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For other uses of The Wish List, please see The Wish List (disambiguation)
The Wish List (disambiguation)

The Wish List may refer to:*Wish List, a compilation of desired items, usually as a request for gifts*The Wish List, a novel written by Eoin Colfer...


The Wish List is an organization whose acronym for Women In the Senate and House. It is a political action committee
Political action committee

In the United States , a Political Action Committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group, regardless of size, organized to elect political candidates....
 devoted to electing pro-choice
Pro-choice

Pro-choice describes the politics and ethics view that a woman should have complete control over her fertility and the choice to continue or terminate a pregnancy....
 Republican
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
 women to the House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
 and Senate
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
, The Wish List was founded in 1992. It can be considered a counterpart to two other organizations: Emily's List
EMILY's List

EMILY's List is a political action committee in the United States that aims to help elect progressive female candidates who are pro-choice to office....
, whose goal is to elect pro-choice Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
 women, and the Susan B. Anthony List
Susan B. Anthony List

The Susan B. Anthony List is a 501 political action committee that seeks to elect pro-life women to the United States Congress. The group has over 145,000 members as of 2008, and is primarily focused on its mission of training activists, advocating for legislation, and educating the public on pro-life legislation....
, whose goal is to elect pro-life
Pro-life

Pro-life is a term representing a variety of perspectives and activist movements in medical ethics. It is most commonly used, especially in the media and popular discourse, to refer to opposition to abortion....
 women.






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For other uses of The Wish List, please see The Wish List (disambiguation)
The Wish List (disambiguation)

The Wish List may refer to:*Wish List, a compilation of desired items, usually as a request for gifts*The Wish List, a novel written by Eoin Colfer...


The Wish List is an organization whose acronym for Women In the Senate and House. It is a political action committee
Political action committee

In the United States , a Political Action Committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group, regardless of size, organized to elect political candidates....
 devoted to electing pro-choice
Pro-choice

Pro-choice describes the politics and ethics view that a woman should have complete control over her fertility and the choice to continue or terminate a pregnancy....
 Republican
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
 women to the House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
 and Senate
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
, The Wish List was founded in 1992. It can be considered a counterpart to two other organizations: Emily's List
EMILY's List

EMILY's List is a political action committee in the United States that aims to help elect progressive female candidates who are pro-choice to office....
, whose goal is to elect pro-choice Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
 women, and the Susan B. Anthony List
Susan B. Anthony List

The Susan B. Anthony List is a 501 political action committee that seeks to elect pro-life women to the United States Congress. The group has over 145,000 members as of 2008, and is primarily focused on its mission of training activists, advocating for legislation, and educating the public on pro-life legislation....
, whose goal is to elect pro-life
Pro-life

Pro-life is a term representing a variety of perspectives and activist movements in medical ethics. It is most commonly used, especially in the media and popular discourse, to refer to opposition to abortion....
 women. The Wish List maintains strong alliances with other liberal Republican groups, such as The Republican Majority For Choice
Republican Majority for Choice

The Republican Majority for Choice is a Republican Party organization in the United States dedicated to preserving legal access to abortion. The group also supports federal funding for Embryonic stem cell research....
, It's My Party Too, and Republicans For Choice
Republicans for Choice

Republicans for Choice, an organization based in the Washington, D.C. area is a political action committee composed of members of the United States Republican Party who support legalized abortion....
.

Members

  • Wish List Chairwoman, Glenda L. Greenwald
  • President, Pat Giardina Carpenter
  • Secretary, Victoria Toensing
    Victoria Toensing

    Victoria Toensing is a lawyer and partner with her husband, Joseph DiGenova, in the Washington law firm, DiGenova and Toensing. Her practice specializes in white-collar criminal defense, regulatory inquiries, and legislative advocacy....
  • Treasurer, Maureen H. Lydon


Senate


Lisa Murkowski
Lisa Murkowski

Lisa Ann Murkowski is the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from the State of Alaska. Murkowski, a Republican Party , is the only woman ever elected to Congress from her state, in addition to being the first Senator born in Alaska....
, Alaska 		Susan Collins
Susan Collins

Susan Margaret Collins is the junior United States Senate from Maine and a member of the Republican Party . Collins was re-elected on November 4, 2008....
, Maine
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison

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, Texas (No longer listed) 		Olympia Snowe
Olympia Snowe

Olympia Jean Bouchles Snowe McKernan is the senior United States Senate from Maine.The most liberal Republican in the chamber, Snowe has become widely known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes and Senatorial filibuster , in part making her one of the most influential modern U.S....
, Maine

House

Mary Bono
Mary Bono

Mary Bono Mack is an United States politician, and since 1998 has been a Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives, representing which includes most of central and eastern Riverside County, California....
 of California 		Lynn Jenkins
Lynn Jenkins

