EMILYs List Statement on Tina Smith’s Victory for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota

For Immediate Release
November 4, 2020

EMILY's List Statement on Tina Smith’s Victory for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulated Tina Smith on being reelected to represent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement: 

“EMILYs List is thrilled to congratulate Senator Tina Smith on her reelection to the U.S. Senate. For the past three years, Tina has been an outspoken advocate for Minnesotans in the Senate. She has fought to expand resources for workforce training, stood up for farmers, pushed for affordable prescription medicine, and advocated for funding to address the opioid crisis. She is a brilliant legislator with a proven record of reaching across the aisle to accomplish real change, and we are proud to continue to stand with her.” 

Women Vote, the independent expenditure arm of EMILYs List, invested nearly $75,000 to send GOTV mail to more than 100,000 low-propensity Democratic women across the state.

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 60,000 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.