"EMILY's List is proud to endorse Frederica Wilson for U.S. Congress," said Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY's List. "Frederica will be a strong and independent voice and will fight for her constituents. She has a deep understanding of the needs of the 17th district having served much of the area as a state representative and state senator. Her record of fighting for jobs, small business and education reforms make her the right choice for Florida. EMILY's List looks forward to supporting Frederica in her campaign for Congress."

A lifelong public servant, Frederica has served her community as a teacher, principal, school board member, and has represented Florida in both the state House and state Senate. In 1992 Wilson founded the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Program, which has become a national model for drop-out prevention programs and its foundation has awarded more than $5 million dollars in scholarships.

As a state legislator, Senator Wilson has been a vigilant supporter of quality public education. Her tenure in Tallahassee has been recognized both for her effectiveness and her ability to work across party lines. She worked with then-Governor Jeb Bush to remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol, to start HIV/AIDS testing in prisons and she received the Florida Association of School Administrators’ Legislator of the Year award in 2007.

EMILY's List is the nation's largest resource for women candidates. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY's List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY's List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

The New Hampshire WOMEN VOTE! program has partnered with Planned Parenthood Action Fund to target approximately 12,500 pro-choice Democratic primary voting women in the second congressional district. The campaign will feature two pieces of direct mail and phone calls to voters to educate them about Ann McLane Kuster's strong record on choice and standing up for women and women's health across the state. The first piece of mail will reach voters right after Labor Day.

"Annie is a fresh voice with a proven track record of getting things done for the people of New Hampshire," said Denise Feriozzi, Director of WOMEN VOTE! "As an attorney and public policy advocate, Kuster has worked to expand access to education, health care, and other vital services in New Hampshire. In less than two weeks, the pro-choice voters of this district have a choice about who will represent them in Congress and that's why it is so important that the voters of this district know that Ann McLane Kuster is the only candidate in either party in this race with a strong record of standing up for a woman's right to choose."

Launched in 1995, the historic EMILY's List WOMEN VOTE! project combines polling and research, advanced information technology, sophisticated message testing, and precinct-by-precinct field work to mobilize millions of women voters across the country. EMILY's List designed WOMEN VOTE! to build a progressive political base that will elect more Democrats, especially women, by helping to increase turnout among women voters year after year.

EMILY's List is the nation's largest resource for women in politics. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY's List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY's List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Statement of EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock on the eve of the Glenn Beck/Sarah Palin rally:

“Today in Washington, DC people are starting to gather for the rally Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin are hosting to showcase their radical candidates and extreme agenda,” said Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY’s List. “But the community of women and men across this country who are standing up against Sarah Palin and her endorsed candidates’ radical agenda is growing faster than the anticipated crowd. Since the launch of the Sarah Doesn’t Speak For Me campaign ten days ago, hundreds of thousands of people have participated in the campaign. They are raising their voices in strong opposition to the anti-woman, anti-commonsense Wall Street reform, anti-health care reform agenda that Sarah Palin and her candidates champion. EMILY’s List has had over 110,000 visits to our website Sarah Doesn’t Speak for Me, had over 200,000 views of our video and brought more than 100,000 new supporters into the EMILY’s List community. If all the new members to our community saying SARAH DOESN’T SPEAK FOR THEM in August had a rally - it would be larger than the expected turnout at the Beck/Palin extremist agenda rally this weekend. What Sarah Palin called a ‘cackle of rads’ has quickly become a diverse community of folks from all across the country who are saying no to the radical, turn-back-the-clock agenda of Palin and her candidates.”

www.SarahDoesn’tSpeakForMe.com

The Sarah Doesn’t Speak For Me campaign is an opportunity for any and all Americans who want to reject the extreme agenda and constant nay-saying of Palin and her candidates. Sarah Doesn’t Speak for Me features a multi-media interactive website, a page for users to share personal stories, and information about the radical agenda of Palin’s candidates and where they stand on critical issues.

EMILY's List is the nation's largest resource for women candidates. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY's List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY's List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Tuesday, we launched our Sarah Doesn't Speak For Me campaign. On Wednesday, Sarah Palin reacted – lashing out at folks who don't agree with her. But we're pretty sure there's nothing radical about standing up for health care, job creation, and Wall Street reform—especially compared to the truly extreme priorities of Palin’s candidates, like repealing health care reform, and turning back the clock on women's rights.

That's why we're rolling out a new feature of our Sarah Doesn't Speak For Me campaign – highlighting the truly radical things Palin's endorsed candidates have said recently, from calling programs like Medicare "protecting the weak" to making repeal of health care reform their priority.

