--- description: The 32-year-old activist is running for state Senate instead title: Sandra Fluke Won't Run For Congress, Will Run For State Senate Instead image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2014 Election](/tag/2014-election/) ## 2014 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sandra Fluke Won't Run For Congress by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 5, 2014 2:05 PM CUT by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 5, 2014 2:05 PM CUT Sanda Fluke, the Democratic activist and attorney who achieved fame in 2012 after radio host Rush Limbaugh called her a “slut”, has [decided](http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-pc-sandra-fluke-congress-state-senate-20140205,0,7267538.story#axzz2sSC7vl34 "undefined") to run for state Senate instead of Congress. The attorney, 32, had been considering a run to replace the retiring Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D—Calif), but announced Tuesday that a run for state Senate in California would be a “better way for me to advance the causes that are important to our community.” Fluke gained national attention in 2012, when as a Georgetown University law student, she testified in Congress in favor of insurers paying for birth control under President Obama’s healthcare law, prompting Limbaugh to call her a “slut” and a “prostitute.” \[[LAT](http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-pc-sandra-fluke-congress-state-senate-20140205,0,7267538.story#axzz2sSC7vl34 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4668/sandra-fluke-state-senate-congress/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4668/sandra-fluke-state-senate-congress/"},"headline":"Sandra Fluke Won't Run For Congress","datePublished":"2014-02-05T14:05:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:18:28.923Z","description":"The 32-year-old activist is running for state Senate instead","url":"https://time.com/4668/sandra-fluke-state-senate-congress/","keywords":["2014 Election","Congress"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2014-election/","name":"2014 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4668/sandra-fluke-state-senate-congress/","name":"Sandra Fluke Won't Run For Congress"}}]}] ```