Our Mission
Women Under Forty Political Action Committee — WUFPAC — is the nation’s only non-partisan organization that identifies, encourages, and supports women 40 years of age and under running for local, state and federal office.
Why 40?
Women aged 40 and younger are nearly absent from elected office and we need their voices to help shape policy and lead our country. Their perspectives as working professionals, mothers, caretakers and community activists are critical to the political conversation. We want young women to have a stronger voice influencing the political process.
News
WUFPAC Announces New Six State Strategy
July 1, 2009
Women Under Forty Political Action Committee (WUFPAC), the nation’s only non-partisan political action committee dedicated to electing women forty years of age and under to federal office, today announced its new Six State Strategy to build a pipeline of qualified women candidates for public office.
WUFPAC’s Six State Strategy will:
- Identify young women running for local and state office in the six initial target states including Arizona, Minnesota, New York, Texas, Virginia, & Washington
- WUFPAC will endorse local and state level candidates and offer candidates structural support for their campaigns including access to consulting strategy from among the top campaign strategists in the country
- WUFPAC state advisors in each of these key states will assist endorsed candidates running on the state level with fundraising strategies and help them to build their network of donors within the state
“This is an exciting chapter in WUFPAC’s history,” said Jessica Grounds, WUFPAC’s President. This strategy will engage an expanded universe of young women, both current elected officials and those looking to begin their political careers. We will identify, motivate, and support young women candidates, confident that this will be a critical component to building the nation’s pool of future female congressional candidates.”
Since 1999, WUFPAC has provided strategic and financial support to 75 young women candidates and has been proud to help elect 14 women to the United States Congress.
WUFPAC and Running Start Co-Host Book Signing
June 5, 2009
Please join co-hosts WUFPAC and Running Start on Saturday, June 13, 2009, for a book signing of She’s Out There! edited by Amy Sewell and Heather L. Ogilvie. The book is a collection of 35 essays by young women (35 to 5 years of age) who aspire to lead the nation.
One of the essays is written by 18-year-old Alex Desaulniers who has been keeping a scrapbook entitled “My Journey to the White House” since she was 9. With firsthand experience running her family’s oyster farm, Alex believes in government policies that help support small business-”the backbone of our nation’s economy.”
Date: Saturday, June 13th
Location: Border’s: 600 14th Street, NW
Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm
We look forward to seeing you next Saturday.
Why So Few Women in Politics?
June 2, 2009
Philadelphia Daily News has a great article on the lack of elected women officials in Pennsylvania politics. The article includes some mind-boggling statistics:
- PA ranks 46th for the percentage of women in the state Legislature (Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, and North Carolina round out the bottom)
- PA has NEVER elected a female Governor or Senator
Read the full article, here.
