EMILYs List Congratulates Laura Friedman on Advancing to the General Election for California’s 30th Congressional District

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulates Laura Friedman on advancing to the general election for California’s 30th Congressional District. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:

“EMILYs List is delighted to congratulate Laura Friedman for advancing to the general election for California’s 30th Congressional District. Friedman has consistently supported reproductive rights in every office she’s held, making her the pro-choice advocate that Californians need in the U.S. House. We are proud to support her on her path to victory in November.”

Laura Friedman is the assemblymember for California’s 44th Assembly District, where she has served since being elected in 2016 with the full support of EMILYs List. Friedman has lived in Southern California for over 30 years and previously worked as a film and television executive and producer. She was first elected to public office as a member of the Glendale City Council in 2009, and went on to serve as Glendale’s mayor. In the state Assembly, Friedman currently serves as the chair of the Select Committee on Biodiversity and co-chair of the bicameral Environmental Caucus, as well as the policy chair of the Progressive Caucus. If elected, Friedman would be the first woman to hold this seat. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Rochester, New York, and resides in Glendale.

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 $850 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 operations 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, 175 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 20 governors, and over 1,500 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.