization is supporting 15 current representatives and 24 individuals in total who are seeking a seat in the state House of Representatives. Those include: RD 1: Nnamdi Chukwuocha; RD 3: Sherry Dorsey Walker; RD 4: Keegan Worley; RD 5: Kendra Johnson; RD 6: Deb Heffernan; RD 7: Larry Lambert; RD 8: Sherae'a "Rae" Moore; RD 9: Terrell Williams; RD 12: Krista Griffith; RD 13: DeShanna Neal; RD 14: Pete Schwartzkopf; RD 15: Valerie Longhurst; RD 17: Melissa Minor-Brown; RD 18: Sophie Phillips; RD 21: Frank Burns; RD 23: Paul Baumbach; RD 24: Ed Osienski; RD 25: Cyndie Romer; RD 26: Madinah Wilson-Anton; RD 27: Eric Morrison; RD 31: Sean Lynnl RD 32: Kerri Evelyn Harris; RD 39: Susan Clifford; and RD 41: Joseph DiPasquale.
Candidate responses to the questionnaire can be viewed online at https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-parenthood-advocacy-fund-delaware/elections/candidate-responses.
Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Delaware is the advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood of Delaware, a separate entity.
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