New ads introduce two strong Democratic female candidates in Michigan and Pennsylvania
If you don't know much about Michigan's Suzanna Shkreli and Pennsylvania's Christina Hartman, no problem. Both candidates have strong new "This is who I am" ads up.
Shkreli's ad focuses on her work as a prosecutor in the Child Protection Unit. "When children are in danger, you can't be afraid to take on tough fights. There's too much at stake," she says, promising to take on corporate lobbyists in Congress. Shkreli closes the ad with "I'm not afraid of a tough fight."
Shkreli and Hartman, both Daily Kos endorsees, were recently moved into the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Red to Blue program.
In Hartman's ad, she talks about the “big responsibility" of having a seat at the table. Nowhere is that more true than in Pennsylvania, where no women currently represent the state in the House.
"It's something that other people raise to me all the time," said Christina Hartman, a 39-year-old human-rights advocate and Democrat from Lancaster battling State Sen. Lloyd Smucker for an open House seat there. "They often single out Pennsylvania, not just for the lack of women in the delegation but for the classic old boys' network."
Watch both ads below.
Can you pitch in $3 to Shkreli in Michigan and Hartman in Pennsylvania to help turn the House blue?