Candidates

Elisabeth Jensen of Lexington today filed papers with the Kentucky Secretary of State as Democratic candidate for the 6th District of Congress. Elisabeth Jensen is running for Congress because she believes Kentucky’s working families and children deserve a strong voice in Washington. She is a former executive at the Walt Disney Company as well as…

Swati Dandekar is running for Congress in Iowa’s first Congressional District. Learn more at www.swatidandekarforcongress.com. Swati Dandekar of Marion, Iowa was first elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 2002. She served the Marion, Iowa area in that capacity until she was elected to represent them in the Iowa Senate in 2009. She was the chair…

Miami Herald @adamsmithtimes – Alex Sink is running for Congress. Florida’s former chief financial officer and Democratic gubernatorial nominee on Tuesday confirmed exclusively to the Tampa Bay Times that she is jumping into the race to succeed late Republican U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young in a district covering much of Pinellas County. Sink, 65, has begun looking for a…

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS, POLITICO – EMILY’s List, the group that recruits and supports Democratic female candidates, will announce Thursday that it is endorsing former Trek Bicycle executive Mary Burke in her longshot campaign to unseat Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker in 2014. “Mary Burke is an insightful problem-solver who has worked in the private, government, and…

Best-selling author Marianne Williamson is running for the US House of Representatives in California’s 33rd District. (Image: http://marianneforcongress.com) Marianne Williamson, the best-selling author whose “A Return to Love” spent 39 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in 1992, announced Sunday that she is running as an independent for the US House of Representatives…

Ericka Copeland-Dansby is a candidate for Cincinnati School Board and received the endorsement of the city’s largest newspaper, The Enquirer. Enquirer Endorsement: She works for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati as director of resource development, handling fundraising, marketing and promoting its youth programs. Her 25-year career in the not-for-profit sector working with…

SANTA FE – Democrat Roxanne “Rocky” Lara of Carlsbad is running for Congress in the southern New Mexico district. Lara, 38, has been considering a run for Congress since late April. She began focusing on the race after Sam Bregman defeated her for the chairmanship of New Mexico’s Democratic Party. “New Mexicans deserve someone in…

Boston.com – MEDFORD — With a broad smile, Attorney General Martha Coakley walked into Dempsey’s Breakfast & Lunch this morning to greet diners and launch her campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor. “How are you? Martha Coakley,” she said, introducing herself. “Did you have breakfast or are you just having coffee?” Coakley asked Medford…

U Street — The Women’s Under Forty Political Action Committee (WUFPAC), a nonpartisan political action committee that helps elect more young women to elected office allowing young women to have an equal voice in shaping public policy, has endorsed Brianne K. Nadeau, a D.C. Democratic Party leader and former Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, in her campaign for…

Cleveland, Ohio – Sharon Cole, the current Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations for Cuyahoga County Executive Edward FitzGerald, announces her candidacy for State Representative, House District 10. House District 10 runs along the shores of Lake Erie and covers the City of Cleveland and the Village of Bratenahl.  Cleveland City neighborhoods include: Collinwood, Glenville,…