After launching the inaugural National Fellowship Program in 2021 and graduating over 45 State Legislators across the country, Fair Fight kicks off  2023 program with nine additional states, including Virginia, Nevada, and Arkansas  

ATLANTA Now in its third year, Fair Fight has launched its premier Fair Fight National Fellowship Program for 2023. The highly-selective program for state legislatures has been expanded to include nine additional states.

Fair Fight's National Fellowship Program was first launched in 2021 to foster and cultivate the next generation of pro-democracy elected officials. The inaugural program included legislators from  Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The program added five additional states: Florida, Kansas, Michigan, North Carolina, and Wisconsin in 2022.

This year, the fellowship program has once again expanded to include leaders from nine additional states: Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, and Ohio. Fair Fight has focused on developing a cohort of elected officials representing a variety of diverse communities across the country. The program has graduated over 45 majority minority elected officials across 10 states since it began in 2021. This year, the program will train a diverse set of 43 state legislators and local elected officials representing 19 states, with most participants having less than five years of experience in elected office and representing states in the South. This fellowship program is devoted to expanding knowledge of the issues and values important to Fair Fight particularly the freedom to vote and grassroots advocacy.

Through this program, Fair Fight National Fellows have a unique opportunity to hone their expertise on various topics ranging from fundraising, grassroots organizing, combatting disinformation, voter protection, and moreall in an effort to expand the quality of pro-voter leadership within the progressive ecosystem. The program will last for ten months. In 2021, Fair Fight was proud to launch our National Fellowship Program with a focus on supporting elected leaders in the South. Today, the National Fellowship program has grown to nineteen states where pro-democracy leaders have made and are making great strides in the fight for free and fair elections. said Fair Fight Political Director Nicole Robinson.  This year, we look forward to working with our largest and most diverse cohort of elected officials to spread awareness about the work of Fair Fight and to protect the freedom to vote.

Through the Fair Fight National Fellowship Program, we will continue to support and develop the next generation of pro-democracy and pro-voter leaders across the country.

Alabama: Marche Johnson - Montgomery City Council, District 3 Christopher John England - State House, District 70

Arizona: Laura Terech - State House, District 4

Arkansas: Ashley Hudson - State House, District 75

Florida: Lori Berman - State Senate, District 26, Anna V. Eskamani - State House, District 42

Kansas: Mari-Lynn Poskin - State House, District 20, Brandon Woodard - State House, District 108, Carole Cadue-Blackwood - Lawrence School Board, District USD 497, Amber Sellers - Lawrence City Commission, At-Large, Valdenia Winn - State House, District 34

Kentucky, Josie Raymond - State House, District 41,eturah Herron - State House, District 42

Louisiana, Lesli Harris - New Orleans City Council, District B, Mandie Landry - State House, District 91

Michigan, Jonathan Kinloch - Wayne County Commission District 2, Monique Baker McCormick - Wayne County Commission, District 6

Minnesota, Mary Kunesh - State Senate, District 39

Mississippi, Rod Hickman - State Senate, District 32, Angelique Lee - Jackson City Council, Ward 2Angela Turner Ford - State Senate, District 16, Daryl L. Porter Jr. - State House, District 98, Hillman Terome Frazier - State Senate, District 27

Nevada, Cecelia Gonz lez - State Assembly, District 16 Duy Nguyen - State Assembly, District 8 Brittney Miller - State Assembly, District 5 Dallas Harris - State Senate, District 11

New Hampshire Becky Whitley - State Senate, District 15 Angela Brennan - State House, District 9New York Steven Raga - State Assembly, District 30North Carolina Dr. Amber Baker - State House, District 72

Ohio, Meredith M. Turner - Cuyahoga County Council, District 9, Stephanie Howse - Cleveland City Council, Ward 7, Jessica E. Miranda - State House, District 28, Shenise Turner-Sloss - Dayton City Commission, At-Large

South Carolina, Heather Bauer - State House, District 75

Tennessee, Demetrus Coonrod - Chattanooga City Council, District 9, Martavius D Jones - Memphis City Council, Super District 8-3C, harlane Oliver - State Senate, District 19

Virginia, Jackie Hope Glass - State Delegate, District 89

Wisconsin, Samba Baldeh - State Assembly, District 48, Melissa Ratcliff - State Assembly, District 46, Darrin B. Madison Jr. - State Assembly, District 10