PAC Backs Challenger To Langevin in Primary

Brown University professor Jennifer Lawless has won the backing of the Women Under 40 Political Action Committee in her bid to unseat Rep. James Langevin in the Ocean State's 2nd district Democratic primary next year.

Lawless says that young women need more representation in Congress.

"Of the 535 Members serving in the House and Senate, only two are women under 40," she said in a statement announcing the endorsement.

The group has previously backed Reps. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Stephanie Herseth (D-S.D.), Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) and both Linda and Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.), Lawless noted.

This article appeared on August 8, 2005, in Roll Call, a Washington, DC newspaper.