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EMILYs List Congratulates 11 Democratic Pro-choice Women on their Election and Reelection to the Minnesota State Legislature

November 12, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulates 11 Democratic pro-choice women on their election and reelection to the Minnesota state Legislature. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:

“EMILYs List is proud to congratulate these Democratic pro-choice women on their election and reelection to the Minnesota state Legislature and their part in defending the Democratic majority in the state Senate. Minnesotans can rest assured that these women are equipped and ready to fight for fair wages, middle class families, and to safeguard our reproductive freedoms. We are excited to see their accomplishments in the state Legislature.” 

EMILYs List congratulates the following candidates:

  • Ann Johnson Stewart, MN-SD45
  • State Rep. Kim Hicks, MN-25A
  • Kari Rehrauer, MN-35B
  • State Rep. Brion Curran, MN-36B
  • State Rep. Kristin Bahner, MN-37B
  • State Rep. Lucy Rehm, MN-48B
  • State Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn, MN-49B
  • State Rep. Mary Frances Clardy, MN-53A
  • State Rep. Jessica Hanson, MN-55A
  • State Rep. Kaela Berg, MN-55B
  • State Rep. Kristi Pursell, MN-58A

This cycle EMILYs List contributed $325,000 directly to the Minnesota House caucus, making EMILYs List one of the caucus’s largest funders this cycle. 

Johnson Stewart, Hicks, Rehrauer, Curran, Bahner, Rehm, Kotyza-Witthuhn, Clardy, Hanson, Berg, and Pursell have been endorsed by EMILYs List in previous election cycles.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.