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EMILYs List Endorses 14 Candidates for Election in Georgia

October 6, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 6, 2022 

EMILYs List Endorses 14 Candidates for Election in Georgia

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed 14 additional candidates for election in Georgia. EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler released the following statement: 

“EMILYs List is proud to support 14 additional women for endorsement to the Georgia state legislature. With one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation, it’s critical we elect pro-choice women who will defend the reproductive freedom of all Georgians. We know these women will fight back against Republican attempts to strip constituents of their rights and champion the right to choose.”

EMILY's List endorsed the following slate of candidates:

  • Nabilah Islam (GA-SD07)
  • Sally Harrell (GA-SD40)
  • Mary Frances Williams (GA-HD37)
  • Mary Robichaux (GA-HD48)
  • Peggy Gillen (GA-HD49)
  • Dr. Michelle Au (GA-HD50)
  • Esther Panitch (GA-HD51)
  • Shea Roberts (GA-HD52)
  • Dr. Kelly Coffman (GA-HD53)
  • Betsy Holland (GA-HD54)
  • Shelly Hutchinson (GA-HD106)
  • Dr. Jasmine Clark (GA-HD108)
  • Mokah Jasmine Johnson (GA-HD120)
  • Joyce Barlow (GA-HD151)

These endorsements are in addition to the previously endorsed EMILYs List legislative candidates headed to the general election in Georgia: Lisa Campbell (GA-HD35), Park Cannon (GA-HD58), Ruwa Romman (GA-HD97).

EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, works to elect Democratic pro-choice women up and down the ballot and across the country with a goal of fighting for our rights and our communities. Our work is centered around a fundamental vision: Run. Win. Change the World. EMILYs List has raised over $700 million in service to that vision and has helped Democratic women win competitive elections by recruiting and training candidates, supporting and helping build strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, running one of the largest independent expenditure campaigns for Democrats, and turning out women voters 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 nearly 1,400 women to state and local office. More than 40% of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. Visit www.emilyslist.org for more information.