EMILYs List Statement on Washington’s Legislative Primary Election Results

For Immediate Release
August 5, 2020

EMILYs List Statement on Washington’s Legislative Primary Election Results

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulated 13 women on advancing to the general election for the Washington State Legislature . Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:
 
“EMILYs List is thrilled to congratulate 13 women leaders in Washington on advancing to the general election. As outspoken advocates for quality public education, affordable health care, and civil rights, these women are tireless public servants. Under their phenomenal leadership, EMILYs List is confident that Washington will continue to push for more progressive and innovative solutions to meet the challenges of working families.” 
 
EMILYs List congratulates the following women leaders as they advance to the general election:
Helen Price Johnson (SD-10)
Julie Door (SD-25)
T'wina Nobles (SD-28)
Lisa Callan (HD-05, Pos. 2)
Tanisha Harris (HD-17, Pos. 1)
Jamie Smith (HD-25, Pos. 1)
Carrie Hesch (HD-26, Pos. 1)
Joy Stanford (HD-26, Pos. 2)
Mari Leavitt (HD-28 Pos. 2)
Darcy Huffman (HD-35, Pos. 2)
Alicia Rule (HD-42, Pos. 1)
Sharon Shewmake (HD-42, Pos. 2)
Debra Entenman (HD-47, Pos. 1)
 
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.