Christie Vilsack

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.

This November, EMILY's List women are facing far-right Republicans and Tea Party candidates who have dangerous views on women’s health, Obamacare, the Violence Against Women Act, fair pay for women and so much more. But our candidates know what’s best for women and families and will stand up against right-wing extremists. We’ve already told you a lot about our Democratic women, but we wanted to introduce you to our current Top 5 list of abhorrent Republicans to beat.

5 Worst Republicans to Defeat

What a fantastic June for EMILY’s List as primary polls closed in key states and results came pouring in announcing victories for our candidates across the country. We were stoked to see these hardworking, progressive champions of choice move on to November’s general election.

Let’s take a look at the primaries we’ve been tracking:

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Well, here we go: you know campaign season has truly started once the backwards, sexist comments start coming out of GOP candidates’ mouths. Congratulations to Cong. Steve King for kicking things off with a bang!

Today EMILY's List announced that it is moving five women currently "On the List" to a full recommendation. These five women are the first 2012 House challengers to move from "On the List" to a full endorsement.

Most of America probably greeted the news that birth control -- as important preventative medicine -- will now be a required, no-co-pay part of health insurance plans with a sigh of relief. You know, because 98% of women in America have used birth control at one point or another. And because it costs sometimes more than $35 a month.