Marie Newman
Marie Newman | |
|---|---|
| Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 3rd district[1] | |
| Election date 2020 | |
| Incumbent | Dan Lipinski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marie Kathleen Klaassen Newman 1964 (age 60–61) [1] Beverly, Illinois |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Wisconsin (BA)[2] |
| Website | https://www.marienewmanforcongress.com |
Marie Klaassen Newman (born 1964) is an American businesswoman and Democratic politician running for the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 3rd congressional district.[1] The district includes west and southwest suburbs of Chicago as far as the DuPage County border, as well as a portion of the southwest side of the city of Chicago itself. [3]
Early Life, Education and Career[edit]
Born in Beverly, Illinois and raised in Palos Park. Marie Newman attended Carl Sandburg High School . [4] Marie's maternal grandfather was a union carpenter and union airline mechanic . Marie's father, both grandfathers and several uncles served in the Army and Marines.
To cover her tuition at Marquette University and then University of Wisconsin-Madison, Marie worked her way through college, cleaning and working retail. Newman earned a bachelors in Journalism from University of Wisconsin will holding down five internships throughout her tenure.
Newman worked her way up to become a partner at corporate marketing agency and later left to start her own successful consulting business.[4]
When one of Newman's children was severely bullied in school, she founded a national non-profit program called “Team Up To Stop Bullying” to address the problem—ultimately expanding it nationwide. Marie worked directly with state and federal legislators to make anti-bullying policies a priority [1]and wrote a book designed to provide solutions for both parents and schools that is in use across the country. Marie has also served as a state and national advocate for health care rights, income equality, LGBTQ+ rights, and common-sense gun safety. [4]
2018 Campaign[edit]
In early summer of 2017, Marie Newman launched a campaign to primary House Representative Dan Lipinski in the IL 3rd District. Lipinski has represented the district since 2004, when his father Bill Lipinski announced his retirement after the 2004 primary and put Dan's name into the general ballot in his stead, giving Dan an unchallenged run into Congress. After witnessing the wave of political movement within the district in response to the 2016 General election, Newman sought to replace Lipinski with an agenda focused on advocating for a higher minimum wage, holisitic job creation and affordable childcare.[1]The race gained national attention during a heated 2018 midterm that looked to be a referendum on the 2016 General Election. Marie received a lot of support from grassroots movements and progressive groups including, NARAL-Pro-Choice, Human Rights Campaign, MoveOn.org, [5] and US Senators Bernie Sanders and Kirsten Gillibrand to name a few.[6]
The race was heavily contested and came down to wire on election night, with the results too close to call around midnight. Leading up to the election, Lipinski received an influx of support from No Labels and Susan B. Anthony List, which sponsored attack ads against Marie Newman.[6]The district was decided by just over 2000 votes, with Dan Lipinski winning 51% of the vote to Marie's 49%. [7]
Primary Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dan Lipinski (incumbent) | 48,675 | 51.1 |
| Democratic | Marie Newman | 46,530 | 48.9 |
| Vote Totals | 95,205 | 100 | |
Despite the loss, the race showed the growing momentum for progressive minded politicians. Marie Newman did not dismiss the idea of running again in 2020.[7]
2020 Campaign[edit]
Newman announced her second run for Congress on April 16th, 2019, citing the need for the people of IL 3rd having a representative that votes closer with Democratic Values than someone who votes closer to President Trump's conservative legislation.[8]
Upon her announcement, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced that they would be supporting incumbents facing primary challenges by blacklisting vendors who decide to work with insurgent challengers. The announcement caused Marie's campaign to lose consultant support including communication groups, mailers and pollster's.[9]
In spite of the DCCC blacklist, Marie received endorsements from progressive groups who were seeking to unseat an anti-immigrant, anti-healthcare for all, anti-abortion and LGBTQ democrat. EMILY's List, MoveOn, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and Democracy for America all announced their support for Newman on May 6th, 2019. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand became the first Presidential hopeful to endorse Marie Newman. [10] Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington and Bernie Sanders, Senator of Vermont have endorsed Newman's 2020 race as well.[11]
