Progressive Women of NEPA is proud to endorse four candidates

To the Editor:

Progressive Women of NEPA is proud to endorse four candidates in the upcoming June 2 primary election. We invite all voters to consider their credentials and platforms; we are confident they will be competent and trustworthy public officials.

These candidates sought our endorsement and successfully completed our vetting process.

On the statewide level, we endorse Dr. Nina Ahmad for PA Auditor General (ninaforpa.com). She is one of six Democrats running for this office and is from the Philadelphia area.

Regionally, we endorse Marian Keegan (D) for PA House District 139 (keeganforpa139.com). This rural district is in Pike County (Milford and Matamoras, for example) and Wayne County (Hawley and Salem Township, for example).

We also endorse Joanna Bryn Smith (D) for PA House District 120 (paforjbs.com). Her district is in Luzerne county and encompasses sixteen municipalities from West Pittston and Kingston to Shavertown and Trucksville.

And finally, we endorse retired Sergeant Major Claudette Williams (D) for PA House District 176 (claudetteforpa176.org). This district in Monroe County includes Mount Pocono, Tobyhanna and Tunkhannock townships, among others.

As a political action committee, our sole purpose is to improve government by working to recruit, train, fund and elect qualified, progressive women to political leadership at the state and local levels. We are a grass-roots organization with inaugural membership open to any woman residing in the seven-county area of Northeast Pennsylvania (Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming). We also accept donations from any citizen who supports our mission. Visit us at prowomennepa.com and join us on Facebook.

Board Members, Progressive Women of NEPA:

Jan Kelly, Moosic

Marie Killian, Dunmore