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Six progressive groups on Monday threw their support behind Democrat Marie Newman’s bid to unseat Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.), providing a crucial early boost for the second-time primary candidate. The coalition includes EMILY’s List, NARAL Pro-Choice America, MoveOn, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Democracy for America (DFA) and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC). DFA first announced its …

The Hill, “Progressive groups back Lipinski challenger in Illinois House race” Read More »

WASHINGTON — Democrat Marie Newman, in a second primary bid to oust Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill., is being endorsed by six leading progressive organizations, with the groups jumping in the race months earlier than they did for her in 2018. The Monday joint endorsement of Newman from EMILY’s List, MoveOn, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Planned Parenthood …

Chicago Sun-Times, “Newman wins early endorsements of progressive groups in bid against Lipinski” Read More »

A champion for Illinois working families Marie Newman is a champion for Illinois working families running to expand economic opportunity and to fiercely defend our rights at a time when they are under attack like never before. An experienced leader, she is fighting to ensure that women and families are heard in the halls of …

EMILY’s List, “Marie Newman: A champion for Illinois working families, a fighter for expanding economic opportunity, an opportunity to elect a progressive champion” Read More »

MoveOn is proud to endorse Marie Newman for Congress as one of our first endorsements of the 2020 election cycle! Voters in Illinois’ 3rd district and other Democratic districts across the country are no longer willing to tolerate being represented by politicians who fail to support mainstream progressive policies. The Illinois Democratic primary is less …

MoveOn, “ENDORSEMENT: Marie Newman” Read More »

For Immediate Release: May 6, 2019Contact: [email protected] Today, NARAL Pro-Choice America along with a coalition of leading progressive organizations announced their joint endorsement of Marie Newman in her campaign to represent Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District. This group includes EMILY’s List, MoveOn, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), and Democracy for America (DFA), which …

NARAL Joins with Leading Progressive Groups to Endorse Marie Newman’s Primary Challenge To Dan Lipinski Read More »

Progressive Change Campaign Committee saw its donations for Marie Newman double after news that she had lost consultants due to the DCCC’s “blacklist” policy. A progressive group doubled the number of donations it received in support of Marie Newman, who is challenging an anti-choice incumbent in an Illinois primary, after she was affected by a …

Rewire.News, “Progressive Challenger in Illinois Sees Donations Pour In, Thanks to DCCC’s ‘Blacklist’” Read More »

Marie Newman, an Illinois Democrat, picked up almost $45,000 online since Friday. Marie Newman, a progressive challenging Rep. Dan Lipinski for the Democratic nomination in Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District, received a flood of new online donations over the weekend following new details about the impact of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee blacklisting on her insurgent campaign. …

HuffPost, “Progressive Primary Challenger Raises Big Money Off Of DCCC Exclusion” Read More »

Even a former top party operative is bucking the establishment to help unseat conservative Rep. Dan Lipinski. WASHINGTON ― Progressive groups have been railing against the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee over its new policy of cutting off business with vendors who work with candidates mounting primary challenges against incumbent House Democrats. They just gained a …

HuffPost, “Progressives Go Around DCCC To Help Primary Challengers Of House Democrats” Read More »

Today, in response to reporting documenting the impact the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s (DCCC) anti-primary blacklist policy have had on her campaign, Democracy for America decided to formally endorse Marie Newman’s campaign for the U.S. House in Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District and join with a number of other grassroots progressive groups in fundraising for her primary …

Democracy for America: “DFA endorses Marie Newman’s IL-3 primary after DCCC policy props up Lipinski” Read More »

CHICAGO — Eleven months out, a rematch in an Illinois congressional district is already shaping up to be one of the most closely watched races in the country. Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District crosses Chicago’s Southwest side and stretches southwest to DuPage County. Marie Newman has launched another bid to unseat Congressman Dan Lipinski. She came …

WGN, “Third District already one to watch 11 months from Election Day” Read More »