Endorsements 2020[edit]
US Senators[edit]
US Representatives[edit]
- Ro Khanna, US Representative from California's 17th Congressional District[12]
US Politicians[edit]
Organizations[edit]
Political Positions[edit]
Marie Newman is running a progressive challenge campaign to the left of her opponent. Her policies focus on creating an economy and health care system that is fair for all people. [1]
Newman supports elevating the minimum wage to $15 an hour, supporting affordable child care initiatives, guaranteeing paid benefits for workers.[1] She also supports Medicare for All[15] and reducing drug pricing. Newman believes that women have complete jurisdiction to their bodies and is believes in reproductive rights for every American.[16] She want to increase protections for DACA recipients, and repealing and replacing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.[15] Newman's past work with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense ins America helped her meet with state and federal Lawmakers to discuss gun control.[17] Newman supports the Equality Act, which would guarantee legal protections to anyone that identifies as LGBTQ+[18] and crafting new federal legislation ensuring ADA compliance for all public buildings. Newman supports a woman's right to choose, the ERA and removing the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment[18]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Shugerman, Emily. (December 4, 2017). "Meet the progressive Democrat taking on one of her party's most conservative Congress veterans." The Independent. Retrieved (June 6, 2019)
- ↑ "Marie Newman". LinkedIn. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
- ↑ US Census Bureau. (2018) "116th Congress of the United States; Illinois - Congressional District 3" Accessed June 6, 2019
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ortiz, Alex (June 18, 2017). "Q&A: Marie Newman talks run for Congress against Dan Lipinski". The Herald News. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
- ↑ Stewart, Brian (November 28, 2017). "Leading Progressive Groups Endorse Marie Newman for Congress". MoveOn. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Grim, Ryan (May 20, 2018). "What the Dan Lipinski-Marie Newman Democratic Primary in Illinois Means". The Intercept. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 North, Anna (March 22, 2018). "A female first-time candidate almost beat an anti-abortion incumbent. That's a big deal". Vox. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ↑ Patrella, Dan. (16 April 2019). “Marie Newman wants a rematch with longtime U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski in 2020 Democratic primary”. Chicago Tribune.
- ↑ Jones, Sarah. (26 April 2019). “Consultants Are Already Deserting Marie Newman’s Campaign Over DCCC Rule”, Intelligencer.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Seitz-Wald, Alex. (6 May 2019). “Progressive groups move to oust anti-abortion Democrat from Congress”. NBC News.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Axelrod, Tal (June 4, 2019). "Sanders endorses Lipinski's progressive primary challenger". The Hill. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
- ↑ McLaughlin, Seth. (13 May 2019). “Ro Khanna endorses Marie Newman's primary challenge against Dan Lipinski”. The Washington Times.
- ↑ McLaughlin, Seth (May 28, 2019). "Washington Gov. Inslee endorses Marie Newman's primary bid against Illinois Rep. Dan Lipinski". The Washington Times. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 Ortiz, Alex. (8 May 2019). “Progressive groups endorse Newman in 2020 Congressional race”. Herald News.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Golshan, Tara (June 10, 2019). "The Democratic Party is protecting one of its last anti-abortion members in a safe blue district: Why?". VOX. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ↑ Boguhn, Ally (April 19, 2019). "Marie Newman 'Can't Walk Away' From Second Chance to Unseat Anti-Choice Democrat in Illinois". Rewire.News. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
- ↑ Chacar, Henriette (December 12, 2017). "A PRIMARY CHALLENGE TO A RIGHT-WING DEMOCRAT IN ILLINOIS DIVIDES THE RESISTANCE". The Intercept. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Swanson, Lorraine (April 16, 2019). "Marie Newman Seeks Rematch Against Dan Lipinski In IL-3rd". Patch. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
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