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womenwinning Endorses Elissa Hansen for Duluth City Council At-Large
(Duluth, MN, May 26) – womenwinning, Minnesota’s largest resource for women in politics, is proud to announce its endorsement of Elissa Hansen for Duluth City Council At-Large.
“We are thrilled to endorse Elissa for Duluth City Council At-Large,” said Lauren Beecham, Executive Director of womenwinning. Elissa has built an impressive career advocating for women and will continue to bring awareness to homelessness, domestic abuse, and sex trafficking in her community. Her work and investment in Duluth along with her strong relationships will make her an effective city councilor.”
As a Duluth City Councilor, Elissa plans to work toward growing responsible economic development, investing in accessibility by balancing infrastructure projects, and supporting our social resources by strengthening relationships with key stakeholders. Hansen is running because she believes Duluth is a place where our community, its businesses, and policies can grow together with progressive roots.
womenwinning’s endorsement comes with significant power. womenwinning has supported 249 candidates since 2011 and 170 of them have won their elections from school board to mayor to U.S. Senate. Just this past year, 53 of 72 endorsed candidates won their races.
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About womenwinning.
womenwinning‘s mission is to encourage, promote, support, and elect pro-choice women of all political parties to all levels of public office. womenwinning runs a smart, strategic and targeted political program focused on districts deemed winnable for pro-choice women candidates with the goal of increasing the number of women serving in public office.
Each election cycle womenwinning’s strong wins build upon the success of the womenwinning Statewide Candidate Recruitment & Development Program. womenwinning was established in 1982 by 25 multi-partisan, pro-choice women who wanted to increase the number of women in public office. Thirty-three years later, womenwinning is the largest and most influential statewide women’s PAC in Minnesota having raised millions of dollars and supported thousands of women candidates.
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