EMILYs List Endorses 11 Women Leaders for Election to the New Mexico State Legislature
For Immediate Release
October 24, 2019
EMILYs List Endorses 11 Women Leaders for Election to the New Mexico State Legislature
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed 11 women leaders in the New Mexico State Legislature. Geri Prado, vice president for state & local campaigns at EMILYs List, released the following statement:
“Pro-choice Democratic women have been driving progress in New Mexico by championing policies that strengthen working families, protect women’s reproductive freedom, and set future generations up for success. These 11 outstanding women prove that having committed leaders with diverse experiences in the legislature will lead to better outcomes that lift up every New Mexican. They are proven fighters and EMILYs List is proud to stand with them in their bids for election to the New Mexico State Legislature.”
EMILYs List endorsed the following slate of candidates:
Day Hochman-Vigil (HD-15)
Liz Thomson (HD-24)
Melanie Stansbury (HD-28)
Joy Garratt (HD-29)
Natalie Figueroa (HD-30)
Joanne Ferrary (HD-37)
Christine Chandler (HD-43)
Andrea Romero (HD-46)
Karen Bash (HD-68)
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez (SD-16)
Liz Stefanics (SD-39)
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 48,000 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.
