Pro Arkansas Women PAC

Pro Arkansas Women PAC PAWPAC recruits, mentors, and funds progressive women candidates in local and state elections. Help us change the face of Arkansas politics!

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facebook.com/groups/pawpac Pro Arkansas Women PAC is dedicated to increasing the number of progressive women in elected office in Arkansas. Our mission is to identify and support women leaders in our communities who are committed to reproductive freedom and women’s economic and social equality. Goals
• Provide financial support and other campaign assistance to progressive

women running for office in Arkansas.
• Create and sustain a network of supporters who will insure a growing and well-funded movement to change the face of the Arkansas Legislature over the next ten years.
• Recruit progressive women to run for office. (Pro Arkansas Women is a state PAC and is not allowed to contribute to candidates for federal office without complying with federal PAC regulations, which we are not equipped to do.)

Gloria Steinem died this week at 92, and it's hard to overstate what she built. She launched Ms. Magazine in 1972, the f...
09/04/2026

Gloria Steinem died this week at 92, and it's hard to overstate what she built. She launched Ms. Magazine in 1972, the first national magazine written by and for women, and she put things in print that most publications wouldn't touch: abortion, domestic abuse, s*xual harassment.

She also co founded the National Women's Political Caucus in 1971, work that helped grow the number of women in Congress from 15 to 150. That's the same fight PAWPAC has been in since 2016, just carried out at the state and local level here in Arkansas.

Steinem often said real change grows from the bottom, not from the top down. We believe that, too. It's why we recruit school board candidates and quorum court candidates as seriously as we recruit candidates for the state legislature.

Rest in power, Gloria Steinem. The work continues.

Crews spent this week battling a 2,000 acre wildfire in Union County that forced about 150 people to evacuate from the P...
09/04/2026

Crews spent this week battling a 2,000 acre wildfire in Union County that forced about 150 people to evacuate from the Pine Tree Road area. Governor Sanders declared a state of emergency and sent Black Hawk helicopters and National Guard support, while Union County Judge Mike Loftin and El Dorado Mayor Paul Choate coordinated shelters at the Municipal Auditorium and Immanuel Baptist Church. As of the latest update, no injuries or homes lost had been reported.

Moments like this are a reminder of how much local leadership matters. County judges, mayors, and quorum courts aren't just names on a ballot, they're the people making real time decisions when a community is in danger.

Sending strength to everyone in Union County affected by this fire.

Read more: https://lnk.bio/PAWPAC

An opinion piece last week made the case that Dolly Parton modeled a different kind of Southern politics, one where bein...
09/03/2026

An opinion piece last week made the case that Dolly Parton modeled a different kind of Southern politics, one where being a person of faith, a proud Southerner, and a genuine ally weren't in conflict. She supported marriage equality before it was law, wrote a song embracing a transgender character, and never made her convictions a weapon against anyone else.

That's the kind of leadership we look for in the women PAWPAC endorses. You don't have to erase who you are or where you're from to fight for a more inclusive Arkansas. Real change starts when women lead with that same confidence and compassion, right where they live.

Read more: https://lnk.bio/PAWPAC

Ten years ago, a handful of neighbors met in an alley and decided Arkansas needed more women in office. That idea is now...
09/02/2026

Ten years ago, a handful of neighbors met in an alley and decided Arkansas needed more women in office. That idea is now PAWPAC, and this year we're backing more than 30 candidates and counting. We think that calls for a party, and we need your help pulling it off.

Save the date for A Decade of Dames, Sunday, September 20, 2026 at noon at Hillcrest Commons, 2200 Kavanaugh Blvd, Little Rock. Tickets are $100 through September 13, then $125 at the door, and just $35 if you're under 35. Your ticket includes a Bloody Mary bar and a light brunch, plus a room full of the candidates and activists who built this decade with us.

Get your tickets: https://goodchange.app/donate/dame
Interested in sponsoring? Email us at [email protected].

We also need Rosies to help bring the party to life. The look is easy, any combination of denim works, jumpsuit, overalls, or jeans with a white button up, red lipstick strongly encouraged. We only have 20 bandanas, so email us at [email protected] to claim your spot before they're gone.

Thank you to our sponsors so far: Masami Fiser, Brenda Mize, Ann & Rick Owen, Marcia Barnes, Kathy Webb, Linda Newbern, Annabelle Imber Tuck, Debra Buckner, Kathy Webb, Susan Conley, Mary Wohlleb, Mary Thompson, Ellen Fisher, Caroline Morgan, Joanne Mills, Sarah Thompson, Patricia Bates Abraham, Katherine West, Susan Goldner, Caroline Stevenson, Christine Althoff, Debbie Goolsby, and Murry Newbern.

