Sen. Schatz Gets MoveOn Members Endorsement

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From a statement released by MoveOn Monday (Aug. 12):

MoveOn.org Political Action announced today that MoveOn members have voted overwhelmingly to endorse Sen. Brian Schatz for U.S. Senate in Hawaii and Rep. Mike Honda for Congress in California’s 17th district.

“Sen. Schatz and Rep. Honda are strong progressives who have helped lead the fight to protect Social Security. Time and again, they’ve stood up to big corporations and special interests to do right by their constituents. MoveOn members overwhelmingly support them for reelection, and we will use our combined people power of more than 8 million MoveOn members nationwide to see that they win,” said Ilya Sheyman, the executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action. …

MoveOn members also cited Rep. Honda and Sen. Schatz’s support for marriage equality, leadership in fighting climate change, and their support of comprehensive gun safety legislation as factors in their endorsement votes.

Note: MoveOn is a nonprofit, liberal public policy advocate and political action committee. Read Civil Beat’s Schatz Wants to Tax the Rich for Social Security. Schatz is running in the 2014 Hawaii Democratic primary against U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa.

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