Kyrsten Sinema

From the Capitol building to the corporate board room, people are buzzing about the need for increased gender diversity. And new findings from researcher Mariam Schwartz-Ziv tell us just why that is. 

Yesterday, the 113th Congress was sworn into office, including 16 new EMILY’s List women to the House and 9 EMILY’s List women to the Senate. With a record number of women entering both chambers and the incoming freshman class being the most diverse in history, there was a lot to celebrate. So we did!

As election time gets closer and closer, our EMILY’s List candidates continue to reach out to voters both online and on TV. We’ve rounded up the most recent ads from our candidates as they fight for women, the middle class, and hold the GOP accountable for their record. Take a look!

Last night was an exciting night in Arizona. EMILY’s List candidate, Kyrsten Sinema, won her hard-fought primary in Arizona’s new 9th district. With Sinema’s victory and long-time EMILY's List champion Ann Kirkpatrick’s win in AZ-01, EMILY’s List has now won 12 of 17 competitive primaries among fully endorsed EMILY’s List candidates this cycle.

“We’ve been saying it for months – and we just keep proving it – 2012 is shaping up to be an historic year for Democratic women.” – Stephanie Schriock, EMILY’s List President

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It’s the prime of summer but our candidates are hard at work connecting with supporters—both online and off! Check out what they’ve been up to and click the links below to keep them going strong in the summer months!

Mazie Hirono spent last Saturday “Bon dancing the night away” at annual the Moili'ili Summer Festival.

Last month, we introduced our first findings of our 2012 WOMEN VOTE! Research, where we learned that women do not believe Washington is working for families like theirs. And now, we‘re back with more research that we think you’ll find fascinating.

This weekend, EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock stopped by Melissa Harris-Perry on MSNBC to talk about getting more women to run for Congress. She was joined by an all-star panel: Congresswoman Barbara Lee, former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, Professor Anthea Butler and EMILY’s List candidate, Kyrsten Sinema.

Our feminist friends at Jezebel just asked if four of our women candidates could change the face of Congress -- and the answer, of course, is a resounding “YES!”