Arkansas just received $149.3 million in federal funding for rural healthcare, part of a program expected to bring more ...
09/02/2026

Arkansas just received $149.3 million in federal funding for rural healthcare, part of a program expected to bring more than a billion dollars to the state over five years. The money will fund things like a maternal mobile health unit through Conway Regional and remote monitoring for rural kids with chronic illness through Arkansas Children's.

That's real, needed investment. But it doesn't come close to making up for what's being lost. The same federal law is expected to cut $137 billion from rural Medicaid funding nationally over the next decade, and about $1 trillion from Medicaid overall, funding tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the wealthy. Meanwhile, more than 200,000 Arkansans covered by the state's ARHOME Medicaid expansion could lose that coverage entirely, since the Trump administration has refused to renew the program.

Rural Arkansans deserve healthcare access that doesn't depend on which program survives budget season. That takes leaders at every level who understand what's actually happening in their communities.

Learn more: https://lnk.bio/PAWPAC

A federal judge just hit pause on a Trump administration rule that would have made it harder to vote by mail ahead of th...
09/01/2026

A federal judge just hit pause on a Trump administration rule that would have made it harder to vote by mail ahead of the midterms. The rule would have added new ballot envelope requirements and forced states to cross check voter rolls against federal citizenship data, all without any evidence of the fraud it claimed to prevent.

The judge didn't hold back, calling the risk of disenfranchising voters "overwhelming" compared to any problem the rule claimed to solve.

Mail voting matters for working parents, people with disabilities, and anyone who can't take time off to stand in line on a Tuesday. Protecting it is protecting access, plain and simple. It's also part of why we're proud to endorse Kelly Grappe SOS for Secretary of State, the office that oversees how Arkansans actually vote.

Read more: https://lnk.bio/PAWPAC

Patty Hector was fired as director of the Saline County Library in 2023 after she publicly opposed efforts by local fund...
08/31/2026

Patty Hector was fired as director of the Saline County Library in 2023 after she publicly opposed efforts by local fundamentalists to restrict children's access to books about LGBTQ+ topics, s*x education, and systemic racism. This week, Saline County agreed to pay her $275,000 to settle her First Amendment retaliation lawsuit.

Doing her job and defending the freedom to read cost Hector her livelihood, and it cost Saline County taxpayers a quarter million dollars.

This is what happens when local government gets used to censor what kids can read instead of serving the community. It's also exactly why local races matter as much as the ones at the top of the ballot. We're proud to endorse Fuller for Saline County JP #13 and Andy Hillis for Saline County JP #9, both fighting for leadership that puts community over culture war.

Learn more: https://lnk.bio/PAWPAC

Arkansas Advocate reported last week that our state's Medicaid expansion, now called ARHOME, is in trouble again. The Tr...
08/28/2026

Arkansas Advocate reported last week that our state's Medicaid expansion, now called ARHOME, is in trouble again. The Trump administration declined to renew the program's premium assistance model, putting coverage for more than 200,000 low-income Arkansans at risk when it expires at the end of the year.

Here's some background: in 2013, Arkansas became the first state in the South to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, extending coverage to low-income adults who didn't previously qualify. Instead of enrolling people directly in Medicaid, the state used a private option model, using Medicaid funding to help people buy private insurance instead. Other states later copied that approach. The program has survived legislative fights, funding threats, and court challenges ever since.

Lawmakers are now weighing two options for what comes next: moving enrollees to traditional fee-for-service Medicaid or shifting to managed care. Health experts are clear on one thing, leaving thousands of Arkansans without any coverage isn't a real option.

Read more: https://lnk.bio/PAWPAC

Earlier today we shared that Arkansas had the third lowest voter turnout in the country, two elections in a row. So here...
08/27/2026

Earlier today we shared that Arkansas had the third lowest voter turnout in the country, two elections in a row. So here's the real question: what do you actually do about it?

Start here: make sure you're registered to vote, and that your registration is current. If you've moved, changed your name, or just aren't sure, check your status here: https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/voter-information/voter-registration-information

Then get familiar with who's actually on the ballot. Visit our website to see the full list of progressive women PAWPAC has endorsed this cycle, from school boards to the state legislature to Secretary of State: proarkansaswomen.com/our-candidates

Closing the turnout gap isn't just about showing up. It's about showing up informed, for candidates who will actually fight for you once they're in office.

According to a 2024 election analysis, Arkansas had the third lowest voter turnout in the entire country. Only 53.5% of ...
08/27/2026

According to a 2024 election analysis, Arkansas had the third lowest voter turnout in the entire country. Only 53.5% of eligible Arkansans cast a ballot. We landed in the bottom three in 2020, too.

Voting is one of the most powerful tools we have to change who represents us and what they fight for. It matters, every single time.

Low turnout doesn't happen by accident. It happens when people don't see themselves reflected in who's running, or don't believe their vote will change anything.

We need progressive women running, winning, and leading once they get there. Help us keep closing that gap.

Learn more: https://lnk.bio/PAWPAC

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