EMILYs List Endorses 12 Women Leaders for State Legislative and Executive Office in New Hampshire

For Immediate Release
September 29, 2020

EMILYs List Endorses 12 Women Leaders for State Legislative and Executive Office in New Hampshire

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed 12 more women leaders for the New Hampshire House of Representatives and Executive Council. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:

“As the fate of reproductive freedom hangs in the balance at the Supreme Court, it's more important than ever to ensure state governments uphold the fundamental rights of women. Whether they are advancing pro-choice legislation in the state House, or ensuring that Planned Parenthood funding remains intact on the Executive Council, we know that these 12 progressive leaders will stand up for women and working families in the face of an extreme, anti-choice Republican Party. EMILYs List is thrilled to support their campaigns and we look forward to expanding the number of pro-choice Democratic women serving in public office across the state.”

EMILYs List endorsed the following women:
Anita Burroughs (HD Carroll 1)
Francesca Diggs (HD Grafton 16)
Wendy Thomas (HD Hillsborough 21)
Megan Murray (HD Hillsborough 22)
Maria Perez (HD Hillsborough 23)
Jackie Chretien (HD Hillsborough 42)
Alexis Simpson (HD Rockingham 36)
Gerri Cannon (HD Strafford 18)
Wendy Chase (HD Strafford 18)
Amanda Gourgue (HD Strafford 25)
Cinde Warmington (Executive Council, District 2)
Mindi Messmer (Executive Council, District 3)

These endorsements are in addition to eight previously endorsed EMILYs List candidates in New Hampshire: Sue Ford (SD-01), Jenn Alford-Teaster (SD-08), Shannon Chandley (SD-11), Melanie Levesque (SD-12), Cindy Rosenwald (SD-13), Donna Soucy (SD-18), Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (SD-21), and Deb Pignatelli (Executive Council, District 5)

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.