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September 11, 2012

EMILY’s List Congratulates Maggie Hassan On Her Victory in New Hampshire: Hassan Poised To Become The Only Pro-Choice Democratic Woman Governor In The Country

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulated Maggie Hassan on her victory in the New Hampshire gubernatorial primary.
September 4, 2012

EMILY’s List Congratulates Outstanding Pro-Choice Democratic Women On Their Speaking Roles at the Democratic National Convention
CHARLOTTE – This week, an impressive list of EMILY’s List candidates and alums will have critical speaking roles at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
August 29, 2012

EMILY’S List President Stephanie Schriock on Paul Ryan’s Devastating Plan for American Women and Families: What You Didn’t Hear at the RNC
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan delivered remarks at the Republican National Convention, and dishonestly hid his agenda - a vision for the future that would be devastating for women and families.
August 29, 2012

Jonathan Paton Misleads Voters On His Extreme Anti-Choice Views: Dishonestly Tells Arizona He Supports Exemption For Rape, Tells Anti-Choice Groups The Opposite

WASHINGTON – Today, EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock strongly condemned newly minted GOP nominee Jonathan Paton’s dishonesty with Arizona voters.
August 29, 2012

EMILY’s List’s Winning Streak Continues! 70% of EMILY’s List Fully Endorsed Candidates Victorious This Primary Season

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following last night’s wins by Ann Kirkpatrick and Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona, EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, is proud to announce victories in 12 of 17 competitive primaries among their fully endorsed candidates during the 2012 election cycle.
August 29, 2012

EMILY’s List Congratulates Ann Kirkpatrick and Kyrsten Sinema on Their Victories in Arizona : EMILY’s List Celebrates Two More Competitive Primary Victories

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulated Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09) and Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01) on their hard-won primary victories in Arizona.
August 29, 2012

Linda Lingle's Makeover Won't Fool Voters: Lingle Distances Herself from RNC 2012, But Played Outsized Roles In Last Two Conventions

WASHINGTON - Today, EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock reacted to Republican Senate candidate Linda Lingle's attempts to distance herself from her record as a booster of her party’s consistently right wing agenda. Lingle is sitting out this convention - and expressed "disappointment" with the extreme anti-choice platform outlawing a woman's right to choose even in the case of rape and incest - but the past two conventions contained the same plank with her full participation. 
August 24, 2012

Stephanie Schriock Reacts to Scott Brown's Dishonest Attempts to Mislead Massachusetts Women about his Anti-Choice Record
Washington D.C. – Today, EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock released a statement on Scott Brown’s deceptive anti-choice voting record, and support from the pro-life group Massachusetts Citizens for Life. Read about his dishonest voting record here:
August 24, 2012

EMILY’s List WOMEN VOTE! To Educate Voters in Arizona: Kyrsten Sinema Is an Effective, Progressive Leader

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today EMILY’s List WOMEN VOTE! announced it will begin communicating with voters on television on behalf of Democratic congressional candidate Kyrsten Sinema, who is running for Congress in Arizona’s 9th district. The ad begins running today on cable channels targeting women district-wide.
August 21, 2012

GOP: Todd Akin, He’s Just Like Us! Republican Congressmen Voting Records are Indistinguishable from Akin’s

WASHINGTON – Republicans across the country are rushing to denounce their colleague, Missouri Rep. Todd Akin, for suggesting that some rapes are “legitimate” – implying that others aren’t. But House Republicans already voted for a bill that said exactly that. Over 200 House Republicans co-sponsored H.R. 3 at the beginning of 2011, which tried to redefine rape so some mattered more than others. But the Akin-similarity doesn’t end there.
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