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2026 VA NOW PAC Candidate Questionnaire for Federal (Congressional) Offices

2026 Virginia National Organization for Women (NOW) Political Action Committee (PAC)
Candidate Questionnaire for Federal (Congressional) Offices

The VA NOW PAC will use the information provided in this questionnaire and a follow up conversation to make recommendations for consideration of the candidate by the national NOW PAC. The state pac cannot endorse federal candidates. Incumbent federal legislators who have been previously endorsed should send an email to address below, asking for reindorsement and recommitting to NOW’s issues. Incumbents who have not been endorsed should send a questionnaire and note their record in office. To check on previous endorsements, go to https://vanow.org/pac/candidate-questionnaire in right column. All new candidates must submit a questionnaire to be considered

Return completed forms to Pat Reuss, Virginia NOW PAC Coordinator at patreuss@gmail.com. 703 978 0968

Congressional candidates should also contact national NOW PAC and they will send a questionnaire as well and schedule a conversation. They will also need VA NOW’s recommendation before they endorse which is why you need to fill out our VA NOW PAC’s form right now.

The goal of this questionnaire and any ensuing interview is to determine whether the candidate is a feminist, the depth of the candidate’s commitment to NOW’s issues, and whether she/he/they will prove to be a valuable ally in the future. Winnability is important but not essential. NOW endeavors to support valiant challengers who can use their campaigns to identify and mobilize progressive voters in their communities.

NOW’s 6 Issue Areas and Criteria for Endorsement include support for:

  • Elimination of violence against women, including gun safety and criminal justice reform
  • Abortion and reproductive rights without restriction to access and regardless of economic status
  • Economic justice including fair and equal pay, workers’ benefits, support for human needs programs, preserving and improving Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security
  • Racial justice including promoting civil rights and diversity, and ending racism and discrimination against all protected classes
  • Constitutional equality and publication of the Equal Rights Amendment
  • LGBTQIA+ Rights

 

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1. Do you support a woman’s right and access to a safe, legal and accessible abortion, birth control and all reproductive health services without restrictions, including funding for low-income women (e.g., Medicaid), and codifying Roe?(*)
1. Do you support a woman’s right and access to a safe, legal and accessible abortion, birth control and all reproductive health services without restrictions, including funding for low-income women (e.g., Medicaid), and codifying Roe?
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2. Do you support the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the 28th Amendment and will you sponsor and speak out on behalf of all efforts to secure publication in the U.S. Constitution, including Congressional elimination of the time limit and once that is done, encouraging the U.S. National Archivist to certify and post public notice in the Federal Register of the duly ratified ERA?(*)
2. Do you support the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the 28th Amendment and will you sponsor and speak out on behalf of all efforts to secure publication in the U.S. Constitution, including Congressional elimination of the time limit and once that is done, encouraging the U.S. National Archivist to certify and post public notice in the Federal Register of the duly ratified ERA?
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3. Do you support enforcing and passing policies and laws that prohibit discrimination based on gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion, age, ability, or marital status, including enforcement of Title IX? (*)
3. Do you support enforcing and passing policies and laws that prohibit discrimination based on gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion, age, ability, or marital status, including enforcement of Title IX?
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4. Do you support and promise to promote economic justice for low-income families as well as critical workplace family policies, including but not limited to paycheck fairness, equal pay, paid sick and paid family leave, raising the minimum wage, and affordable childcare?(*)
4. Do you support and promise to promote economic justice for low-income families as well as critical workplace family policies, including but not limited to paycheck fairness, equal pay, paid sick and paid family leave, raising the minimum wage, and affordable childcare?
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5. Do you support comprehensive immigration reform, giving Dreamers a path to citizenship, and oppose cruel treatment, family separation and deportation of those detained or seeking temporary asylum?(*)
5. Do you support comprehensive immigration reform, giving Dreamers a path to citizenship, and oppose cruel treatment, family separation and deportation of those detained or seeking temporary asylum?
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6. Do you support commonsense gun reform, including measures which address mandatory background checks, assault weapons, batterers and firearm surrender for all violent acts, federal protective orders, and gun ownership? Do you oppose NRA-supported laws that allow assault weapons, concealed carry, and guns in schools, places of religious worship, and governmental spaces, etc.?(*)
6. Do you support commonsense gun reform, including measures which address mandatory background checks, assault weapons, batterers and firearm surrender for all violent acts, federal protective orders, and gun ownership? Do you oppose NRA-supported laws that allow assault weapons, concealed carry, and guns in schools, places of religious worship, and governmental spaces, etc.?
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7. Do you support the Violence Against Women Act and increased funding for services, programs, and prevention initiatives to reduce and eliminate sexual, domestic, dating violence including sexual harassment, and continued processing of all rape kits as provided by law? Do you support laws and initiatives to end Human Trafficking? Would you support efforts to address sexual harassment, particularly in the workplace, and strengthening whistleblower protections, mandatory sexual harassment training and ending forced arbitration and non-disclosure agreements?(*)
7. Do you support the Violence Against Women Act and increased funding for services, programs, and prevention initiatives to reduce and eliminate sexual, domestic, dating violence including sexual harassment, and continued processing of all rape kits as provided by law? Do you support laws and initiatives to end Human Trafficking? Would you support efforts to address sexual harassment, particularly in the workplace, and strengthening whistleblower protections, mandatory sexual harassment training and ending forced arbitration and non-disclosure agreements?
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8. Would you support criminal justice reform that addresses mass incarceration and the disparate treatment of persons of color? (*)
8. Would you support criminal justice reform that addresses mass incarceration and the disparate treatment of persons of color?
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9. Do you support efforts to enhance voting rights? Do you oppose efforts that restrict access to voters?(*)
9. Do you support efforts to enhance voting rights? Do you oppose efforts that restrict access to voters?
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