We're reaching more and more Americans who are saying ENOUGH ALREADY! to Palin's outrageous language, incendiary attacks, and extreme candidates – and YES to the results-focused, determined candidates that EMILY's List supports.

http://sarahdoesntspeakforme.com/realradicals/

On Tuesday, EMILY's List announced the Sarah Doesn't Speak For Me campaign; an opportunity for women – and men! – to let their voices be heard and to reject Palin's extremist candidates and backward-looking agenda. The Sarah Doesn't Speak For Me campaign features a new multi-media interactive website, a page for users to share personal stories, an online get-out-the-vote effort grounded in an online pledge, and information about the radical agenda of Palin's candidates and where they stand on critical issues. Since then, more than 100,000 people have engaged with the campaign.

EMILY's List is the nation's largest resource for women candidates. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY's List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY's List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

“Republicans in Minnesota released an offensive, demeaning video yesterday on YouTube titled ‘Republican Women vs. Democrat Women,’ which showed photo stills of women aligned with both parties to the songs Shes’s a Lady and Who Let the Dogs Out respectively. The video was quickly taken down but not before EMILY’s List and many others had a chance to view the offensive video. Republicans are unapologetic about the video – which is unacceptable at the same time that they are asking for women’s votes. This juvenile and offensive attitude toward women is demeaning to elected officials – regardless of party.”

“If Republicans in Minnesota, like Michele Bachmann and Tom Emmer, and national leaders like Sarah Palin - who has endorsed both of those candidates and predicted a ‘rising tide’ of women voters this cycle - think that this disgusting video is an acceptable way to treat women and women leaders in the state and across the country then their silence will speak volumes. However, if they believe as we do, that women voters and women in office deserve to be respected, then they should join EMILY’s List in denouncing this video.”

Yesterday EMILY’s List announced the Sarah Doesn't Speak For Me campaign; an opportunity for women – and men! – to let their voices be heard and to reject Palin’s extremist candidates and backward-looking agenda. The Sarah Doesn’t Speak For Me campaign features a new multi-media interactive website, a page for users to share personal stories, an online get-out-the-vote effort grounded in an online pledge, and information about the radical agenda of Palin’s candidates and where they stand on critical issues.

EMILY’s List is the nation’s largest resource for women in politics. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY’s List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY’s List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- EMILY's List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, today announced the launch of Sarah Doesn’t Speak for Me, an ongoing and diverse campaign to provide real opportunities to fight back against the radical agenda of Sarah Palin and her endorsed candidates.

"Throughout this cycle, Sarah Palin has predicted a rising tide of mothers and women voters who will support her so-called 'Mama Grizzly' candidates," said EMILY's List President Stephanie Schriock. "Palin has made it her mission to defeat candidates who have worked hard to champion the rights of women and families across the country and replace them with conservative candidates who want to repeal health care, stand with big business, and eliminate a woman’s right to choose. So today, EMILY’s List is calling on women – and men! – to let their voices be heard and to reject Palin's reactionary candidates and backward-looking agenda. We're asking Democrats, Independents, and moderate Republicans who have no home – to join us in our new campaign, Sarah Doesn’t Speak for Me."

"The Sarah Doesn't Speak For Me campaign is an opportunity for any and all Americans who want to reject the constant nay-saying of Palin and her candidates – no to health care, no to commonsense financial reform, no to corporate accountability, and no to women making their own choices," continued Schriock. "It’s a campaign to bring folks together who want to continue to see progressive change in this country, and have their voices heard."

Sarah Doesn't Speak for Me will feature a new multi-media interactive website, a page for users to share personal stories, and information about the radical agenda of Palin's candidates and where they stand on critical issues. It includes branded merchandise and an aggressive online presence that will extend our reach to a broad and diverse range of audiences and, through a targeted advertising campaign, get more than six million impressions.

EMILY's List has always been a dedicated and passionate network of activists and donors throughout the country. SarahDoesntSpeakForMe.com will expand and extend that community at an urgent time for our nation.

EMILY's List is the nation's largest resource for women candidates. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY's List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY's List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- EMILY's List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, today launches "Sarah Doesn’t Speak for Me," an ongoing and diverse campaign that provides real opportunities to fight back against the radical agenda of Sarah Palin, and her endorsed candidates.

