Gwen Stoltz Is Helping Represent PA Build a Pipeline of Progressive Women Leaders Across the Commonwealth
s a young child Gwen Stoltz remembers participating in “Dump the Pump” protests with her mother. That sense of civic engagement that her politically active family instilled in her never left.
Now as an adult Gwen is leading Represent PA’s efforts this election cycle to expand the Democratic majority in the Pennsylvania House and to flip the state Senate by sending more women to Harrisburg. As the organization’s executive director, Gwen is focused on Represent PA’s endorsed candidates and incumbents running for the PA General Assembly. So far, she’s pleased with the amount of money they’ve raised, but the next round is crucial.
“We’ve invested $301,500 in our pre-primary round. That plus our mid-December/January round brings us to almost $400,000 for this cycle, which is the most we have ever invested this early,” she said. “But we have to raise more for the next round. I was happy for like two seconds.”
Because women make up over half of the population in Pennsylvania, Represent PA’s aim is to not only get women to Harrisburg but to keep them there which is why, on the Senate side, they are supporting incumbent State Senators Maria Collett, Lindsey Williams and Katie Muth.
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