EMILYs List Congratulates Rep. Susie Lee on Her Reelection to Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulates Rep. Susie Lee on her reelection to Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:
“EMILYs List congratulates Rep. Susie Lee on her reelection to Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District. As a leader passionate about Nevada’s students, she makes it her mission to fight for them every day in the halls of Congress. She is a pro-choice champion who will remain steadfast in fighting to secure our reproductive freedoms. We are looking forward to watching her continue her great work for Nevadans and all Americans.”
Rep. Susie Lee is a proven leader who has dedicated her career to helping her fellow Nevadans lead better, safer, and healthier lives. Lee has been endorsed by EMILYs List since she first ran for U.S. House in 2016. She serves in Congress to continue her life’s work of bringing people together to find and implement innovative solutions to the toughest problems Nevada families face.Lee worked her way through Carnegie Mellon University with a combination of scholarships, loans, and part-time jobs. In 1993, Lee became the founding director of After-School All-Stars in Las Vegas, which serves over 7,000 students daily in after school programs. She went on to serve as president of Communities In Schools of Nevada (CIS), a leading dropout prevention organization that grew in size and impact under her leadership.
EMILYs List has been proud to support Rep. Susie Lee in each of her congressional campaigns.
The EMILYs List community also contributed over $180,000 to Susie Lee this cycle.
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.
