Press Releases

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May 14, 2010

Schriock to Palin: You Don't Stand for My Frontier

WASHINGTON, D.C. – “Sarah Palin talks a good game about ‘grizzly bear moms’ taking the country back – but I come from the West too, and her version of what American women want doesn’t honor the freedom and independence that the women I grew up with in Montana cherish,” said Stephanie Schriock, President of EMILY’s List. Referring to the “Palin 4” – four Democratic Congresswomen whom Palin displayed on her Facebook page – Schriock continued: “First she puts targets on their back, then she wants the government in their bedrooms – what is Sarah Palin doing to western women?”

May 11, 2010

WOMEN VOTE! to Mobilize Voters in Alabama Primary

WASHINGTON -- EMILY's List, the nation's largest resource for women candidates, today announced a new WOMEN VOTE! project in Alabama's seventh congressional district. As the nationwide voter mobilization and education project of EMILY's List, WOMEN VOTE! will reach out to key voters in the district through an extensive mail and phone program.

May 10, 2010

Statement from Stephanie Schriock on President Obama's Nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY's List, issued the following statement on President Obama's nomination of the Elena Kagan to the United States Supreme Court:

April 27, 2010

EMILY's List Endorses Congresswoman Betty Sutton for Re-Election in Ohio's 13th Congressional District

WASHINGTON, D.C. – EMILY's List, the nation's largest financial resource for women candidates, today announced its endorsement of Congresswoman Betty Sutton for re-election in 2010.

April 27, 2010

EMILY's List Launches We Are EMILY Videos

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- EMILY's List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, today launched a series of new promotional videos called We Are EMILY, chronicling 25 years of changing the face of power at EMILY's List.

April 25, 2010

EMILY’s List Celebrates Margaret Anderson Kelliher’s Historic DFL Endorsement

WASHINGTON, D.C. – EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women candidates, tonight celebrated Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher’s historic victory securing the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party’s endorsement for Governor.

April 21, 2010

EMILY's List Announces Communications Director and New Media Director

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The week before its 25th Anniversary, EMILY's List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, announced Jen Bluestein will join the organization as communications director and Emily Lockwood has been promoted to new media director. Bluestein has spent almost fifteen years in the political, non-profit, and media sectors. Lockwood has worked in new media since 2003 working for government, political and non-profit organizations and has worked with EMILY's List as Internet Director since 2008.

April 15, 2010

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senators Barbara Mikulski and Kirsten Gillibrand To Celebrate EMILY’s List 25 Years of Changing the Face of Power

WASHINGTON, D.C. – EMILY's List today announced that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senator Barbara Mikulski and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will help EMILY's List celebrate 25 years of changing the face of power by speaking at the anniversary luncheon on Thursday, April 29th in Washington, DC. These leaders will join new EMILY's List President Stephanie Schriock and Chair of the Board of Directors, Ellen Malcolm as featured speakers at the celebratory event.

February 26, 2010

EMILY's List Endorses Janice Hahn for Lieutenant Governor, Kamala Harris for Attorney General and Gloria Romero for Superintendant of Public Instruction

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- EMILY's List, the nation's largest financial resource for women candidates, today announced its endorsements of Janice Hahn, Kamala Harris and Gloria Romero for statewide office in California.

February 25, 2010

EMILY's List Endorses Linda Chavez-Thompson for Lieutenant Governor of Texas

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- EMILY's List, the nation's largest financial resource for women candidates, today announced its endorsement of Linda Chavez-Thompson for Lieutenant Governor of Texas.