Newtown Action Alliance Endorses 178 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives  for 2024 Elections

For Immediate Release

March 5, 2024

Press Contact:

John Kelley

917-679-6475

jkelley@newtownaction.org

Newtown Action Alliance Endorses 178 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 

for 2024 Elections

Newtown, CT - Newtown Action Alliance (NAA) is proud to endorse 178 incumbent members of the U.S. House of Representatives for the 2024 Elections. 

For nearly 11 years after the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy, NAA has been advocating for a set of bold and comprehensive gun control legislation to dramatically reduce all forms of gun violence in our nation. 

In 2019, NAA  joined a coalition of gun violence prevention survivors, advocates, and researchers from across the country at the GVPedia Conference in Denver, Colorado to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Columbine shooting, and to forge a path forward to a safer America. From this assembly the Denver Accord was born, a declaration of guiding principles and policies to end the scourge of gun violence in America. 

NAA has fully endorsed GVPedia’s Denver Accord principles that acknowledge 1) Guns do not make us safer; 2) Gun violence in America is a pervasive public health crisis that demands substantial policy solutions and well-funded programs that effectively reduce gun violence; 3) Equitable and just enforcement of gun laws is paramount; and 4) Everyone has the right to live free from violence.

NAA will continue to encourage all Members of Congress to fully support the Denver Accord. Meanwhile, NAA is endorsing candidates who support its top federal policy priorities: 

  1. Representative Lucy McBath’s bill H.R.698 — Assault Weapons Ban of 2023 will make it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD). The Assault Weapons Ban of 2021 passed with bipartisan support in the 117th House of Representatives on July 29, 2022. 

  2. Representative Rosa DeLauro’s bill H.R. 660 — Ethan’s Law will #KeepKidsSafe from unsecured guns. Ethan’s Law passed with bipartisan support in the 117th House of Representatives in the Protect Our Children Act on June 6, 2022. 

Since the Sandy Hook shooting, there have been 5,000 mass shootings and 450,000 Americans have been killed by guns. The following 178 Members of the House of Representatives have honored the victims with action to end the gun violence public health crisis in our nation. 

  • Representative Terri Sewell, Alabama 7, Democrat

  • Representative Greg Stanton, Arizona 4, Democrat

  • Representative Raúl Grijalva, Arizona 7, Democrat

  • Representative Jared Huffman, California 2, Democrat

  • Representative Mike Thompson, California 4, Democrat

  • Representative Ami Bera, California 6, Democrat

  • Representative Doris Matsui, California 7, Democrat

  • Representative John Garamendi, California 8, Democrat

  • Representative Josh Harder, California 9, Democrat

  • Representative Mark DeSaulnier, California 10, Democrat

  • Speaker Amerita Nancy Pelosi, California 11, Democrat

  • Representative Eric Swalwell, California 14, Democrat

  • Representative Kevin Mullin, California 15, Democrat

  • Representative Ro Khanna, California 17, Democrat

  • Representative Zoe Lofgren, California 18, Democrat

  • Representative Jimmy Panetta, California 19, Democrat

  • Representative Jim Costa, California 21, Democrat

  • Representative Salud Carbajal, California 24, Democrat

  • Representative Raul Ruiz, California 25, Democrat

  • Representative Julia Brownley, California 26, Democrat

  • Representative Judy Chu, California 28, Democrat

  • Representative Brad Sherman, California 32, Democrat

  • House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar, California 33, Democrat

  • Representative Jimmy Gomez, California 34, Democrat

  • Representative Norma Torres, California 35, Democrat

  • Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Ted Lieu, California 36, Democrat

  • Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove, California 37, Democrat

  • Representative Linda Sánchez, California 38, Democrat

  • Representative Mark Takano, California 39, Democrat

  • Representative Robert Garcia, California 42, Democrat

  • Representative Maxine Waters, California 43, Democrat

  • Representative Nanette Barragán, California 44, Democrat

  • Representative Lou Correa, California 46, Democrat

  • Representative Mike Levin, California 49, Democrat

  • Representative Scott Peters, California 50, Democrat

  • Representative Sara Jacobs, California 51, Democrat

  • Representative Juan Vargas, California 52, Democrat

  • Representative Diana DeGette, Colorado 1, Democrat

  • Representative Joe Neguse, Colorado 2, Democrat

  • Representative Jason Crow, Colorado 6, Democrat

  • Representative Brittany Pettersen, Colorado 7, Democrat

  • Representative Yadira Caraveo, Colorado 8, Democrat

  • Representative John Larson, Connecticut 1, Democrat

  • Representative Joe Courtney, Connecticut 2, Democrat

  • Representative Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut 3, Democrat

