EMILYs List Statement on Virginia’s Primary Election Results
For Immediate Release
June 11, 2019
EMILYs List Statement on Virginia’s Primary Election Results
WASHINGTON D.C. –Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulated 33 women on advancing to the general election for the Virginia General Assembly. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:
“EMILYs List is thrilled to congratulate these incredible candidates on advancing to the general election. Tonight has brought Virginians that much closer to flipping both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly, and ensuring pro-choice Democratic women are at the table to make decisions about Virginia’s working families. With so much at stake this election, EMILYs List is proud to stand with these amazing champions and we look forward to helping get them elected this November.”
EMILY's List congratulates the following women as they move on to the general election:
Jennifer Carroll Foy (HD-02)
Wendy Gooditis (HD-10)
Danica Roem (HD-13)
Kelly Fowler (HD-21)
Elizabeth Guzman (HD-31)
Kathleen Murphy (HD-34)
Kaye Kory (HD-38)
Vivian Watts (HD-39)
Eileen Filler-Corn (HD-41)
Kathy Tran (HD-42)
Charniele Herring (HD-46)
Hala Ayala (HD-51)
Lashrecse Aird (HD-63)
Sheila Bynum-Coleman (HD-66)
Karrie Delaney (HD-67)
Dawn Adams (HD-68)
Betsy Carr (HD-69)
Delores McQuinn (HD-70)
Nancy Guy (HD-83)
Karen Mallard (HD-84)
Martha Mugler (HD-91)
Jeion Ward (HD-92)
Shelly Simonds (HD-94)
Marcia (Cia) Price (HD-95)
Mamie Locke (SD-02)
Missy Cotter Smasal (SD-08)
Jennifer McClellan (SD-09)
Amanda Pohl (SD-11)
Amy Laufer (SD-17)
L. Louise Lucas (SD-18)
Barbara Favola (SD-31)
Janet Howell (SD-32)
Jennifer Boysko (SD-33)
EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $600 million to elect pro-choice Democratic women candidates. With a grassroots community of over five million members, EMILY's List helps Democratic women win competitive campaigns – across the country and up and down the ballot – by recruiting and training candidates, supporting strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, and turning out women voters to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect 150 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 16 governors, and nearly 1,100 women to state and local office. Nearly 40 percent of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. During the historic 2017-2018 cycle, EMILYs List raised a record-breaking $110 million and launched a record independent expenditure campaign. We helped elect 34 new women to the House, including 24 red-to-blue victories; enough seats to have delivered the U.S. House majority alone. Since the 2016 election, more than 46,000 women have reached out to EMILY's List about running for office laying the groundwork for the next decade of candidates for local, state and national offices.
