Ellen Lipton is running for Congress on her record. She was endorsed by the Detroit News.

I met Ellen several years ago when I visited Michigan to learn about conditions there. She was the only legislator who showed up. She is deeply invested in fighting for public schools.

One of Ellen Lipton’s opponents criticized her. Here is her response.

I wanted to comment on something my opponent Andy Levin said about me in Friday’s article from the Detroit Free Press:

“I think it’s fine to be in a safe seat in the state Legislature for a few terms or whatever.”

“Or whatever” is a pretty dismissive way to talk about my record fighting for this community. I’m proud of what I accomplished before, during and after my six years as a State Representative, representing many cities within the 9th Congressional District.

I am a biochemist and patent attorney who made partner at age 29 after being diagnosed with MS at 27. I became a health care activist and helped pass a ballot initiative to overturn Michigan’s stem cell research ban.

During my six years in Lansing, I orchestrated the defeat of Betsy DeVos’s destructive privatization agenda. I co-founded the pro-choice Progressive Women’s Caucus, and was the Democratic representative on the commission that developed our criminal justice reform legislation. I received awards recognizing my skills as a legislator and my talent for leadership and coalition building, including the Sander Levin Elected Official of the Year award in 2013.

After I left elected office, I founded and currently serve as the President of the Michigan Promise Zone Association, which helps provide free college tuition and vocational training to graduating high school students all across Michigan.

I’m a mom of two beautiful kids, a wife, and an active member of my community. I’m running for Congress because voters in Macomb and Oakland deserve a champion in Washington with a proven record of winning on behalf of working people—not, as the Detroit News pointed out in their endorsement of our campaign, someone with a scanty record seeking to inherit this seat, rather than earn it.

Our polling shows that when voters in the 9th district find out who I am, what I’ve done, and the progressive vision I have for this community, we win. We’re giving this race everything we’ve got, so please donate “whatever” you can give to help get us across the finish line.

If you’d like to sign up to volunteer or get a yard sign, please head to ellenlipton.com/join-us/.

Here’s the link to give: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/lipton4congress

Thank you,
Ellen