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Women We Helped Elect

EMILY's List wins elections. Since our founding, we have helped elect 86 pro-choice Democratic women members of Congress, 16 senators, 9 governors, and hundreds of women to state and local office.

EMILY's List has also become one of the largest financial resource for minority women seeking federal office.

*currently serving in higher office
**no longer in office
***deceased

Governors (9)

Arizona
Janet Napolitano*

Delaware
Ruth Ann Minner**

Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius*

Michigan
Jennifer Granholm**

New Hampshire
Jeanne Shaheen*

North Carolina
Bev Perdue

Oregon
Barbara Roberts**

Texas
Ann Richards***

Washington
Christine Gregoire

United States Senate (16)

Arkansas
Blanche Lambert Lincoln**

California
Barbara Boxer
Dianne Feinstein

Illinois
Carol Moseley Braun**

Louisiana
Mary Landrieu

Maryland
Barbara Mikulski

Michigan
Debbie Stabenow

Minnesota
Amy Klobuchar

Missouri
Jean Carnahan**
Claire McCaskill

New York
Hillary Clinton*
Kirsten Gillibrand

New Hampshire
Jeanne Shaheen

North Carolina
Kay Hagan

Washington
Maria Cantwell
Patty Murray

United States House of Representatives (86)

Alabama
Terri Sewell

Arizona
Karan English**
Gabrielle Giffords
Ann Kirkpatrick**

Arkansas
Blanche Lambert Lincoln**

California
Karen Bass
Lois Capps
Judy Chu
Susan Davis
Anna Eshoo
Jane Harman**
Janice Hahn
Barbara Lee
Zoe Lofgren
Doris Matsui
Juanita Millender-McDonald***
Grace Napolitano
Laura Richardson
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Linda Sanchez
Loretta Sanchez
Lynn Schenk**
Hilda Solis*
Jackie Speier
Ellen Tauscher*
Maxine Waters
Diane Watson**
Lynn Woolsey

Colorado
Diana DeGette
Betsy Markey**
Connecticut
Rosa DeLauro

Florida

Corrine Brown
Kathy Castor
Suzanne Kosmas**
Carrie Meek**
Karen Thurman**
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Frederica Wilson

Georgia
Denise Majette**
Cynthia McKinney**

Hawaii
Colleen Hanabusa
Mazie Hirono
Patsy Mink***

Illinois
Melissa Bean**
Debbie Halvorson**
Jan Schakowsky

Indiana
Julia Carson***
Jill Long**

Maine
Chellie Pingree

Maryland
Donna Edwards

Massachusetts
Niki Tsongas

Michigan
Barbara-Rose Collins**
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick**
Lynn Rivers**
Debbie Stabenow*

Minnesota
Betty McCollum

Missouri
Karen McCarthy**

Nevada
Shelley Berkley
Dina Titus**

New Hampshire
Carol Shea-Porter**

New York
Yvette Clarke
Kirsten Gillibrand*
Kathy Hochul
Nita Lowey
Carolyn Maloney
Carolyn McCarthy
Louise Slaughter
Nydia Velazquez

North Carolina
Eva Clayton**

Ohio
Marcia Fudge
Mary Jo Kilroy**
Betty Sutton
Stephanie Tubbs Jones***
Oregon
Elizabeth Furse**
Darlene Hooley**

Pennsylvania
Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky**
Allyson Schwartz

South Dakota
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin**

Texas
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Sheila Jackson Lee

Utah
Karen Shepherd**

Virginia
Leslie Byrne**

Washington
Maria Cantwell*
Jolene Unsoeld**

Washington, DC
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton

Wisconsin
Tammy Baldwin
Gwen Moore

State and Local Office (507)

The following are the candidates we've helped elect to state and local office since we began the Political Opportunity Program (POP) in 2001. Updated 2/10/2011

Arizona
Paula Aboud
Lela Alston
Olivia Cajero Bedford
Katie Hobbs
Sandra Kennedy
Linda Lopez
Sara Presler-Hoefle
Regina Romero
Nina Trasoff**
Karin Uhlich
Nancy Young Wright**

