CASA in Action Announces New Maryland Endorsements as Primary Season Heats Up
ANNAPOLIS, MD – This week, CASA in Action – the nation’s largest immigrant electoral powerhouse with over 122,000 lifetime members – announces its support for progressive change makers who will fight for families and communities. The list includes progressive challengers to rightwing prosecutors, Latino candidates that could treble representation in the Maryland General Assembly, and council candidates who will shift the vote on critical issues from rent stabilization to healthcare for all. CASA in Action candidate endorsements include leaders with immigrant heritage from: El Salvador (Amaya, Ramirez); the Dominican Republic (Perez, Taveras); Honduras (Brooks); India and Pakistan (Ali); Jamaica and Switzerland (Brown); Liberia and Nigeria (Blegay); Mexico (Stevenson); Nicaragua (Solis); Senegal (Endow); Puerto Rico (Martinez); Sierra Leone (Barrie); South Africa (Edelson); Uruguay (Vogel), and Venezuela and Dominican Republic (Fani-Gonzalez). They join amazing immigrant heritage incumbents from Korea, Ecuador, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, and more. CASA in Action’s Board of Directors reviewed voting history, responses to issue questionnaires, history with the organization and its members, and electoral viability in making decisions.
“Every election cycle our members focus squarely on electing leaders who will fight for their families and represent the beautiful diversity of Maryland,” said Gustavo Torres, CASA in Action President. “The candidates that we endorsed are the thought leaders and changemakers that share our values of respect for all Marylanders.”
CASA in Action is proud to announce the endorsements of:
Montgomery County
At-Large – Will Jawando, Evan Glass, Gabe Albornoz, Brandy Brooks
District 2 – Will Roberts
District 4 – Kate Stewart
District 5 – Fatmata Barrie
District 6 – Natali Fani-Gonzalez (previously announced)
District 7 – Dawn Luedtke
State’s Attorney – Perry Paylor
Prince George’s County
District 1 – Tom Dernoga
District 2 – Victor Ramirez
District 3- Eric Olson
District 5 – Jolene Ivey
District 6 – Wala Blegay (previously announced)
District 7 – Krystal Oriadha
State’s Attorney – Aisha Braveboy
Central Maryland
Baltimore County
County Executive – Johnny Olszewski
District 2 – Izzy Patoka
District 4 – Julian Jones
State’s Attorney – Robbie Leonard
Anne Arundel County
County Executive – Steuart Pittman
State Senate
District 3 – Karen Lewis Young
District 11 – Shelly Hettleman
District 12 – Clarence Lam
District 15 – Brian Feldman
District 16 – Susan Lee
District 19 – Benjamin Kramer
District 20 – Will Smith
District 39 – Nancy King
District 41 – Jill Carter
District 47 – Malcolm Augustine
State Delegate
District 10 – Ruben Amaya, Jennifer White
District 11 – Jon Cardin, Dana Stein
District 12 – Jessica Feldmark
District 13 – Vanessa Atterbeary, Jen Terrasa
District 14 – Eric Luedtke, Pamela Queen, Anne Kaiser
District 15 – David Fraser Hidalgo, Saqib Ali
District 16 – Marc Korman
District 17 – Julie Palakovich Carr, Joe Vogel
District 18 – Al Carr, Emily Shetty, Jared Solomon
District 19 – Bonnie Cullison, Charlotte Crutchfield, Vaughn Stewart
District 20 – Lorig Charkoudian, David Moon, Jheannelle Wilkins
District 21 – Joseline Peña-Melnyk, Mary Lehman
District 22 – Nicole Williams, Ashanti Martinez
District 24 – Alexis Solis, Christopher Stevenson, LaTasha R. Ward
District 26 – Kris Valderrama
District 27B – Rachel Jones
District 30A – Shaneka Henson
District 39 – Gabriel Acevero, Lesley Lopez, Kirill Reznik
District 40 – Melissa Wells
District 41 – Sandy Rosenberg
District 42A – Cathi Forbes
District 43 – Regina Boyce, Logan Endow
District 44B – Sheila Ruth, Aletheia McCaskill
District 45 – Stephanie Smith
District 46 – Luke Clippinger, Robbyn Lewis, Mark Edelson
District 47A – Julian Ivey
District 47B – Deni Taveras
CASA in Action previously announced endorsements of Tom Perez for Governor, Anthony Brown for Attorney General, and Brooke Lierman for Comptroller.