EMILYs List Congratulates 10 Democratic Pro-Choice Women on their Election and Reelection to the New Hampshire General Court
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulates 10 Democratic pro-choice women on their election and reelection to the New Hampshire General Court. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:
“EMILYs List congratulates these hard working women on their election and reelection to the New Hampshire General Court. We know these women will work on behalf of their communities to ensure affordable health care and fight to protect our fundamental freedoms. We look forward to watching them enact powerful legislation that will create impactful change for their communities.”
EMILYs List congratulates the following candidates on their victories:
- Janet Lucas, NH-HD Grafton 7
- State Rep. Alicia Gregg, NH-HD Hillsborough 7
- State Rep. Wendy Thomas, NH-HD Hillsborough 12
- State Rep. Jessica Grill, NH-HD Hillsborough 18
- State Rep. Kat McGhee, NH-HD Hillsborough 35
- State Rep. Allison Knab, NH-HD Rockingham 12
- State Rep. Zoe Manos, NH-HD Rockingham 12
- Erica de Vries, NH-HD Rockingham 29
- State Rep. Cassandra Levesque, NH-HD Strafford 4
- State Rep. Hope Damon, NH-HD Sullivan 8
EMILYs List contributed $130,000 to the House Caucus this election cycle to continue building political power in the state for Democratic pro-choice champions.
EMILYs List previously endorsed Thomas, Grill, McGhee, Knab, Manos, de Vries, Levesque, and Damon for their election to the New Hampshire General Court.
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.