California
Elaine Alquist
Karen Bass*
Patty Berg**
Debra Bowen
Julia Brownley
Joan Buchanan
Judy Chu**
Ellen Corbett
Noreen Evans
Cathleen Galgiani
Janice Hahn*
Loni Hancock
Kamala Harris
Mary Hayashi
Alyson Huber
Hannah-Beth Jackson**
Betty Karnette**
Christine Kehoe
Sally Lieber**
Carol Liu
Bonnie Lowenthal
Fiona Ma
Barbara Matthews**
Carole Migden**
Holly Mitchell
Cindy Montanez**
Gloria Negrete McLeod
Jenny Oropeza
Nicole Parra**
Fran Pavley
Laura Richardson*
Gloria Romero**
Mary Salas**
Lori Saldana**
Nancy Skinner
Norma Torres
Pat Wiggins**
Lois Wolk
Mariko Yamada
Betty Yee

Colorado
Debbie Benefield**
Alice Borodkin**
Betty Boyd
Morgan Carroll
Kathleen Curry**
Rhonda Fields
Joan Fitz-Gerald**
Sara Gagliardi**
Angela Giron
Gwyn Green**
Deanna Hanna**
Mary Hodge
Evie Hudak
Dickey Lee Hullinghorst
Maryanne Keller**
Cary Kennedy
Jeanne Labuda
Claire Levy
Alice Madden**
Liane McFadyen**
Anne McGihon**
Karen Middleton**
Linda Newell
Angie Paccione**
Su Ryden
Christine Scanlan
Sue Schafer
Gail Schwartz
Judy Solano
Lois Tochtrop
Nancy Todd
Suzanne Williams
Sue Windels**

Delaware
Helene M. Keeley
Diana McWilliams**
Teresa Schooley

Florida
Lori Berman
Lois Frankel**
Anne Gannon
Audrey Gibson**
Suzanne Kosmas**
Betty Reed
Michelle Rehwinkle Vasilinda
Nan Rich
Elaine Schwartz
Kelly Skidmore**
Alex Sink**
Eleanor Sobel
Shelley Vana
Frederica Wilson*

Georgia
Roberta Abdul-Salaam
Stacey Abrams
Debbie Buckner
Gloria Butler
Cathy Cox**
Dee Dawkins-Haigler
Pat Dooley**
Shirley Franklin**
Pat Gardner
Stacey Godfrey Evans
Michele Henson
Sheila Jones
Margaret Kaiser
Dar'shun Kendrick
Jane Kidd**
Alisha Thomas Morgan
Mary Margaret Oliver
Nan Orrock
Elena Parent
Valencia Seay
Stephanie Stuckey Benfield

Hawaii
Roz Baker
Lyla Berg**
Helene Hale**
Colleen Hanabusa*
Marilyn Lee
Sylvia Luke
Hermina Morita
Maile Shimabukuro
Jill Tokuda
Jessica Wooley
Illinois
Anita Alvarez
Melissa Bean**
Maria Antonia Berrios
Barbara Flynn Currie
Robyn Gabel
Susan Garrett
Jehan Gordon
Deborah Graham
Julie Hamos**
Linda Holmes
Naomi Jakobsson
Emily Klunk-McAsey
Lisa Madigan
Iris Y. Martinez
Karen May
Deborah Mell
Elaine Nekritz
Toni Preckwinkle
Kathleen Ryg**
Jan Schakowsky*
Heather Stearns
Ann Williams

Indiana
Sue Errington**
Jill Long**
Mary Ann Sullivan

Iowa
Staci Appel**
Deborah Berry
Elesha Gaymen
Lisa Heddens
Doris Kelley**
Helen Miller
Jo Oldson
Amanda Ragan
Becky Schmitz**
Sharon Steckman
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell
Mary Jo Wilhelm

Kansas
Lisa Benlon**
Geraldine Flaharty
Laura Kelly
Kelly Kultala**
Judith Loganbill

