EXCLUSIVE — A conservative PAC aimed at getting Republican women elected released several new 2024 congressional endorsements in competitive House districts Tuesday.
The Winning for Women PAC, which supports female candidates “who share core values of economic freedom and strong national security,” added candidates Nancy Dahlstrom, Laurie Buckhout, Alison Esposito, and Leslie Lewallen to its slate of 2024 endorsements.
“These women are rising stars who will add to the record number of Republican women in the House of Representatives. With a razor-thin majority in the House, flipping these seats is critical to holding and expanding our majority,” WFW PAC Executive Director Danielle Barrow said in a statement. “We are excited to help ensure they have the resources they need as they work to secure their primary and general election victories.”
The Republican women are running to unseat incumbent Reps. Mary Peltola (D-AK), Don Davis (D-NC), Pat Ryan (D-NY), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), all of whom are in competitive swing districts.
The races between Dahlstrom and Peltola and Esposito and Ryan are rated “Lean Democrat” by the Cook Political Report, while the Buckhout-Davis and Gluesenkamp Perez-Lewallen matchups are considered “Democrat Toss Ups.”
WFW PAC noted that each of the races is also included in the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s Frontline Program, which provides resources to Democratic members of Congress in vulnerable seats.
The PAC will be maxing out donations to each endorsed candidate in addition to holding several fundraisers across the country to gather resources for them. Several such events are already scheduled.
Last year, the WFW Action Fund’s leaders and a host committee managed to pull in more than $800,000 for the PAC’s first slate of endorsed female Republicans.
The group previously announced endorsements for incumbent Reps. Young Kim (R-CA), Michelle Steel (R-CA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), and Jen Kiggans (R-VA), in addition to candidates Wendy Davis in Indiana and Mazi Pilip in New York.
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Ahead of New York’s 3rd Congressional District special election to fill former Rep. George Santos’s seat, the WFW Action Fund made a six-figure investment in mail, text, and digital efforts to support Pilip, who is taking on former Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi in the swing district. The election will take place on Feb. 13.
WFW and its related entities collectively raised $17 million in the last congressional election cycle to support conservative female candidates. According to the group, almost $4 million of that was directed by the organization straight to the campaigns.
