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EMILYs List Congratulates 13 Candidates for Advancing to the General Election for the Pennsylvania

May 19, 2022

For Immediate Release
May 19, 2022 

EMILY's List Congratulates 13 Candidates for Advancing to the General Election for the Pennsylvania General Assembly

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulated 13 women for advancing to the general election for the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Laphonza Butler, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:

“EMILYs List is thrilled to congratulate 13 endorsed candidates who have advanced to the general election in their bids to represent their communities in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. These pro-choice champions are committed to advancing justice and opportunity for all Pennsylvanians and pursuing policies that promote reproductive freedom, affordable health care, equitable education, and a fairer economy. We know that these leaders have what it takes to win again in the general election, and will represent their districts with compassion and integrity.”

EMILY's List congratulated the following slate of candidates for advancing to the general election:

  • Emily Kinkead (PA-HD20)
  • Mandy Steele (PA-HD33)
  • Jessica Benham (PA-HD36)
  • Patty Kim (PA-HD103)
  • Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (PA-HD129)
  • Christina Sappey (PA-HD158)
  • Leanne Krueger (PA-HD161)
  • Jennifer O'Mara (PA-HD165)
  • Elizabeth Fiedler (PA-HD184)
  • Maria Collett (PA-SD12)
  • Jill Dennin (PA-SD24)
  • Lindsey Williams (PA-SD38)
  • Katie Muth (PA-SD44)

EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $700 million to elect Democratic pro-choice women candidates. With a grassroots community of over five million members, EMILY's List helps Democratic women win competitive campaigns – across the country and up and down the ballot – by recruiting and training candidates, supporting and helping build strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, running nearly $50 million in independent expenditures in the last cycle alone, and turning out women voters and voters of color to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect the country's first woman as vice president, 159 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 16 governors, and more than 1,300 women to state and local office. More than 40% of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. After the 2016 election, more than 60,000 women reached out to EMILY's List about running for office laying the groundwork for the next decade of candidates for local, state, and national offices. In our effort to elect more women in offices across the country, we have created our Run to Win program, expanded our training program, including a Training Center online, and trained thousands of women.