Long before she decided to run for public office, Marie Newman was a community leader and advocate. As a business executive, Marie used her position and resources in the private sector to build coalitions and organize campaigns around public issues like bullying, LGBTQ+ rights, and gun safety. Now, Marie is running to represent Illinois’s Third District to take her advocacy efforts to the halls of Congress.

For Marie, gun safety is personal. She comes from a long line of military veterans and understands the danger that weapons of war bring to civilian settings. Growing up in the Chicago area, Marie witnessed the damage that gun violence inflicts on underserved communities of color and the ways in which this violence is exacerbated by government inaction. Marie will be an active advocate for commonsense reforms in office, a welcome and necessary addition to the gun safety majority in Congress.

We are proud to endorse Marie Newman for the US House of Representatives in 2020.