Newtown Action Alliance Endorses Additional U.S. House of Representatives Candidates Who Support Assault Weapons Ban for 2020 Elections
For Immediate Release
October 21, 2020
Newtown Action Alliance Endorses Additional U.S. House of Representatives Candidates
Who Support Assault Weapons Ban for 2020 Elections
Newtown, CT- During the past three months, Newtown Action Alliance (NAA) has endorsed House of Representatives incumbents who have cosponsored HR1296, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 legislation and other life-saving proposals. Last week, NAA endorsed Senate incumbents and candidates who have cosponsored S66, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 or made a campaign promise to ban weapons of war. Today, NAA is proud to endorse the candidates listed below for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2020 Elections.
For nearly eight years after a gunman with an AR-15 and high capacity magazines killed 20 children and six educators at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, NAA has been advocating for a set of bold and comprehensive gun control legislative proposals - including the assault weapons ban - to dramatically reduce all forms of gun violence in our nation.
In 2019, NAA joined a coalition of gun violence prevention survivors, advocates, and researchers from across the country at the GVPedia Conference in Denver, Colorado, to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Columbine shooting and to forge a path forward to a safer America. From this assembly the Denver Accordwas born, a declaration of guiding principles and policies to end the scourge of gun violence in America. NAA has fully endorsed GVPedia’s Denver Accord principles that acknowledge 1) Guns do not make us safer; 2) Gun violence in America is a pervasive public health crisis that demands substantial policy solutions and well-funded programs that effectively reduce gun violence; 3) Equitable and just enforcement of gun laws is paramount; and 4) Everyone has the right to live free from violence.
NAA will continue to encourage all Members of Congress and candidates for Congress to fully support the Denver Accord. Meanwhile, NAA is endorsing the following gun safety candidates who support its top federal policy priority - the assault weapons ban. Candidates who support the assault weapons ban also support a comprehensive package of gun safety policies to end all forms of gun violence in America.
ARIZONA
Hiral Tipirneni for Arizona 6th District
CALIFORNIA
Christy Smith for California 25th District
Sara Jacobs for California 53rd District
FLORIDA
Margaret Good for Florida 16th District
GEORGIA
Carolyn Bourdeaux for Georgia 7th District
HAWAII
Kaiali'i Kahele for Hawaii 2nd District
ILLINOIS
Marie Newman for Illinois 3rd District
Betsy Dirksen Londrigan for Illinois 13th District
INDIANA
Frank J. Mrvan for Indiana 1st District
Pat Hackett for Indiana 2nd District
Christina Hale for Indiana 5th District
MARYLAND
Kweisi Mfume for Maryland 7th District
MASSACHUSETTS
Jake Auchincloss for Massachusetts 4th District
MICHIGAN
Gretchen Driskell for Michigan 7th District
MISSOURI
Cori Bush for Missouri 1st District
Jill Schupp for Missouri 2nd District
MONTANA
Kathleen Williams for Montana 1st District
NEBRASKA
Kara Eastman for Nebraska 2nd District
NEW JERSEY
Amy Kennedy for New Jersey 2nd District
NEW MEXICO
Teresa Leger Fernandez for New Mexico 3rd District
NEW YORK
Nancy Goroff for New York 1st District
Jackie Gordon for New York 2nd District
Ritchie Torres for New York 15th District
Jamaal Bowman for New York 16th District
Mondaire Jones for New York 17th District
Tedra Cobb for New York 21st District
Dana Balter for New York 24th District
OHIO
Kate Schroder for Ohio 1st District
Desiree Tims for Ohio 10th District
PENNSYLVANIA
Christina M. Finello for Pennsylvania’s 1st District
Eugene A. DePasquale for Pennsylvania 10th District
Todd Rowley for Pennsylvania 13th District
TEXAS
Lulu Seikaly for Texas 3rd District
Mike Siegel for Texas 10th District
Wendy Davis for Texas 21st District
Gina Ortiz Jones for Texas 23rd District
Candace Valenzuela for Texas 24th District
Julie Oliver for Texas 25th District
VIRGINIA
Qasim Rashid for Virginia 1st District
Cameron Webb for Virginia 5th District
WASHINGTON
Marilyn Strickland for Washington 10th District
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Newtown Action Alliance (https://www.newtownactionalliance.org) is a Newtown-based, national grassroots organization formed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. Our mission is to achieve the steady and continuous reduction of gun violence through legislative and cultural changes.