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ENDORSED BY GIFFORDS
Candidate

Val Demings

US Senate Florida Democrat
Challenger2022
Representative Val Demings is a dedicated public servant and an effective champion in the fight to end gun violence. Congresswoman Demings has served in many roles throughout her career, but first got her start as a social worker with a mission to protect children in broken homes. However, dismayed at a system that was leaving too many people behind, she signed up to become a police officer to make a difference for Florida families. Congresswoman Demings served for 27 years at every rank level in the Orlando Police Department, culminating in her service as the first woman chief of police in the department’s history. During her tenure, Representative Demings oversaw a dramatic 40% reduction in violent crime and always remained true to her values as an officer with a social worker’s heart. 

Throughout her career, Congresswoman Val Demings has come to understand the horror that gun violence brings to communities across Florida firsthand. Fueled by a desire to create a better future, she’s fought tooth and nail for commonsense gun safety reform since coming to Congress in 2017. In the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Congresswoman Demings introduced legislation to designate the site as a national memorial. She also supports action to stop the endless and senseless tragedies that have ripped apart Floridian communities, from Parkland to Pulse, as well as legislation to address the everyday gun violence that kills thousands of Floridians every year. Representative Demings has backed universal background checks, a ban on high-capacity magazines, and introduced the Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2021 to regulate armor-piercing handguns under National Firearms Act. However, each of these measures has been dead on arrival in the Senate, where weak Senators like Marco Rubio consistently bow to the extreme wishes of the gun lobby. Now more than ever, we need Congresswoman Val Demings in the US Senate to build on our gun safe majority and deliver real change that saves lives and keeps American communities safe. 

We are proud to endorse Val Demings for the United States Senate.

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