Maine
Jill Duson**

Maryland
Sheila Dixon
Tawanna Gaines
Sue Hecht**
Verna Jones
Anne Kaiser
Sue Kullen**
Jane Lawton***
Susan Lee
Maggie McIntosh
Heather Mizeur
Karen Montgomery
Ana Sol Gutierrez

Michigan
Vicky Barnett
Joan Bauer
Liz Brater**
Lisa Brown
Pam Byrnes**
Barbara Byrum
Dianne Byrum**
Marsha Cheeks**
Deb Cherry**
Irma Clark-Coleman**
Ellen Cogen Lipton
Marie Donigan**
Barbara Farrah**
Jennifer Haase**
Marcia Hovey-Wright
Deb Kennedy**
Kathleen Law**
Lesia Liss
Sarah Roberts**
Kate Segal
Dian Slavens
Martha Scott**
Maureen Stapleton
Mary Valentine**
Rebekah Warren
Alma Wheeler Smith**
Gretchen Whitmer

Minnesota
Karla Bigham**
Terri Bonoff
Robin Brown**
Kathy Brynaert
Julie Bunn**
Tarryl Clark**
Sharon Erickson Ropes**
Melissa Hortman
Ruth Johnson**
Kate Knuth
Gail Kulick Jackson**
Carolyn Laine
Tina Liebling
Ann Lynch**
Sharon Marko**
Sandy Masin**
Mee Moua**
Erin Murphy
Kim Norton
Rebecca Otto
Sandy Peterson
Jeanne Poppe
Sandy Rummel**
Maria Ruud**
Brita Sailer**
Kathy Saltzman**
Kathleen Sheran
Katie Sieben
Marsha Swails**
Lori Swanson
Patricia Torres Ray
Neva Walker**
Sandy Wollschlager**

Missouri
Judy Baker**
Joan Bray**
Jane Bogetto**
Robin Carnahan
Maria Chappelle-Nadal
Jeanne Kirkton
Sara Lampe
Vicki Lorenz Englund**
Rebecca McClanahan**
Margo McNeil
Susan Montee**
Jeanette Mott Oxford
Stacey Newman
Vicky Riback**
Jill Schupp
Mary Still
Rachel Storch**
Rochelle Walton Gray
Robin Wright-Jones**

Montana
Mary Caferro
Sue Dickenson
Eve Franklin**
Betsy Hands
Carol Juneau
Denise Juneau
Christine Kaufmann
Monica Lindeen
Margie MacDonald
Linda McCulloch
Lynda Moss
Jennifer Pomnichowski
Michele Reinhart
Carolyn Squires
Franke Wilmer

Nevada
Teresa Benitez-Thompson
Susan Brager
Shirley Breeden
Barbara Buckley
Catherine Cortez Masto
Lucy Flores
Susan Gerhardt**
Kate Marshall
Kathy McClain
Peggy Pierce
Ellen Spiegel
Dina Titus**
Kim Wallin

New Hampshire
Jacalyn Cilley
Betsie DeVries
Iris Estabrook
Martha Fuller Clark
Peggy Gilmour
Molly Kelly
Bette Lasky**
Sylvia Larsen
Mandy Merrill
Deb Reynolds**
Kathleen Sgambati**
Maggie Wood Hassan**

New Jersey
Barbara Buono
Nia Gill
Linda Greenstein
Ellen Karcher**
Sandra Love
Linda Stender
Joan Voss
Loretta Weinberg

New Mexico
Kari Brandenburg
Diane Denish**
Dede Feldman
Joni Marie Gutierrez
Mary Herrera
Linda Lopez
Patsy Madrid**
Danice Picraux
Mimi Stewart
Maggie Toulouse Oliver
Rebecca Vigil-Giron**

New York
Kate Browning
Pat Eddington
Susan John
Julissa Ferreras
Liz Krueger
Jessica Lappin
Melissa Mark Viverito
Darlene Mealy
Rosie Mendez
Annabel Palma
Amy Paulin
Crystal Peoples
Diane Savino
Toby Stavisky
Andrea Stewart-Cousins

