EMILYs List Congratulates Tammy Duckworth on Her Reelection to the United States Senate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 8, 2022

EMILYs List Congratulates Tammy Duckworth on Her Reelection to the United States Senate

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulates Tammy Duckworth on her reelection to the United States Senate. EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler released the following statement: 
 
“Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s stalwart defense of reproductive freedom in the United States Senate has meant that Illinoisans and all Americans have had a champion fighting for their rights. Her commitment to public service and justice for all is unparalleled, and EMILYs List has been proud to stand by her as she has sought to serve the American people for another term. We are thrilled to congratulate her on her victory today, and we know that she will continue to be a champion for reproductive health care in the Senate.”
 
United States Sen. Tammy Duckworth is a Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, a former assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and a former head of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs. She served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years before retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 2014. Tammy has remained committed to public service, advocating for Veterans and disability rights and fighting for Illinois’ working families. Fluent in Thai and Indonesian, Duckworth holds a master’s degree in international affairs and a Ph.D. in human services. Duckworth was elected to the House of Representatives in 2012, where she served on the Armed Services and Oversight and Government Reform Committees, and went on to be elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016, flipping a seat from red to blue.

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 over $700 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 campaigns 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, 159 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 16 governors, and nearly 1,400 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.