(ATLANTA, Sept. 20, 2022) – – Today, Delta4 Women In Action (D4) announced its slate of endorsed candidates for the 2022 general election to be held on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. According to D4 criteria for endorsement, each candidate has demonstrated a commitment to advancing policies that are in alignment with the organization’s values and goals, which are securing voting rights and improving gun control, access to healthcare, and education reform.
“D4 is committed to advancing candidates that ensure the interests of Black women are front and center in the United States political landscape,” said D4 President and Chair Shavon Arline-Bradley. “Each candidate on our list was selected because they represent the best our country has to offer in leadership and expertise.”
D4 is an independent 501(c)(4) social welfare and advocacy organization dedicated to enhancing the political presence of Black women and women of color in the public policy, legislative and political arenas. Along with endorsing candidates that will develop and protect policies that improve black communities, the organization is also training candidates through its new Chisholm Jordan Institute (CJI). CJI is an academy designed to train specifically Black women, women of color, and members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated to run for office and gain political appointments. The idea is to build a pipeline of Black women and women of color engaged in enhanced, concerted and sustained social action, civic engagement and involvement in public affairs and the political process.
For US Senate, D4 endorses former N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley (D) for North Carolina, Lt. Governor of Wisconsin Mandela Barnes (D) for Wisconsin, Congresswoman Val Demings (D) for Florida, and incumbent Raphael Warnock (D) of Georgia.
Endorsed candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives are incumbents Congresswomen Lucy McBath (D), Georgia Congressional District 7; Yvette Clarke (D), New York Congressional District 9; Stacey E. Plaskett (D), United States Virgin Islands; Joyce Beatty (D), Ohio Congressional District 3; Jasmine Crocket (D), Texas Congressional District 30; Jahana Hayes (D), Connecticut Congressional District 5; Lauren Underwood (D), Illinois Congressional District 14; incumbent Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D),
New York Congressional District 8, and first timer seeking a congressional seat N. C. State Senator Valerie Foushee for North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District.
Gubernatorial endorsed candidates are former Georgia State Representative Stacey Abrams (D) for Georgia and political newcomer businesswoman Deidre DeJear (D) for Iowa; educator Yolonda Flowers (D) for Alabama; veteran Wes Moore (D) for Maryland, and nuclear engineer and nonprofit executive Dr. Chris Jones (D) for Arkansas.
Also endorsed is Forest Park City, Ohio Councilwoman Chelsea Clark, who is seeking the Ohio Secretary of State seat, and California Congresswoman Karen Bass, who is seeking the mayoral seat for the City of Los Angeles.
Notably, Congresswomen Crocket, Demings, Bass, and McBath are former participants in D4’s CJI and members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Congresswomen Clarke, Plaskett, Beatty, and N.C. Senator Foushee are also members of the organization that founded D4 Women in action Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
This marks the second class of endorsed candidates for D4. The organization announced its first slate of endorsements in 2020.
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About Delta4 Women in Action
Following in the footsteps of the Founders of Delta Sigma Theta, the largest black sorority in the world, Delta4 Women in Action amplifies the legislative and political power of black and underserved communities. Mobilizing its wide-spread network, it levels the playing field, driving civic engagement, social advancement, equity, and justice. For more information, go to delta4womeninaction.org
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