Who We Support

We choose the candidates we support and endorse with great care.   After all, if we’re giving them (y)our money or our endorsement, we want to be very sure that we support candidates who will move the policies families need forward.  In addition to being strong on the issues that matter to us, candidates must meet several of these more political criteria:

• They have a real chance of winning.
• They are in a competitive race that requires more money to win.
• Our financial support could help them secure leadership positions.
• They need early funding to gain momentum, endorsements, and additional funds.

The candidates whom we endorse must complete a questionnaire where they outline their positions on a number of key family-friendly policy issues (you’ll find our 2012 priority issues here).  We endorse candidates whom we think have the strongest potential to be champions for Oregon families. Candidates who receive a financial contribution are also interviewed by our candidate committee.

PRIMARY ENDORSEMENTS FOR 2012: You’ll find our 2012 state legislative primary and Attorney General endorsements here and our City of Portland primary endorsements here.

We will email you to announce our endorsements in the November general election if you are on our contact list.  You’re not? Fix that right away! Just add your name here.