Maggie's List Explained

Maggie's List
Type:	Federal Political Action Committee
Founded Date:	2010
Founder:	Jennifer Carroll Faye B. Culp Denise Grimsley Gayle Harrell Lynn Jenkins Sandra Mortham Jeanette Núñez Kathleen Passidomo Ginny Brown-Waite Dana Young ^[1]
Location:	Tallahassee, Florida
Area Served:	United States
Focus:	Electing conservative women to Congress
Homepage:	http://maggieslist.org/

Maggie's List is a United States federal political action committee founded in Florida in 2010 to "raise awareness and funds to increase the number of conservative women elected to federal public office."^{[2] [3]} It is named after Margaret Chase Smith, a Republican who was the first woman elected to both houses of Congress (elected to the House in 1940 and the Senate in 1948).^[4] Maggie's List first raised money and made donations to candidates in the 2010 elections.^[5]

See also

• EMILY's List, similar organization to help Democratic women in favor of abortion rights get elected
• Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America – advocating for anti-abortion women as candidates
• National Federation of Republican Women

Notes and References

1. Web site: Our Leadership . Maggie's List . December 9, 2019.
2. Web site: Cyphers . Karen . Jeb Bush to headline Maggie's List event honoring fiscally conservative legislators . SaintPetersBlog . 2013-06-10 . 2015-06-13.
3. Web site: Maggie's List. Women's Political Action Committee. Who we are and what we do . Maggieslist.org . 2015-06-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150707023631/http://www.maggieslist.org/about.php . 2015-07-07 .
4. Web site: Spotlight: Conservative Maggie's List aids candidates . Dnj.com . 2015-03-27 . 2015-06-13.
5. Web site: GOP seeks to build clout with women on EMILY's List model . Central Maine . 2013-10-26 . 2015-06-13.