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2008 Elections
NOW PAC Endorsed Candidates
Candidate Profiles
NOW PAC Endorsed Candidate Races Heat Up
The 2008 election is less than five months away, and feminist candidates are working to get the votes that will propel them to the U.S. Congress. The National Organization for Women's Political Action Committee (NOW PAC) has been busy interviewing candidates from districts across the country, with a goal of dramatically increasing the number of women's rights supporters in Congress.
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"Count Florida's Votes" Says NOW PAC
"We live in a nation where our young women and men have been sent to Iraq to fight for democracy, while here at home 1.7 million voters in Florida are disenfranchised," said NOW PAC Chair Kim Gandy. NOW PAC and other groups are protesting outside of the DNC on March 30th.
Anti-Affirmative Action Measures Are in 5 More States
The right wing is at it again, gathering signatures in five states in an effort to place anti-affirmative action initiatives on the ballots in November.
Engaging Women Project Effectively Makes Connections Between Voter Participation and Policy Change
With the 2008 elections on the horizon, NOW Foundation will focus on increasing women's political participation as part of Engaging Women, a project we piloted in Michigan, Arizona and Washington in 2006 with five other women's organizations.
NOW Political Action Committee Proudly Endorses Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for President of the United States in 2008
NOW PAC Chair Kim Gandy says, "NOW PAC's 'Make History With Hillary' campaign will organize and energize women's rights supporters across the country -- urging women and men across this nation to stand up and say "I'm Ready" for a woman president -- for this woman president."
Donna Edwards Makes History - Maryland Will Send First African-American Woman to Congress
Donna Edwards' primary victory last night in Maryland's heavily Democratic 4th District, almost guarantees she will become the state's first African-American woman to serve in the U.S. Congress.
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