"Sarah Palin has predicted a rising tide of mothers and women voters will support her so-called "Mama Grizzly" candidates. Today, we call upon women – and men! – to let their voices be heard and to reject Palin's reactionary candidates and backward-looking agenda. We're asking Democrats, Independents, and moderate Republicans who have no home – to join us in our new campaign, Sarah Doesn't Speak for Me.

This Tuesday, join EMILY's List President Stephanie Schriock at the National Press Club for a press conference outlining the goals, structure, and content of the campaign.

To request credentials, please email press@emilyslist.org.

EMILY's List is the nation's largest resource for women candidates. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY's List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY's List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

“Dino Rossi has always demonstrated a special unwillingness to come clean on the issue of reproductive rights. For years he simply refused to address it, because he knows his anti-choice views are out of touch with Washington voters. So women are used to Dino Rossi’s insulting silence when it comes to the issue of choice. But that doesn’t mean we were prepared for the utter callousness he showed yesterday with his admission that he ‘maybe’ supports an exception to the anti-choice restrictions he favors in the case of rape and incest.”

“The sad truth is, Dino Rossi just isn’t sure whether he’d protect the right of Washington women to make their own reproductive choice in the event they’re raped. This cavalier ‘maybe’ is just the latest insult in a long line of them. Dino Rossi has always been comfortable insulting Washington women with his refusal to take an important stand, and now he’s extended that disregard specifically to rape victims. Washington women deserve better than Dino Rossi, and much better than ‘maybe.’”

For full context of Rossi’s remarks click here.

EMILY’s List is the nation’s largest resource for women in politics. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY’s List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY’s List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

"EMILY's List congratulates Elena Kagan on her confirmation as the 112th justice and fourth woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. With her confirmation, a record three women will now sit on the nation's highest court, bringing us that much closer to a day when the court reflects true gender parity. We thank Solicitor General Kagan -- a trailblazer for women, from her tenure as the first female dean of Harvard Law School to her service as the first female solicitor general -- for her determination and commitment to public service."

In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY's List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY's List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

"Twenty five years ago, the 'founding mothers' of EMILY’s List grabbed their Rolodexes and gathered in Ellen Malcolm's basement to send letters to their friends about a network they were forming to raise money and support for pro-choice Democratic women candidates," said Stephanie Schriock, President of EMILY's List. "Rolodexes may have gone the way of 8-tracks and floppy disks, but EMILY's List's commitment to connecting and electing pro-choice Democratic women is stronger than ever. With our new Online Rolodex, we are able to harness the power of social networks to connect women in ways our founding mothers could have only dreamed."

The Online Rolodex is a new tool on the EMILY's List website that enables supporters anywhere to connect, share information, and raise money for pro-choice Democratic women candidates. The Online Rolodex allows any user to upload contacts from their email account, send a personalized message about why they support EMILY's List, and keep track of which of their friends have taken action.

"EMILY's List has always been at the forefront of grassroots organizing and fundraising, whether it was through the postal service in 1985 or our new Online Rolodex today," Schriock continued. "In order to continue helping elect more women to office, we need to grow our network and make sure our supporters are able to connect with each other – and that starts with an engaged online community. With so much at stake this cycle, we are pleased to offer our community this new way of building a grassroots movement to elect progressive, pro-choice democratic women."

EMILY's List is the nation's largest resource for women candidates. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY's List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY's List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

"EMILY's List is dismayed and disappointed by the unnecessary restrictions being placed on access to reproductive health care for women in the new "high risk pools."

Women in these "high-risk pools" face challenging circumstances and decisions that should be made by them and their doctors alone, with respect for their personal choices.

Denying these women access to basic services – paid for with their own money – is not in keeping with the respect for women’s lives and choices that EMILY’s List fights for, and is contrary to the aims of health care reform which EMILY’s List members and candidates fought so hard for."

EMILY's List is the nation's largest resource for women in politics. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY's List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY's List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- EMILY's List, the nation's largest resource for women candidates, today announced a new WOMEN VOTE! project in Colorado's fourth congressional district.

The Colorado WOMEN VOTE! program unveiled a new television advertisement educating voters on Cory Gardner’s record on children and families.

"This year, when there is so much at stake, we must do everything we can to distinguish between the choices that voters – particularly women -- have on election day," said Denise Feriozzi, Director of EMILY's List WOMEN VOTE! "WOMEN VOTE! will continue to set the record straight on candidates like Cory Gardner, a conservative state representative and Tea Party enthusiast who sponsored a bill to ban abortion in Colorado, who voted against providing emergency contraception to victims of sexual assault and Gardner even voted against cracking down on deadbeat dads that skip child support payments. In this campaign we hope to show Colorado women and voters the important choice they are making that will have an impact on their futures and their families."

