Saint Paul, Minn. (August 30, 2024) – Today, Women Winning, Minnesota’s largest women’s political organization, announced the final slate of local endorsements for office across Minnesota in 2024.
“As radical cities, counties, and states around the country try to end medically necessary, life saving, and critically important access to abortion, we need to elect pro-choice women up and down the ballot who will defend the right to control our own bodies,” said Britta Moen, Women Winning Political Director. “We are proud to endorse these ten pro-choice champions who will fight to protect Reproductive Freedom and critically important, medically accurate sex education across Minnesota.”
Women Winning is proud to endorse 10 pro-choice champions running for local offices:
- Gwenia Fiskevold Gould – Bemidji City Council, Ward 1*
- Amina Baha – Blaine City Council, Ward 3
- Shelle Page – Brooklyn Park City Council, Ward C
- Carolyn Jackson – Edina City Council, At-Large
- Kim Nelson – Plymouth City Council, Ward 1*
- Kirsten Buscher – Ramsey City Council, At-Large
- Brett Stursa – Richfield City Council, Ward 1
- Lisa Eng-Sarne – West St. Paul – City Council, Ward 3*
- Helen Bassett – Robbinsdale School Board, At-Large*
- Leah Gardner – Rosemount – Apple Valley – Eagan School Board, At-Large*
*incumbent
Women Winning has been working for more than 40 years to elect pro-choice women to all levels of public office, from park board to President of the United States. In that time, Women Winning has raised and contributed millions of dollars to campaigns, endorsed thousands of candidates, and has more than tripled the number of pro-choice women elected officials in Minnesota. The organization’s targeted endorsement program centers on competitive districts for pro-choice candidates with the goal of electing a truly representative government and creating a more equitable Minnesota.
Women Winning will make additional endorsements in 2024 and will continue organizing to ensure reproductive rights are protected by electing pro-choice women up and down the ballot.
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About Women Winning
Women Winning was established in 1982 by a multi-partisan group of 25 women determined to increase the number of pro-choice women in public office. With more than 19,000 statewide members, Women Winning is Minnesota’s largest women’s political organization.
Women Winning’s mission is to recruit, train, and elect pro-choice women to all levels of public office. The organization runs a smart, strategic, and targeted political program focused on competitive districts for pro-choice women candidates with the goal of increasing the number of pro-choice women serving in public office. Women Winning offers robust, formal training, mentorship, and support from the time a pro-choice woman first considers a run for office to election day.
