This is what happens when you elect Democratic moms

Every political organization wants to win elections—Vote Mama PAC included—but that’s not why we do what we do.

We work to grow the political power of Democratic moms, because we know that our mamas will use that power to make life better for families.

Policy is the goal; politics is the path to get there.

In 2025, Vote Mama PAC made our largest-ever investment into Virginia races—and it paid off. We helped elect Abigail Spanberger as Virginia’s first woman and first mama governor. Our endorsed moms flipped 9 of the 13 seats that went from red to blue in the House of Delegates. Overall, we had a win rate of 96% in Virginia.

They were just sworn in last week, and our mamas are already making a difference.

Right after becoming governor, Abigail’s first executive order was to stop requiring state and local police to help enforce federal immigration law. As ICE continues to sow division, terrorize communities, and escalate tension to the point that agents are murdering U.S. citizens in broad daylight, Governor Spanberger’s order makes clear that law enforcement should be focused on actually keeping people safe, not doing the bidding of a lawless president.

Meanwhile, the Virginia General Assembly has advanced four ballot initiatives to safeguard our democracy and protect Virginians’ fundamental freedoms. Voters will now have the opportunity to vote on:

• Countering Republican attempts to rig the midterm elections through gerrymandering;

• Restoring voting rights for formerly incarcerated Virginians;

• Codifying the right to abortion—in the last state in the South to have abortion rights; and

• Repealing a ban on same-sex marriage, which could be enforced if the conservative majority on the Supreme Court overturns the previous marriage equality ruling.

When mamas win at the ballot box, our families win with better policies.

And there’s more good news on the horizon for moms serving at the highest levels of leadership.

Vote Mama alum former Delegate Candi Mundon King was appointed by Governor Spanberger to serve as Secretary of the Commonwealth. When she was in the House of Delegates, Candi was instrumental in passing the “Momnibus” bill to improve maternal health care in Virginia. In her new position, Candi will help with appointments to state boards and commissions, and she’ll have the power to make state government more representative and more responsive to the needs of everyday people.

Our mama Delegate Destiny LeVere Bolling now serves as Majority Whip, which is the #3 leadership position in the House of Delegates. Destiny has an 11-month-old daughter, and she’ll bring her valuable lived experience as a mama who gave birth in office and has nursed her baby on the House floor.

Finally, Delegate Elizabeth Bennett-Parker, who we’ve long supported in her campaigns for the House of Delegates, has won a special primary election for the VA Senate. In my last Substack, I mentioned that Elizabeth has been fighting for more changing tables in public spaces, which any mama who’s experienced a blowout knows is deeply necessary. Elizabeth’s general election is in February, and her race is critical to defending a one-seat Democratic majority in the chamber.

Both of us have run for office before—Liuba for Congress and Kristy for Michigan State House. Knowing that there are a lot of political organizations out there that just issue endorsements and cut checks, we built Vote Mama PAC to do things differently.

Yes, we endorse candidates and raise money for them, and yes, we’re damn proud of our track record electing Democratic moms. But we also work to build a Mamas Network of moms helping each other out and lifting each other up, because any mama knows that it really does take a village. We stick with our endorsed moms even after their elections are over, because the whole point of winning elections and gaining power is to use that power to do good.

And no one fights harder for families than a Democratic mama.