Saint Paul, Minn. (April 4, 2025) – Today, Women Winning, Minnesota’s largest women’s political organization, announced the first slate of pro-choice champions running for local office on the Minneapolis City Council in 2025.
“As radical anti-choice zealots seek to end access to abortion care across cities and states nationwide, Minneapolitans can rest easy knowing that these exceptional champions for choice and access are representing their values at Minneapolis City Hall,” said Britta Moen, Women Winning Political Director. “We are incredibly proud to endorse these fierce leaders who have shown time and time again that they have the health, welfare, and bodily autonomy of their constituents in mind at every possible turn.”
Women Winning is proud to endorse five pro-choice champions running for City Council in Minneapolis:
- Robin Wonsley – Minneapolis City Council, Ward 2*
- LaTrisha Vetaw – Minneapolis City Council, Ward 4*
- Katie Cashman – Minneapolis City Council, Ward 7*
- Aurin Chowdhury – Minneapolis CIty Council, Ward 12*
- Linea Palmisano – Minneapolis City Council, Ward 13*
*Incumbent
Women Winning will make additional endorsements in 2025 and will continue organizing to ensure reproductive rights are protected by electing pro-choice champions 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 is changing the face of power in Minnesota by activating campaign operatives, pro-choice candidates, and elected officials who are committed to reproductive health, rights and justice, and working to protect the safety, dignity and bodily autonomy of Minnesotans. 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 champions serving in public office. Women Winning offers robust, formal training, mentorship, and support from the time a pro-choice champion first considers a run for office to election day.
