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EMILYs List Endorses Nine Additional Candidates for Election in Iowa

October 20, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 20, 2022

EMILYs List Endorses Nine Additional Candidates for Election in Iowa

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorses nine additional women for election in Iowa. EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler released the following statement:
 
“We are proud to endorse these reproductive justice champions this election. The GOP shows no signs of backing down on their attacks to abortion rights, which is why now more than ever, we need pro-choice advocates who will fight for abortion access in all levels of office. We know these women will fight for equality and the reproductive freedom of all Iowans.”
 
EMILYs List endorsed the following slate of candidates: 

  • Jackie Smith (IA-SD01)
  • Sarah Trone Garriott (IA-SD14)
  • Deb VanderGaast (IA-SD41)
  • Mary Kathleen Figaro (IA-SD47)
  • MacKenzie Bills (IA-HD40)
  • Molly Buck (IA-HD41)
  • Heather Matson (IA-HD42)
  • Elizabeth Wilson (IA-HD73)
  • Phyllis Thede (IA-HD94)

These endorsements are in addition to the previously endorsed EMILYs List legislative candidates headed to the general election in Iowa: Sonya Heitshusen (IA-HD28), Megan Srinivas (IA-HD30), and Mary Madison (IA-HD31).
 
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.