Contact: Joy Yearout, Susan B. Anthony List, 703-380-6674
WASHINGTON, April 9 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today the Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund, a national Political Action Committee dedicated to increasing the percentage of pro-life women in political office, will kick off its 2008 efforts with a fundraising event for pro-life candidates. The Susan B. Anthony List 2008 Campaign Kickoff event will be held from 5:00 – 8:30PM at the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First Street SE, Washington, DC (The event is open to Media). To date, SBA List members have contributed $130,000 to pro-life candidates featured at the event.
"Strengthening pro-life power in Congress this year is critical. Susan B. Anthony List members are ready to support the pro-life champions who will protect women and their unborn babies in the halls of Congress," said Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund President Marjorie Dannenfelser. "The consequence of disengagement is defeat. We are only one vote away from overturning the Supreme Court's pro-Roe majority. The importance of electing legislators who will support constitutionalist judicial nominees cannot be underestimated. Millions of lives are at stake."
2008 SBA List Slate of Endorsed Candidates: Michele Bachmann (MN-06)*, Marsha Blackburn (TN-07)*, Virginia Foxx (NC-05)*, Melissa Hart (PA-04)*, Sydney Hay (AZ-01)*, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), Candice Miller (MI-10), Sue Myrick (NC-09), Marilyn Musgrave (CO-04)*, Anne Northup (KY-03), Steve Pearce (NM-Sen), Peter Roskam (IL-06)*, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-18), Jim Ryun (KS-02), Shelley Sekula Gibbs (TX-22), and Jean Schmidt (OH-02). *Confirmed attendees for today's event.
The SBA List Candidate Fund supports pro-life female candidates, as well as some pro-life male candidates facing female candidates who support abortion. Additional endorsements are expected throughout the 2008 cycle.
In addition to extensive fundraising for pro-life candidates, the Susan B. Anthony List will implement "When Women Vote, Pro-Life Candidates Win!"-- a sophisticated voter mobilization program that will target 1.4 million pro-life women voters across seven target states. The Susan B. Anthony List plans to invest over $6 million in its 2008 election efforts.
Since its founding, the Susan B. Anthony List has helped elect 75 pro-life candidates to the House, seven to the Senate, and seven to other statewide offices across the country.
The Susan B. Anthony List is a nationwide network of Americans, over 144,000 residing in all 50 states, dedicated to mobilizing, advancing, and representing pro-life women in politics. Its connected Candidate Fund increases the percentage of pro-life women in the political process.
