Everytown For Gun Safety Endorses Latest Round of Moms Demand Action Volunteers Running for Office

NEW YORK - Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund released its latest round of endorsements of Moms Demand Action volunteers running for office across the country - underscoring the growing power of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers as candidates for office themselves.

"Voters are looking for leaders who will take action to keep them safe from gun violence, which is why Everytown volunteers make such strong candidates," said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. "We're proud to endorse these Moms Demand Action volunteers, who are already walking the walk on gun safety."

"The volunteers we've endorsed today have been working in their communities nonstop to prevent gun violence, and they'll continue this lifesaving work as elected officials," said Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action. "Our movement knows the stakes of this election, and we are going all in to elect gun sense candidates up and down the ballot."

The full list of candidates endorsed today and the office they are running for is available below:

• Alabama
  • Marsha Sturdevant, Shelby County Commission, District 7

• Arizona
  • Ruth "Bunny" Davis, Kyrene Elementary School District Governing Board

• California
  • Addison Peterson, Antioch City Council, District 3
  • Phoebe Shin Venkat, Foster City Council
  • Diana Maier, Marin Municipal Water District Board, Division 2
  • Christine Case-Lo, Mountain View Whisman School District, Governing Board Member

• Colorado
  • Amy Padden, District Attorney, 18th Judicial District

• Connecticut
  • Melissa Osborne, State Representative, District 16
  • Lucy Dathan, State Representative, District 142

• Florida
  • Miguelaille "Migy" Pierre, Lauderhill City Commission, Seat 4
  • Abby Sanchez, Seminole County School Board, District 3

• Iowa
  • Molly Donahue, Linn County Board of Supervisors, District 3

• Illinois
  • Erica Larkin, McLean County Board, District 10
  • Gail Schnitzer Eisenberg, New Trier Township Supervisor

• Indiana
  • Michelle Carr, Bartholomew County Council, At-Large

• Maine
  • Valli Geiger, State Representative, District 42

• Michigan
  • Cathy Albro, State Representative, District 104
  • Stewart McFerran, Benzie County Commission, District 2
  • Teri Stapleton, Grand Rapids Charter Township Clerk

• Minnesota
  • Karen MacLaughlin, Rochester School Board, District 3
  • Laura Gannon, Centennial Public School Board District, At-Large

• New Hampshire
  • Melanie Levesque, Executive Councilor, District 5
  • Shana Potvin, State Representative, Hillsborough District 2
  • Linda Haskins, State Representative, Rockingham District 11
  • Anne Fenn, State Representative, Rockingham District 16

• New Mexico
  • Michelle D. Tafoya, Valencia County Treasurer

• North Carolina
  • Tracy Clark, State Representative, District 57
  • Judy Justice, New Hanover County Board of Education

• Oklahoma
  • Crystal LaGrone, State Representative, District 12

• Rhode Island
  • Bridget Valverde, State Senator, District 35

• Tennessee
  • Rebecca Anderson, State Representative, District 05
  • Amanda Collins, State Representative, District 14

• Texas
  • Ann Johnson, State Representative, District 134

• Utah
  • Gay Lynn Bennion, State Representative, District 41

• Virginia
  • Zuraya Tapia-Hadley, Arlington Public School Board

In July, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and Victory Fund announced a $45 million electoral program and the launch of a new grassroots voter contact program to help elect gun sense candidates and defeat gun extremists up and down the ballot in key swing districts and states. Everytown's efforts will focus on young voters on college campuses, voters of color, and suburban women in Arizona, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Last month, Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund and Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund announced a record $7.5 million investment to train and elect to train and elect Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers, including many candidates running in key races across the country.

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