Coming on the heels of Everytown’s endorsments, Giffords’ has made some endorsements of their own for the fall elections:
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- CD-1 – Perry Gershon
- CD-3 – Tom Suozzi
- CD-4 – Kathleen Rice
- CD-8 – Hakeen Jeffries
- CD-10 – Jerrold Nadler
- CD-12 – Carolyn Maloney
- CD-16 – Eliot Engel
- CD-17 – Nita Lowey
- CD-19 – Antonio Delgado
- CD-22 – Anthony Brindisi
- CD-24 – Dana Balter
- CD-26 – Brian Higgins
- SD-35 – Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Some thoughts on these:
- Unlike like Bloomberg’s these appear to have been done in-house. That does not mean they have a legitimate grassroots, just that they have at least one person on staff with some political knowledge.
- The incumbent endorsements are just for prestige, like what NRA does. Since incumbents usually win this gives them the ability to say later on that 85% (or whatever) of Giffords-endorsed candidates won.
- It is unclear what, if anything, comes with the endorsements. Money, mailings, etc.