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EMILYs List Endorses 12 Candidates for Election to the Pennsylvania General Assembly

September 7, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 7, 2022 

EMILYs List Endorses 12 Candidates for Election to the Pennsylvania General Assembly

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed 12 more women for election to the Pennsylvania General Assembly. EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler released the following statement:

“EMILYs List is thrilled to endorse 12 more pro-choice champions for election to the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Currently, an anti-choice Republican majority controls the legislature, and abortion access is at risk due to GOP attacks on this essential health care procedure. It is more critical than ever to elect candidates who will tenaciously fight to safeguard abortion in Pennsylvania. We know that these women will advocate for a better future for every person who calls the state home.”

EMILYs List is proud to endorse the following slate of candidates in Pennsylvania: 

  • Ann Marie Mitchell (PA-SD06)
  • Jennifer “Jenn” Shukaitis (PA-SD40)
  • Laurie Smith (PA-HD18)
  • La’Tasha Mayes (PA-HD24)
  • Sara Agerton (PA-HD88)
  • Anna Thomas (PA-HD137)
  • Gwendolyn “Gwen” Stoltz (PA-HD143)
  • Melissa “Missy” Cerrato (PA-HD151)
  • Carol Kazeem (PA-HD159)
  • Cathy Spahr (PA-HD160)
  • Lisa Borowski (PA-HD168)
  • Tarah Probst (PA-HD189)

These endorsements are in addition to the previously endorsed EMILYs List legislative candidates headed to the general election in Pennsylvania: Emily Kinkead (PA-HD20), Mandy Steele (PA-HD33), Jessica Benham (PA-HD36), Patty Kim (PA-HD103), Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (PA-HD129), Christina Sappey (PA-HD158), Leanne Krueger (PA-HD161), Jennifer O'Mara (PA-HD165), Elizabeth Fiedler (PA-HD184), Maria Collett (PA-SD12), Jill Dennin (PA-SD24), Lindsey Williams (PA-SD38), and Katie Muth (PA-SD44). 

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.