EMILYs List Congratulates 5 Women on their Primary Election Victories in Texas

For Immediate Release
March 2, 2022

EMILYs List Congratulates 5 Women on their Primary Election Victories in Texas

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulated five women on their primary victories. Laphonza Butler, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:

 “EMILYs List is thrilled to congratulate these five women on their primary election victories. It is critical that we elect Democratic pro-choice women to office who will serve as the last line of defense against the constant attacks on our reproductive freedom. These women leaders have dedicated their careers to advocating for their communities and we are thrilled to continue supporting them through the general election.” 

 EMILYs List congratulated the following candidates on their victories: 

Rep. Erin Zwiener (HD-45)

Maria Luisa “Lulu” Flores (HD-51)

Rep. Mary González (HD-75)

Rep. Rhetta Bowers (HD-113)

Rep. Alma Allen (HD-131)

EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $700 million to elect Democratic pro-choice 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 and helping build strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, running nearly $50 million in independent expenditures in the last cycle alone, and turning out women voters and voters of color to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect the country's first woman as vice president, 159 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 16 governors, and more than 1,300 women to state and local office. More than 40% of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. After the 2016 election, more than 60,000 women 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. In our effort to elect more women in offices across the country, we have created our Run to Win program, expanded our training program, including a Training Center online, and trained thousands of women.