Equality PAC, the political arm of the Congressional LGBTQ Equality Caucus, has made endorsements of three out LGBTQ candidates running for Congress in 2022, including one race in D.C.’s backyard.
Equality PAC Co-Chairs Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and David Cicilline (D-R.I.) endorsed former Maryland State Delegate and former gubernatorial candidate Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.) in Maryland’s 1st Congressional District against Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Harris; the Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, a Buncombe County Commissioner and former head of the Campaign for Southern Equality, in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District against Republican U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn; and Arizona State Rep. Daniel Hernandez for the Arizona 2nd Congressional District seat currently held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, who recently announced she would not seek re-election.
Equality PAC’s mission is to supports out LGBTQ candidates seeking office, thereby increasing elected representation, as well as allies who have pledged to ensure full civil rights and protections for all LGBTQ Americans. Chief among the goals that endorsed candidates must prioritize is passage of the Equality Act, a sweeping, comprehensive piece of legislation that would enshrine legal protections for LGBTQ people in various areas of life, including employment, credit, housing, and public accommodations.
Mizeur, a former two-term state delegate who represented the Takoma Park and Silver Spring area from 2006 to 2014 but now resides on a farm in Chestertown, on the Eastern Shore, amassed a decidedly progressive record while also managing to achieve some key bipartisan compromises with her Republican colleagues during her time in the General Assembly. One example of this was passage of a family planning bill that increased access to contraception for low-income women while reducing the number of abortions in the state.
Mizeur previously served as domestic policy director for former U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and was the principal architect of his 2004 presidential campaign’s health care reform agenda.
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