North Carolina
Lucy Allen
Alice Bordsen
Julia Boseman
Angela Bryant
Linda Coleman**
Janet Cowell
Tricia Cotham
Margaret Dickson**
Katie Dorsett**
Susan Fisher
Rosa Gill
Alice Graham Underhill**
Susi Hamilton
Pricey Harrison
Maggie Jeffus
Eleanor Kinnaird
Annie Mobley
Diane Parfitt
Gladys Robinson
Jennifer Weiss
Jane Whilden**
Beth Wood

Ohio
Jennifer Brunner**
Kathleen Clyde
Nancy Garland
Marian Harris**
Sue Morano**
Debbie Phillips
Connie Pillich
Sandra Williams

Oregon
Terry Beyer
Suzanne Bonamici
Debbie Boone
Kate Brown
Susan Castillo
Jean Cowan
Jackie Dingfelder
Margaret Doherty
Sara Gelser
Tina Kotek
Laurie Monnes Anderson
Nancy Nathanson
Mary Nolan
Diane Rosenbaum
Judy Stiegler**
Suzanne Van Orman**
Joanne Verger
Vicki Walker**
Pennsylvania
Linda Bebko-Jones**
Ruth Damsker**
Pam DeLissio
Babette Josephs
Barbara McIlvaine-Smith**
Cherelle Parker
Maria Quinones Sanchez
Marian Tasco
Leanna Washington
Connie Williams**
Rosita Youngblood

Rhode Island
Edith Ajello
Grace Diaz
Sabina Matos
Rhoda Perry
Gina Raimondo
Amy Rice**
Elizabeth Roberts
Deborah Ruggiero
Susan Sosnowski
Teresa Tanzi

South Carolina
Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Vida Miller**
Anne Parks

Texas
Alma Allen
Carol Alvarado
Valinda Bolton**
Ellen Cohen**
Wendy Davis
Jess Farrar
Veronica Gonzales
Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles**
Ana Hernandez
Donna Howard
Mae Jackson***
Jolanda Jones
Carol Kent**
Sue Lovell
Diana Maldonado**
Annise Parker
Paula Pierson
Irma Rangel***

Utah
Christine Johnson**

Vermont
Peg Andrews
Claire Ayer
Denise Barnard**
Susan Bartlett**
Cynthia Browning
Ann Cummings
Helen Head
Martha Heath
Kathleen Keenan
Jane Kitchel
Sara Kittell
Diane Lanpher
Virginia Lyons
Deborah Markowitz
Rose McLaughlin**
Carolyn Partridge
Kathy Pellet**
Ann Pugh
Kesha Ram
Elizabeth Ready**
Gaye Symington**
Kate Webb

Virginia
Kristen Amundson**
Viola Baskerville**
Mary Christian**
Karen Darner**
Eileen Filler-Corn
Janet Howell
Jennifer McClellan
Toddy Puller
Margi Vanderhye**
Jeion Ward
Vivian Watts

Washington
Sherry Appleton
Jean Berkey**
Lisa Brown
Judy Clibborn
Deb Eddy
Jeanne Edwards**
Tracey Eide
Tami Green
Carol Gregory**
Mary Margaret Haugen
Claudia Kauffman**
Karen Keiser
Patricia Lantz**
Liz Loomis**
Marcie Maxwell
Rosemary McAuliffe
Dawn Morrell**
Mary Helen Roberts
Deb Wallace**
Vickie Ybarra**

West Virginia
Bonnie Brown
Barbara Evans Fleischauer
Barbara Hatfield
Natalie Tennant
Carrie Webster**

Wisconsin
Penny Bernard Schaber
Kristen Dexter**
Tamara Grigsby
Ann Hraychuck**
Peg Lautenschlager**
Barbara Lawton**
Sandra Pasch
Sondy Pope-Roberts
Kelda Helen Roys
Donna Seidel
Christine Sinicki
Lena Taylor
Amy Sue Vruwink

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