EMILYs List Congratulates Shemia Fagan on Her Election as Oregon Secretary of State

For Immediate Release
November 6, 2020

EMILYs List Congratulates Shemia Fagan on Her Election as Oregon Secretary of State

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulated Shemia Fagan on being elected Oregon secretary of state. EMILYs List invested $102,000 in the race to elect Shemia. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:

“Shemia Fagan is a fearless leader and EMILYs List is thrilled to celebrate her victory today. A civil rights attorney, former school board member, and legislator who has served in both the Oregon state House and Senate, Shemia’s record serving the people of her home state speaks for itself. She is a tireless advocate for marginalized communities who will fight to ensure that Oregonians’ voices are heard and their votes counted. Shemia knows how to win tough fights, and we trust she will fight for a more just, equitable, and accessible democratic process as Oregon’s next secretary of state. EMILYs List is grateful for her leadership, and we are excited to see her take on this new role.”

EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $600 million to elect pro-choice Democratic 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 strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, and turning out women voters to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect 150 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 16 governors, and nearly 1,100 women to state and local office. Nearly 40 percent of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. During the historic 2017-2018 cycle, EMILYs List raised a record-breaking $110 million and launched a record independent expenditure campaign. We helped elect 34 new women to the House, including 24 red-to-blue victories; enough seats to have delivered the U.S. House majority alone. Since the 2016 election, more than 60,000 women have 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.