EMILYs List Endorses Nine More Women Leaders for New Mexico State Legislative and Local Office
For Immediate Release
July 14, 2020
EMILYs List Endorses Nine More Women Leaders for New Mexico State Legislative and Local Office
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed nine more women leaders for New Mexico state legislative and local office. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:
“EMILYs List is proud to endorse nine more phenomenal public servants for state legislative and local office in New Mexico. From the congressional to the county level, New Mexicans have proven that they want strong women leaders in office. As educators, small business owners, and attorneys, they are uniquely qualified to address the challenges New Mexicans face. EMILYs List is confident that they will continue to advocate on behalf of survivors of sexual assault and for increased resources for Native American and rural communities. We look forward to officially securing a pro-choice majority in the legislature when these women win in November.”
EMILYs List endorsed the following women:
Shannon Pinto (SD-03)
Brenda McKenna (SD-09)
Katy Duhigg (SD-10)
Neomi Martinez-Parra (SD-35)
Meredith Dixon (HD-20)
Jessica Velasquez (HD-22)
Karen Whitlock (HD-38)
Billie Helean (HD-57)
Mary Carmack-Altwies (District Attorney, District 1)
These endorsements are in addition to 17 previously endorsed EMILYs List candidates in New Mexico: Antoinette Sedillo Lopez (SD-16), Siah Correa Hemphill (SD-28), Pam Cordova (SD-30), Carrie Hamblen (SD-38), Liz Stefanics (SD-39), Patricia Roybal Caballero (HD-13), Day Hochman-Vigil (HD-15), Debbie Armstrong (HD-17), Liz Thomson (HD-24), Marian Matthews (HD-27), Melanie Stansbury (HD-28), Joy Garratt (HD-29), Natalie Figueroa (HD-30), Joanne Ferrary (HD-37), Christine Chandler (HD-43), Andrea Romero (HD-46), and Karen Bash (HD-68).
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 55,000 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.
