This is an updated list of all our endorsed candidates for the 2022 General Election to be be held Tuesday, November 8.
U.S. State House of Representatives
Pat Ryan (18th District)
New York State Senate
Michelle Hinchey – 41st District
Julie Shiroisi – 39th District
New York State Assembly
Sarahana Shrestha – 103rd District
Jill Fieldstein – 105th District
Didi Barrett – 106th District
Dutchess County Sheriff
Jillian Hanlon
NY Supreme Court – 9th Judicial District
Keri A. Fiore
What makes an influential woman? We share our thoughts here on power, leadership, trends, and the women who transform our towns, cities, county, state and country.
If you are a registered Democrat in Dutchess County, don’t forget to vote in the local primaries. Lots of cities and towns have candidates running as well for county-wide roles, including three Democratic candidates for Mayor of Poughkeepsie.
To view a sample ballot and learn who is running in this week’s primary in your district or ward, visit the Dutchess County Board of Elections.
DDWC women stand up for democracy and fair and free elections. Whether your top concern is reproductive rights, racial and gender equity, climate change, gun violence, protecting our First Amendment rights and other civil liberties, quality, affordable healthcare, better public education, privacy concerns or ensuring politicians are held accountable for their actions, here’s your chance to share your thoughts with New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and local Democratic candidates.
What: Continential breakfast with Senator Gillibrand
Meet: Julie Shirioshi for NY Senate, Jill Feldstein for NY Assembly and Jillian Hanlon for Dutchess County Sheriff will also be in attendance
When: Saturday, September 17 from 9-11 am
Where: Beacon Elks Lodge, 900 Wolcott Avenue, Beacon
Cost: Suggested donation of $10
How: Register to attend here (seating is limited, so sign up today!)
Saturday, August 27 from 3 to 5 pm
Clinton Vineyards
450 Schultzville Road
Clinton Corners, NY 12514
Stand Up Against the Attack on Our Rights
Guest Speaker: State Senator Michelle Hinchey
Hear from local Democratic women candidates and join us in honoring Dutchess County Comptroller Robin Lois with the Lucille Pattison Award
Enjoy light food and fine wine with fellow activists
DDWC Members $50; Guests $65; Young Dems $25
Click here to purchase tickets
Or mail a check to Dutchess Democratic Women’s Caucus
PO Box 5284, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602
Or reserve by email to [email protected] and pay at the door.
Money raised at the event will be used to support our women candidates. There’s never been a more important time for women to run for local office and vote for pro-choice, pro-environment, anti-gun-violence candidates.
Please consider becoming an event sponsor to stand up for women in need. Event sponsors will be acknowledged at the event and on our website and social pages:
Supporter $100
Advocate $250
Benefactor $500
Co-Chair $1,000
Click here to purchase tickets https://secure.actblue.com/donate/2022summerfest
If you are among the 64% of American adults who believe that abortion should be legal in all or most circumstances, yesterday’s six-to-three decision by the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade after fifty years of legal precedent was devastating.
Choosing to have a legal abortion has never been easy, and most women consider the decision carefully. With this week’s ruling, now if an American woman of child-bearing age gets pregnant and realizes that she cannot have a child (or more commonly, have another child), in nine, and soon in at least 21, states, she faces an impossible choice. She either must become a criminal and risk her life and livelihood (and potentially deprive the children she already has of their mother) by having an illegal abortion without medical supervision or support, or be forced to carry and give birth to a child that she lacks the ability financially, physically or emotionally to care for, could significantly damage her health, or is the horrifying result of rape or incest. The third option, to travel to another state where abortions are performed safely and legally, is only viable for women who have the time, money and access to necessary transportation, which is why it is important to support abortion funds to assist those who need it. (Anti-abortion activists insist that adoption is the best solution for women confronting an unwanted pregnancy, but studies show that the only decision more difficult for women than choosing to have an abortion is to carry a child to term and then hand it over to a stranger to raise, which is why only 1% of unwanted pregnancies end in adoption.)
Though we despair and are filled with anger at having one of our Constitutional rights taken away, we must also still find a way to act, to not let this decision by six wealthy, sanctimonious, conservatives (five of whom are men) be the end of legal, safe abortion in America.
Below are links to two documents that talk about what we can do right now as women and as Democrats to help women and teenage girls in need of safe abortion services and potential legal options to ensure abortion remains an option in all 50 states and U.S. territories.
“Mad About Roe? Here’s What You Can Do Right Now,” The New York Times
Warren, Murray Lead Over 20 Senators Urging President Biden to Issue Executive Order to Defend Americans’ Right to an Abortion, Press Release
Get involved. Take a stand. Vote for women Democrats.
On June 11, some members of our DDWC Leadership Committee did community outreach at the 2022 PKGO Pride Parade & Festival at Waryas Park in Poughkeepsie to celebrate and recognize members of our local LGBTQIA community. We talked to attendees about why Democrats are the party of inclusion and the importance of getting involved with local elections as candidates, political activists and voters and why now is the time to elect more women Democrats to office.
Diversity is not our problem–it is our promise. As Democrats, we respect differences of perspective and belief, and pledge to work together to move this country forward, even when we disagree… We do not merely seek common ground–we strive to reach higher ground
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