Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, voters in Florida’s 22nd district made history by electing Lois Frankel to the U.S. House of Representatives. Lois Frankel will be the first woman to represent Florida’s 22nd district in the House of Representatives.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, New Hampshire voters decisively elected Maggie Hassan for governor. Maggie Hassan will be the only pro-choice Democratic woman governor in the country. EMILY’s List WOMEN VOTE! educated women voters in New Hampshire about policies that benefit women and families. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, voters in Michigan decisively reelected Senator Debbie Stabenow. Debbie Stabenow and her pro-choice Democratic women colleagues in the Senate are an integral part of the Senate firewall, which has helped block the anti-woman attacks of extremist House Republicans since John Boehner and his Tea Party allies became the majority in 2010. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the Now or Never Political Action Committee announced that it is spending $800,000 on TV ads in support of Republican extremist and candidate for Senate in Missouri, Todd Akin. The ad states that an Akin victory is essential in order to help push through Mitt Romney’s right-wing agenda. Simultaneously, National Republicans are dodging the question of significant cash transfers to Missouri Republicans in support of Akin, contrary to earlier efforts to distance the national party from Akin’s disastrously radical statements.