Launched in 1995, the historic EMILY's List WOMEN VOTE! project combines polling and research, advanced information technology, sophisticated message testing, and precinct-by-precinct field work to mobilize millions of women voters across the country. EMILY's List designed WOMEN VOTE! to build a progressive political base that will elect more Democrats, especially women, by helping to increase turnout among women voters year after year.

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The following is a statement from EMILY’s List president Stephanie Schriock on Terri Sewell’s win in the primary run-off in Alabama’s 7th Congressional District.

“EMILY’s List is thrilled to celebrate Terri Sewell’s hard-fought victory in Alabama, where voters responded to Terri’s principled track record of accomplishments, her optimism and dedication to her community, and to her hard work on the campaign trail. In this reliably Democratic district, Terri will continue to campaign toward the general election talking about the issues that matter so much to people in Alabama – jobs and education – and will bring that focus and dedication with her to Washington. EMILY’s List is proud to see Sewell make history in Alabama – and proud to have been with her every step of the way.”

EMILY’s List endorsed Sewell in February 2010 and mobilized an aggressive campaign to help her win a primary against two well-known establishment candidates. Sewell started the race below 5% in the polls and came in first in the four-way primary in June. Sewell garnered endorsements from critical local supporters including the Selma Times Journal and the Birmingham News and from women leaders like fair-pay activist and Alabama native Lilly Ledbetter.

EMILY's List members from across the country contributed to her campaign and the EMILY's List WOMEN VOTE! program independently played a critical role in educating and mobilizing African American women voters in the district in both the primary and the runoff. Communicating through mail, phones and by going door to door in Selma and Birmingham, WOMEN VOTE! helped remind women what’s at stake this election and why Terri Sewell is the candidate best prepared to go to Washington and fight for what people in Alabama need.

In a personal note from earlier this summer to EMILY’s List members, Sewell wrote: “your presence is felt every step of the way. We will make history together!”

"EMILY's List is proud to endorse Libby Mitchell for Governor of Maine," said Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY's List. "During her time in the legislature, Libby was able to bring Republicans and Democrats together to help working families and small businesses, expand Head Start, and move Maine towards a more sustainable future. We are excited to endorse Libby Mitchell are looking forward to help elect her the first woman governor of Maine."

Libby Mitchell has spent her entire life in public service. In the state legislature, she served nine terms in the House and three in the Senate. A true pioneer, Libby was the first woman in America elected to serve both as speaker of the state House and then as president of the state Senate, a time in Maine that was marked by unparalleled bipartisanship and cooperation. Now, Mitchell seeks to build upon this legacy by serving as Maine’s first female governor.

"2010 is an extraordinary opportunity for women leaders at the state level," said Schriock. "Libby Mitchell joins Diane Denish of New Mexico, Margaret Anderson Kelliher of Minnesota, Deb Markowitz of Vermont, and Alex Sink of Florida, all fantastic, strong and proven leaders who are running for governor in open seat races across the country. These women stand for putting families first, not corporations; for making it easier for small businesses to thrive; for protecting their environment; and for leading with integrity and the determination to get things done. At a time when voters feel dissatisfied, these women have track records of proving that government can work for American women and their families."

In 2002, EMILY’s List helped to elect three pro-choice Democratic women governors -- Janet Napolitano, Kathleen Sebelius and Jennifer Granholm. In 2008, two pro-choice Democratic women were elected to lead their states – Christine Gregoire was re-elected to serve Washington and Bev Perdue was elected for her first term in North Carolina. Electing five new pro-choice Democratic women to the top statewide executive office will be the largest number ever elected in a cycle to hold that office. We look forward to making history in November with these dynamic women leaders.

EMILY's List is the nation's largest resource for women candidates. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY's List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY's List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

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"EMILY's List would like to congratulate Elaine for winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in North Carolina," said Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY's List. "A dedicated public servant, Elaine has devoted her life to fighting for those without a voice, from standing up to Wall Street in defense of small business owners to requiring health insurance companies to cover Pap smears and mammograms. EMILY's List is proud to endorse Elaine, and we look forward to helping her in her campaign to defeat Senator Burr in November and continue her hard work in Washington."