  • Representative Jim Himes, Connecticut 4, Democrat

  • Representative Jahana Hayes, Connecticut 5, Democrat

  • Representative Darren Soto, Florida 9, Democrat

  • Representative Maxwell Frost, Florida 10, Democrat

  • Representative Kathy Castor, Florida 14, Democrat

  • Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Florida 20, Democrat

  • Representative Lois Frankel, Florida 22, Democrat

  • Representative Jared Moskowitz, Florida 23, Democrat

  • Representative Frederica Wilson, Florida 24, Democrat

  • Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida 25, Democrat

  • Representative Hank Johnson, Georgia 4, Democrat

  • Representative Nikema Williams, Georgia 5, Democrat

  • Representative Lucy McBath, Georgia 6, Democrat

  • Representative David Scott, Georgia 13, Democrat

  • Representative Ed Case, Hawaii 1, Democrat

  • Representative Jill Tokuda, Hawaii 2, Democrat

  • Representative Jonathan Jackson, Illinois 1, Democrat

  • Representative Robin Kelly, Illinois 2, Democrat

  • Representative Delia Ramirez, Illinois 3, Democrat

  • Representative Chuy García, Illinois 4, Democrat

  • Representative Mike Quigley, Illinois 5, Democrat

  • Representative Sean Casten, Illinois 6, Democrat

  • Representative Danny Davis, Illinois 7, Democrat

  • Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois 8, Democrat

  • Representative Jan Schakowsky, Illinois 9, Democrat

  • Representative Brad Schneider, Illinois 10, Democrat

  • Representative Bill Foster, Illinois 11, Democrat

  • Representative Nikki Budzinski, Illinois 13, Democrat

  • Representative Lauren Underwood, Illinois 14, Democrat

  • Representative Eric Sorensen, Illinois 17, Democrat

  • Representative Frank J. Mrvan, Indiana 1, Democrat

  • Representative André Carson, Indiana 7, Democrat

  • Representative Sharice Davids, Kansas 3, Democrat

  • Representative Morgan McGarvey, Kentucky 3, Democrat

  • Representative Troy Carter, Louisiana 2, Democrat

  • Representative Chellie Pingree, Maine 1, Democrat

  • Representative Glenn Ivey, Maryland 4, Democrat

  • Representative Steny Hoyer, Maryland 5, Democrat

  • Representative Kweisi Mfume, Maryland 7, Democrat

  • Representative Jamie Raskin, Maryland 8, Democrat

  • Representative Richie Neal, Massachusetts 1, Democrat

  • Representative Jim McGovern, Massachusetts 2, Democrat

  • Representative Lori Trahan, Massachusetts 3, Democrat

  • Representative Jake Auchincloss, Massachusetts 4, Democrat

  • House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, Massachusetts 5, Democrat

  • Representative Seth Moulton, Massachusetts 6, Democrat

  • Representative Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts 7, Democrat

  • Representative Steve Lynch, Massachusetts 8, Democrat

  • Representative William Keating, Massachusetts 9, Democrat

  • Representative Hillary Scholten, Michigan 3, Democrat

  • Representative Debbie Dingell, Michigan 6, Democrat

  • Representative Haley Stevens, Michigan 11, Democrat

  • Representative Rashida Tlaib, Michigan 12, Democrat

  • Representative Shri Thanedar, Michigan 13, Democrat

  • Representative Angie Craig, Minnesota 2, Democrat

  • Representative Betty McCollum, Minnesota 4, Democrat

  • Representative Ilhan Omar, Minnesota 5, Democrat

  • Representative Bennie Thompson, Mississippi 2, Democrat

  • Representative Cori Bush, Missouri 1, Democrat

  • Representative Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri 5, Democrat

  • Representative Dina Titus, Nevada 1, Democrat

  • Representative Susie Lee, Nevada 3, Democrat

  • Representative Steve Horsford, Nevada 4, Democrat

  • Representative Chris Pappas, New Hampshire 1, Democrat

  • Representative Ann Kuster, New Hampshire 2, Democrat

  • Representative Donald Norcross, New Jersey 1, Democrat

  • Representative Josh Gottheimer, New Jersey 5, Democrat

  • Representative Frank Pallone Jr., New Jersey 6, Democrat

  • Representative Robert Menendez, New Jersey 8, Democrat

  • Representative Bill Pascrell Jr., New Jersey 9, Democrat

  • Representative Donald M. Payne Jr., New Jersey 10, Democrat

  • Representative Mikie Sherrill, New Jersey 11, Democrat

  • Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman, New Jersey 12, Democrat

