EMILYs List Congratulates Maggie Goodlander on Her Victory in New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulates Maggie Goodlander on her victory in New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:
“Maggie Goodlander is a public servant who knows the needs of Granite Staters, and today voters recognized her passion and dedication to the American people. We are thrilled to congratulate her on her victory in the race to represent New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District, and we are excited to see her stand up against anti-abortion extremists and protect Granite Staters against corporate monopolies.”
Maggie Goodlander has dedicated her life to public service. Her career began working as a foreign policy advisor in the United States Senate, where she was instrumental in creating landmark sanctions legislation and strengthening democracy around the world. Goodlander served as counsel in the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump. After President Biden was elected, she became the deputy assistant attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice. Recently, Goodlander was a senior advisor in the Biden administration and led the Unity Agenda for the Nation. In Congress, Goodlander plans to ensure an equitable and affordable life for every Granite Stater.
EMILYs List’s independent expenditure arm, Women Vote, invested more than $425,000 introducing Goodlander to New Hampshire voters, highlighting her career as a public servant and her steadfast support for abortion rights.
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.
