National Organization for Women endorses Biden reelection campaign

The National Organization for Women (NOW) PAC has endorsed President Biden’s reelection bid, the campaign announced Friday in the group’s earliest-ever endorsement for a presidential reelection campaign.

NOW PAC lauded Biden and Vice President Harris for their work on women’s equality and rights “long before they walked into the White House” but highlighted the administration’s creation of the Gender Policy Council, its push to codify Roe v. Wade and the nomination of the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, among other accomplishments. 

“This is our earliest endorsement for a presidential reelection campaign because the Biden-Harris administration has and continues to place women’s issues at the forefront, not through words but through actions,” said Christian Nunes, NOW PAC chairwoman and NOW national president, in a statement. 

Nunes called the Biden-Harris administration the “firewall” against extremist attacks on women’s rights, from access to abortion and contraception to pay parity and equity. 

“While every election is consequential, the 2024 election will make or break our democracy. And as always, women will be on the right side of history because we will continue to break feminist turnout records. We have no choice because all of our rights are on the line,” Nunes said.  

Biden-Harris 2024 Campaign Manager Julie Chávez Rodríguez said in a statement the team is “honored” by the NOW PAC endorsement and plans to work with the organization to “mobilize women in historic numbers” to reelect the president next year.

“57 years since the founding of NOW, the stakes of this election for women couldn’t be higher,” Rodríguez said. 

She noted comments from “MAGA Republicans” during the GOP’s first presidential primary debate, which took place Wednesday night in Milwaukee, in favor of a nationwide abortion ban.

“President Biden and Vice President Harris haven’t been afraid to fight against MAGA Republican attacks on women’s rights. They have delivered on key issues for American women during their time in office and are committed to codifying Roe v. Wade into law,” Rodriguez said. 

NOW PAC, the political arm of the largest grassroots feminist organization in the U.S., endorsed the Biden-Harris campaign in their first run for the Oval Office in August 2020, less than three months before Election Day. Friday’s endorsement for Biden’s reelection bid comes more than a year before Election Day 2024.