  • Representative Melanie Ann Stansbury, New Mexico 1, Democrat

  • Representative Gabe Vasquez, New Mexico 2, Democrat

  • Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez, New Mexico 3, Democrat

  • Representative Gregory Meeks, New York 5, Democrat

  • Representative Grace Meng, New York 6, Democrat

  • Representative Nydia Velázquez, New York 7, Democrat

  • House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, New York 8, Democrat

  • Representative Yvette Clarke, New York 9, Democrat

  • Representative Daniel Goldman, New York 10, Democrat

  • Representative Jerry Nadler, New York 12, Democrat

  • Representative Adriano Espaillat, New York 13, Democrat

  • Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York 14, Democrat

  • Representative Ritchie Torres, New York 15, Democrat

  • Representative Jamaal Bowman, New York 16, Democrat

  • Representative Pat Ryan, New York 18, Democrat

  • Representative Paul Tonko, New York 20, Democrat

  • Representative Joe Morelle, New York 25, Democrat

  • Representative Deborah K Ross, North Carolina 2, Democrat

  • Representative Valerie Foushee, North Carolina 4, Democrat

  • Representative Alma Adams, North Carolina 12, Democrat

  • Representative Greg Landsman, Ohio 1, Democrat

  • Representative Joyce Beatty, Ohio 3, Democrat

  • Representative Marcy Kaptur, Ohio 9, Democrat

  • Representative Shontel Brown, Ohio 11, Democrat

  • Representative Emilia Sykes, Ohio 13, Democrat

  • Representative Suzanne Bonamici, Oregon 1, Democrat

  • Representative Val  Hoyle, Oregon 4, Democrat

  • Representative Andrea Salinas, Oregon 6, Democrat

  • Representative Brendan Boyle, Pennsylvania 2, Democrat

  • Representative Dwight Evans, Pennsylvania 3, Democrat

  • Representative Madeleine Dean, Pennsylvania 4, Democrat

  • Representative Mary Gay Scanlon, Pennsylvania 5, Democrat

  • Representative Chrissy Houlahan, Pennsylvania 6, Democrat

  • Representative Susan Wild, Pennsylvania 7, Democrat

  • Representative Matt Cartwright, Pennsylvania 8, Democrat

  • Representative Summer Lee, Pennsylvania 12, Democrat

  • Representative Christopher Deluzio, Pennsylvania 17, Democrat

  • Representative Jim Clyburn, South Carolina 6, Democrat

  • Representative Steve Cohen, Tennessee 9, Democrat

  • Representative Lizzie Fletcher, Texas 7, Democrat

  • Representative Al Green, Texas 9, Democrat

  • Representative Veronica Escobar, Texas 16, Democrat

  • Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas 18, Democrat

  • Representative Joaquin Castro, Texas 20, Democrat

  • Representative Sylvia Garcia, Texas 29, Democrat

  • Representative Jasmine Crockett, Texas 30, Democrat

  • Representative Marc Veasey, Texas 33, Democrat

  • Representative Greg Casar, Texas 35, Democrat

  • Representative Lloyd Doggett, Texas 37, Democrat

  • Representative Becca Balint, Vermont At Large, Democrat

  • Representative Jennifer McClellan, Virginia 4, Democrat

  • Representative Don Beyer, Virginia 8, Democrat

  • Representative Gerry Connolly, Virginia 11, Democrat

  • Representative Suzan DelBene, Washington 1, Democrat

  • Representative Rick Larsen, Washington 2, Democrat

  • Representative Pramila Jayapal, Washington 7, Democrat

  • Representative Adam Smith, Washington 9, Democrat

  • Representative Marilyn Strickland, Washington 10, Democrat

  • Representative Mark Pocan, Wisconsin 2, Democrat

  • Representative Gwen Moore, Wisconsin 4, Democrat

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Newtown Action Alliance (https://www.newtownactionalliance.org/) is a national grassroots gun violence prevention organization formed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Its mission is to achieve the steady and continuous reduction of gun violence through legislative and cultural changes.