Lisa Blunt Rochester

ON THE ISSUES

• Co-sponsored legislation to improve air quality monitoring and protect environmental justice communities
• Voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, the most significant action Congress has ever taken to address climate change
• Earned a 97% lifetime score on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard

WHY THIS RACE MATTERS

• Contributing to this race now will help Lisa Blunt Rochester build her campaign warchest early for her race in 2030
• Reelecting Senator Blunt Rochester will help maintain Black representation in the U.S. Senate
• Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

CANDIDATE BACKGROUND

Lisa Blunt Rochester is running for a second term to represent Delaware in the U.S. Senate. She is a former  U.S. House member and previously served as the state’s first African American woman Secretary of Labor and as the CEO of the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, a public policy think-tank. Lisa Blunt Rochester has been a vocal advocate for addressing the threat of climate change and rising sea levels. She is committed to strengthening the state’s infrastructure in order to prepare for the impacts of climate change. In 2023 as a member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee of Health, she co-sponsored the Technology Assessment for Air Quality Management Act, which would authorize $55 million over five years for the EPA to expand technology for monitoring air quality and protect environmental justice communities. In the Senate, she will continue advocating for a clean energy economy in Delaware as the state transitions from manufacturing and chemicals. Representative Blunt Rochester has earned a 97% lifetime score on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard.