EMILYs List Endorses 11 More Women Leaders for the Arizona State Legislature
For Immediate Release
July 2, 2020
EMILYs List Endorses 11 More Women Leaders for the Arizona State Legislature
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed 11 more women leaders for the Arizona State Legislature. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:
“EMILYs List is proud to endorse 11 more phenomenal women for the Arizona State Legislature. These community leaders have dedicated their careers to educating Arizona’s children and representing the interests of rural communities. From their local school boards, to the mayor’s office, to the state legislature, they have fought to create a more equitable government that works for Arizona’s working families. Democrats are only a few seats away from turning the State House and Senate blue. EMILYs List is proud to stand beside these pro-choice champions as they flip both chambers and usher in a new era of progressive leadership with lawmakers who will work to expand reproductive freedom.”
EMILYs List endorsed the following women
Rosanna Gabaldón (SD-02)
Lisa Otondo (SD-04)
Felicia French (SD-06)
Victoria Steele (SD-09)
Kirsten Engel (SD-10)
Lela Alston (SD-24)
Rebecca Rios (SD-27)
Christine Porter Marsh (SD-28)
Coral Evans (HD-06)
Judy Schwiebert (HD-20)
Kathy Knecht (HD-21)
These endorsements are in addition to 10 previously endorsed EMILYs List candidates in Arizona: Charlene Fernandez (HD-04), Geraldine Peten (HD-04), Jennifer Pawlik (HD-17), Mitzi Epstein (HD-18), Jennifer Jermaine (HD-18), Jennifer Longdon (HD-24), Athena Salman (HD-26), Kelli Butler (HD-28), Raquel Terán (HD-30), and Kate Gallego (Phoenix Mayor).
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 55,000 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.