"Elaine has a history of winning tough state-wide races," Schriock continued. "When Elaine first ran for secretary of state in 1996, she defeated NASCAR legend Richard Petty. The North Carolina political establishment considered him unbeatable, but Elaine won anyway and went on to become the first woman to hold a state-wide executive office in North Carolina. We are sure that with the support of thousands of North Carolinians, Elaine can defeat Richard Burr this fall."

A dedicated public servant, Elaine has for years been a forceful advocate for women, families and small business. As secretary of state, Elaine took on Wall Street, protecting North Carolina investors and foundations from corporate abuses and recovering over $500 million in fraud. Back home, she fought to clean up Raleigh by reforming North Carolina’s ethics laws.

"I am incredibly honored to receive the EMILY’s List endorsement," said Marshall. "In Richard Burr, North Carolinians have a senator who consistently sides with Wall Street, insurance companies and Big Oil instead of the people he is elected to represent. We are pleased to have EMILY’s List join our fight to give the people of North Carolina a strong voice in Washington."

EMILY's List is the nation's largest resource for women candidates. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY's List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY's List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

"EMILY's List is thrilled to announce our support for Roxanne Conlin in her campaign to be Iowa's next United States Senator. Roxanne has proven time and again that she is a strong and determined advocate for the people of Iowa," said Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY’s List. "This year, more than ever, is it crucial that we elect smart, effective and capable leaders to take on powerful special interests and those who put corporations over American families. Roxanne Conlin has been fighting for families her entire career. She is not afraid to take on big challenges and stand up for Iowans in the court room or on the Senate floor. EMILY's List is proud to endorse Roxanne Conlin for the United States Senate."

"Chuck Grassley has served in Congress for over three decades. Three decades of taking more money from PACs than he has from people. Iowans don’t need a career politician concerned with his next election," Schriock continued. "Roxanne is a former United States attorney, Democratic nominee for governor, the first woman president of the American Association for Justice, and a grandmother who is concerned about the next generation, who is poised to move this seat to the Democratic column in November."

A lifelong champion for women's rights, Conlin founded and was the first chair of the Iowa Women's Political Caucus, the president of NOW's Legal Defense and Education Fund and, while serving as Iowa's assistant attorney general, she wrote the first law of its kind protecting rape victims. Conlin later served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, where she worked with law enforcement, led major drug busts and cracked down on violent crime.

EMILY's List is the nation's largest resource for women candidates. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY's List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY's List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

The Alabama WOMEN VOTE! program will canvass households throughout the Birmingham and Selma areas starting next week and through the July 13th run-off election. The program will target African-American women and senior voters with a history of voting in Democratic primaries and seek to educate them about Terri Sewell's background of hard work and achievement that led her to receive 37 percent of the vote in a four-candidate field in the primary election and to mobilize them to get out the vote for her in the run-off.

"Terri Sewell is a new voice for the 7th district -- not a career politician, but a daughter of the district who gets things done," said Denise Feriozzi, Director of EMILY’s List WOMEN VOTE! "Sewell broke away from the pack and came in first in her primary last month, but the campaign to get her to Congress is not over. Terri needs the grassroots support she has organized to come out for her again and to vote in the runoff on July 13th. Terri is the candidate who will work with President Obama to bring jobs to Alabama, who will fight for women and families across the state and who will break barriers by becoming the first African American women elected to the House from Alabama. We hope that through our canvassing efforts we will ensure that Terri can stand up for Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives."

Launched in 1995, the historic EMILY's List WOMEN VOTE! project combines polling and research, advanced information technology, sophisticated message testing, and precinct-by-precinct field work to mobilize millions of women voters across the country. EMILY's List designed WOMEN VOTE! to build a progressive political base that will elect more Democrats, especially women, by helping to increase turnout among women voters year after year.

EMILY's List is the nation's largest resource for women in politics. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY's List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY's List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

McIntosh joins EMILY's List from the staff of U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-MN), on whose campaign staff she also played a critical role. Previously, McIntosh served as Communications Director for the DFL Party in Minnesota, working with multiple candidates – challengers and incumbents -- as well as party members and activists throughout the state. During her tenure at the Party, Minnesotans elected Senator Amy Klobuchar and, in a special election, State Senator Tarryl Clark, now running for congress in the 6th District.

"We are so thrilled to welcome Jess to EMILY’s List," said President Stephanie Schriock. "Jess has built such incredible experience over the last few years -- with every new role, her knowledge and skills have expanded, and she's retained her irrepressible energy, toughness, and good humor. So much is at stake this cycle, and we're pleased to have Jess join us in our fight to elect pro-choice Democratic women who put families over corporations, fight for jobs and healthcare, and protect our rights."

