EMILYs List Endorses Katie Hobbs for Arizona Secretary of State

For Immediate Release
February 13, 2018

EMILYs List Endorses Katie Hobbs for Arizona Secretary of State

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed Katie Hobbs for Arizona secretary of state. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:

“Katie Hobbs will make sure that Arizonans’ voices are heard at the ballot box by fighting to end long lines at the polls and protect voters’ rights. This is no time to have secretaries of state who don't stand by the rights of every voter, so EMILYs List is proud to support Katie's campaign for Arizona secretary of state.”  

“Katie Hobbs has spent her career listening to Arizonans and fighting to make sure state government works for them. As chief compliance officer for a large domestic violence shelter, Katie fought for critical funding to assist women suffering from domestic violence. And as minority leader of the state Senate she worked to extend health care to hundreds of thousands of Arizonans, create new education and job training opportunities, and establish rights for victims of sexual and domestic violence.”

Elected in 2010 to the Arizona state legislature, Katie Hobbs currently serves as the Democratic senate minority leader. During her time in the legislature, Katie has tirelessly fought for Medicaid expansion, securing health care for low-income families across the state, and worked to improve how Arizona is addressing the opioid crisis. Prior to her service in the legislature, Katie was a social worker and served as chief compliance officer for one of the largest domestic violence shelters in the country.

Last year, EMILYs List placed Republican Secretary of State Michele Reagan “On Notice” for her long record of pushing an extreme anti-woman agenda in Arizona. With more than 30,000 women reaching out to EMILYs List interested in running for office since the 2016 election, the organization has tripled the size of its state and local campaign staff in order to provide candidates like Katie with the resources they need to run and win.

EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $500 million to support pro-choice Democratic women candidates – making them one of the most successful political organizations ever. Our grassroots community of over five million members helps Democratic women wage competitive campaigns – and win. We recruit and train candidates, support strong campaigns, research the issues that impact women and families, and turn out women voters. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect 116 women to the House, 23 to the Senate, 12 governors, and over 800 to state and local office. Forty percent of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. Since the 2016 election, thousands of women and counting have reached out to us about running for office. To harness this energy, EMILYs List has launched Run to Win, an unprecedented effort to get more women to run at the local, state, and national levels.