Lynn Jenkins is an Politics of the United States and Certified Public Accountant from the U.S. state of Kansas. A Republican Party , Jenkins is the Congresswoman from Kansas's 2nd congressional district and former Kansas State Treasurer....
 of Kansas 		Kay Granger
Kay Granger

Kay Granger , a Republican Party politician from the U.S. state of Texas, currently represents the Texas's 12th congressional district in the U.S....
 of Texas
Nancy Johnson, Connecticut (No longer a Representative) Heather Wilson
Heather Wilson

Heather A. Wilson , was a United States Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives representing from 1998 to 2008. She is the second female veteran to be elected to Congress....
 of New Mexico (No longer a Representative) 		Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito

Shelley Moore Capito is an United States politician. She has been a Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing the ....
, West Virginia
Ginny Brown-Waite
Ginny Brown-Waite

Virginia "Ginny" Brown-Waite , United States politician, has been a United States Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing ....
, Florida 		Sue Kelly, New York (No longer a Representative)  
Judy Biggert
Judy Biggert

Judith Borg "Judy" Biggert , United States politician,has been a Republican Party member of theUnited States House of Representatives since 1999,...
 of Illinois 		Deborah Pryce
Deborah Pryce

Deborah D. Pryce is an United States politician from Ohio and former Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives for Ohio's 15th congressional district, which includes the western half of Columbus, Ohio and the surrounding suburbs....
 of Ohio (No longer a Representative) 		 


Governors

Jodi Rell, Connecticut Linda Lingle
Linda Lingle

Linda Lingle has been Governor of Hawaii since December 2 2002. She was sworn in for a second term on December 4, 2006.Lingle holds a number of distinctions: first Republican Party elected governor of Hawaii since the departure of William F....
, Hawaii


Other State wide offices

Arizona Corporation Commissioner Kristin Mayes Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger
Sandy Praeger

Sandy Praeger is the Republican Party Kansas Insurance Commissioner. She was first elected on November 2 2002. Her term began January 13 2003....
  		North Carolina Labor Commissioner Cherie Killian Berry
Illinois State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka
Judy Baar Topinka

Judy Baar Topinka is the former Illinois State Treasurer, having served from 1995 to 2007, and former chairman of the Illinois Republican Party....
 (No longer State Treasurer) 		Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey
Kerry Healey

Kerry Murphy Healey was the 70th Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. She served from 2003 to 2007 with Governor Mitt Romney....
 (No longer Lt. Governor) 		 


State Senate

Carolyn Allen, Arizona Barbara Allen
Barbara Allen (politician)

Barbara Allen is a Republican Party Kansas from the 8th District. She is from Overland Park, Kansas, Kansas and is an attorney. Allen graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Mount Vernon College and a Academic Degree from the University of Missouri?Kansas City Law School....
, Kansas (No longer a Senator) 		Pat Vance
Pat Vance

Patricia H. Vance is a Republican Party member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the Pennsylvania Senate, District 31 since 2004. She was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1990 to 2004....
, Pennsylvania
Toni Hellon, Arizona (No longer listed) Jean Kurtis Schodorf, Kansas Mary Jo White
Mary Jo White (Pennsylvania politician)

Mary Jo White is a Republican Party member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who has represented the Pennsylvania Senate, District 21 since 1996....
, Pennsylvania
Nancy Spence
Nancy Spence

Nancy Spence is a Colorado legislator. First elected to the Cherry Creek School District Board of Education in the 1980s, Spence was elected to three terms in the Colorado House of Representatives, serving from 1999 to 2005, and was elected to the Colorado State Senate as a United States Republican Party in 2006....
, Colorado 		Vicki Schmidt, Kansas June Gibbs, Rhode Island
Cathy Cook, Connecticut (No longer listed) Diane Allen, New Jersey Diane Snelling, Vermont
Judith Freedman, Connecticut Martha Bark, New Jersey (No longer a Senator) Wendy Wilton, Vermont (No longer listed)
Liane Sorenson, Delaware Sue Wilson Beffort
Sue Wilson Beffort

Sue Wilson Beffort is a Republican Party member of the New Mexico State Senate representing New Mexico's 19th district, and was the Republican Party nominee for Lt....
, New Mexico 		Cheryl Pflug, Washington
Pamela Althoff
Pamela Althoff

Pamela J. Althoff is a Republican Party Illinois Senate, representing the 32nd District since 2003. She was elected to a four-year term in November 2004, after having been appointed for a partial term in March 2003....
, Illinois 		Patricia McGee
Patricia McGee

Patricia K. "Pat" McGee was a longtime New York State Assemblywoman and Senator from Franklinville, New York....
, New York (No longer a Senator) 		 
Christine Radogno
Christine Radogno

Christine Radogno is a Republican Party member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 41st Legislative District since 1997. She is also the Minority Leader in the Illinois Senate, the first woman leader of a political party in the Illinois General Assembly....
, Illinois 		Jane Earll
Jane Earll

Jane M. Earll is a Republican Party member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who has represented the Pennsylvania Senate, District 49 since 1996....
, Pennsylvania 		 