McIntosh began her career in New York City politics, working for Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer as well as the re-election campaign of Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

McIntosh brings national and DC-based press expertise to the EMILY's List team, as well as battle-tested campaign experience that will help her to support EMILY's List candidates, advocate for EMILY's List, and draw clear distinctions between the values and accomplishments of EMILY's List's pro-choice Democratic women and the right-wing Republicans running against them this cycle.

"I've respected EMILY’S List since I was old enough to wonder where the women in government were," said McIntosh. "Stephanie Schriock has built a smart, tenacious team and I'm proud to join them. I've helped candidates win some pretty tough fights, and I'm thrilled to bring my experience to EMILY's List to help elect more strong pro-choice Democratic women."

EMILY's List is the nation's largest resource for women in politics. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY's List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY’s List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

"We have an unprecedented opportunity this cycle to elect progressive pro-choice Democratic women by ensuring that Democratic and independent women know what's at stake, draw clear distinctions between the radical right wing agendas of the Republican candidates and our EMILY's List candidates, and turn out in force during primaries and in November," said EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock.

"We will protect our incumbents, from champions of choice like Senators Boxer and Murray, to the women in the house who have worked so hard to on financial reform that holds corporations accountable and protects families. And we'll make history with new Senators like Robin Carnahan of Missouri and soon-to-be Congresswomen Terri Sewell and Julie Lassa – and elect a record number of new, strong women governors."

EMILY's List has long been recognized as an expert in understanding what motivates women voters and how to get them to the polls. "This election cycle, it is critical that we effectively introduce the candidates running against our progressive, pro-choice Democratic women for who they are –self-funding defenders of corporations, Sarah Palin acolytes, and radical activists who, if elected, would erode our rights and eliminate key recent legislative accomplishments, from health care to financial reform," said Schriock.

"Every district is different, and every one of our pro-choice Democratic woman has her own unique story to tell – from working to put children through college to running small businesses to fighting to pass legislation that provides jobs and opportunities. As we have in past cycles, we will spend what it takes to educate voters about the positive impact our pro-choice Democratic women have – and ensure they well understand the skewed, pro-big-business, anti-choice priorities of their Republican opponents."

Launched in 1995, the historic EMILY's List WOMEN VOTE! project combines polling and research, advanced information technology, sophisticated message testing, and precinct-by-precinct field work to mobilize millions of women voters across the country. EMILY's List designed WOMEN VOTE! to build a progressive political base that will elect more Democrats, especially women, by helping to increase turnout among women voters year after year.

EMILY's List is the nation's largest resource for women in politics. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY's List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY’s List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.

"Twenty-five years ago, Ellen Malcolm and a group of friends took out their rolodexes and built a community that has changed the face of politics," said Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY's List. "Today, the tools are different, but the urgency and opportunity are the same. EMpower is a new opportunity to be a part of our movement to elect strong Democratic women; a place to network, to learn about candidates throughout the country, to collaborate and have a powerful individual and collective impact in cities, states, and in Washington."

"EMpower is as dynamic as the world we're living in now," Schriock continued. "It tears down the walls between activists who want to elect women and the women they elect, by connecting them through on-line networking, in-person meetings, and other opportunities. EMpower opens doors -- members can talk strategy together as well as with the top leaders of campaigns across the country. They can tell us who in their classroom, their law firm, their gym, or their book club would make an incredible candidate – and help us ask those women to run."

"The need for strong pro-choice Democratic women has never been more urgent. In Governor's mansions, in Congress and on the Senate floor, Democratic women are the leaders we need to affect change and ensure that conservative policies championed by the likes of Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann and Carly Fiorina do not erode rights that are fundamental to American women and their families and to our freedom."

Members of EMpower will have the opportunity to meet candidates and elected officials, and stay engaged through our interactive website and EMpower events across the country throughout the year. They will help elect new women to office, like working mom Julie Lassa in Wisconsin and history-making Terri Sewell, who would be the first African-American woman elected to congress from Alabama.

http://emilyslist.org/EMpower

For the 2010 election, individuals must contribute $100 to EMILY's List and two $50 checks to EMILY's List candidates of their choice to become members of EMpower. Every individual that signs up and contributes $100 to EMILY's List on June 17th will be considered a part of the EM Club, the founding members of EMpower.

EMILY's List is the nation's largest resource for women in politics. In the 2007-2008 cycle, EMILY's List raised more than $43 million to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns, and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY's List has worked to elect 80 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 15 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors, and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.