BLOG-Joyce Elliott wins the Democratic nomination for Arkansas’ 2nd Congressional district!
On June 9th, former WAND Education Fund board member, Joyce Elliott won the runoff for the Democratic nomination for Arkansas’ 2nd Congressional District. WAND is committed to increasing the political power of women and a key component of that strategy is seeing amazing women like Joyce get elected to serve in Congress! In addition to serving on our board, Joyce is a long time member of the Women Legislators’ Lobby (WiLL), and many members of our Arkansas chapter volunteered on her campaign.
She won the runoff with 54% of the vote and now she must focus on the sure-to-be-tough general election in November.
Joyce is that rare combination of principled and pragmatic. Born and raised in Arkansas, Joyce taught high school for thirty one years, and then worked to expand access to Advanced Placement courses. She served as a state representative from 2001-2006 and in 2008, she was elected to the State Senate, where she serves as Majority Leader. Her numerous legislative accomplishments include education reforms, a first of its kind cancer screening
program, and the expansion of health care coverage options for children in Arkansas.
As a Congresswoman, Joyce will continue to champion commonsense, progressive policies that will bring greater prosperity to all Arkansans. We can’t wait to keep working with her! For more information, check out her website!
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