State House


Gabrielle LeDoux, Alaska (No longer listed) Nancy Detert, Florida (No longer listed) Julie Brown, New Hampshire
Michele Reagan, Arizona Barbara Marumoto, Hawaii Patricia Dunlap, New Hampshire (No longer listed)
Lynn Daucher
Lynn Daucher

Lynn Daucher is a United States politician who was a Republican Party California State Assemblywoman from Orange County, California from 2000 until 2006 when she was term limited....
, California (No longer a Representative) 		Cynthia Thielen
Cynthia Thielen

Cynthia Thielen is a Republican Party member of the Hawaii House of Representatives and was the Republican nominee for United States Senate in 2006, challenging incumbent Democratic Party Daniel Akaka....
, Hawaii 		Stephanie Eaton, New Hampshire
Shirley Horton
Shirley Horton

Shirley Horton is a U.S. politician, currently serving as a Republican Party Member of the California State Assembly. Horton represents the 78th Assembly District, which includes southern San Diego, California, Chula Vista, California, Lemon Grove, California and...
, California 		Jana Kemp, Idaho (No longer listed) Sheila Francoeur, New Hampshire
Penny Bacchiochi
Penny Bacchiochi

Penny Bacchiochi is an United States Republican Party politician, currently serving as a Connecticut House of Representatives in Connecticut. She was first elected to the House in 2002 and was reelected in 2004 and 2006....
, Connecticut 		Suzie Bassi, Illinois Elizabeth Hager, New Hampshire
Toni Boucher
Toni Boucher

Toni Boucher is a State Senator representing Connecticut's 26th District.Boucher was elected in 2008, after having served as the State Representative from the 143rd Assembly District for 12 years....
, Connecticut 		Elizabeth Coulson
Elizabeth Coulson

Elizabeth Coulson is a Republican Party member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 17th district where she has served since 1997....
, Illinois 		Sandra Balomenos Keans, New Hampshire (No longer listed)
Ruth Fahrbach, Connecticut Carolyn Krause, Illinois Charlotte Vandervalk
Charlotte Vandervalk

Charlotte Vandervalk is an United States Republican Party politician, who serves in the New Jersey New Jersey General Assembly since 1991, where she represents the New Jersey Legislature#District 39....
, New Jersey
Livvy Floren, Connecticut Patricia Reid Lindner
Patricia Reid Lindner

Patricia Reid Lindner was a Republican Party member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 50th district from 1993 until her retirement at the end of her term in 2009....
, Illinois (No longer a Representative) 		Nancy Calhoun
Nancy Calhoun

Nancy Calhoun is a member of the New York State Assembly for the 96th district. She was first elected in 1990. She is a Republican....
, New York
Lile Gibbons, Connecticut Rosemary Mulligan
Rosemary Mulligan

Rosemary Mulligan is a Republican Party member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 65th District since 1993.Mulligan was first elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1992....
, Illinois 		Donna Ferrara, New York (No longer listed)
Sonya Googins, Connecticut Sandra Pihos, Illinois Teresa Sayward
Teresa Sayward

Teresa Sayward is a member of the New York State Assembly for the 113th district first elected in 2002. She is a Republican Party ....
, New York
DebraLee Hovey, Connecticut Vaneta Becker
Vaneta Becker

Vaneta Becker is a senator in the Indiana State Senate representing portions of Vanderburgh County, Indiana and Warrick County, Indiana in the southern part of the state....
, Indiana (No longer listed) 		Dierdre Scozzafava
Dierdre Scozzafava

Dierdre "Dede" Scozzafava represents District 122 in the New York State Assembly, which comprises large portions of St. Lawrence County, New York, Lewis County, New York and a small portion of Oswego County, New York....
, New York
Themis Klarides, Connecticut Phyllis Pond, Indiana Vicki Berger
Vicki Berger

Vicki Berger is an American businessperson and politician in the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian, she is a Salem, Oregon civic leader and a Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives....
, Oregon
Claudia Powers, Connecticut Libby Swanson Jacobs, Iowa (No longer listed) Sue Cornell, Pennsylvania (No longer listed)
Pamela Ziegler Sawyer, Connecticut Susan Williams Gifford, Massachusetts Carole Rubley, Pennsylvania (No longer a Representative)
Lenny Winkler, Connecticut Shirley Gomes
Shirley Gomes

Shirley Gomes was a Republican Party member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 4th Barnstable County, Massachusetts District....
, Massachusetts (No longer a Representative) 		Carol Mumford, Rhode Island
Donna Stone, Delaware Karyn Polito, Massachusetts Jodi Cutler, South Dakota
Nancy Wagner, Delaware Susan Pope, Massachusetts Joyce Errecart, Vermont
Donna Clark, Florida (No longer listed) Mary Rogeness, Massachusetts  
Faye Culp, Florida Kathlyn Fares, Missouri  


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