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EMILYs List Endorses 13 Women Leaders for California State Legislature

March 20, 2018

​For Immediate Release
March 20, 2018

EMILY's List Endorses 13 Women Leaders for California State Legislature

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed 13 women leaders for the California state legislature. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:

“With immigrant rights, public schools, health care, middle-class families, and the environment all under attack by the Trump administration in California, it is critical that pro-choice Democratic women are fighting back up and down the ballot. These 13 impressive women have what it takes to lead that fight on the frontlines for California's women and families in the state legislature. The EMILY's List community is proud to stand with them as they move California forward.”

EMILYs List endorsed the following slate of challengers, incumbents, and women who are running in special elections:

Anna Caballero (SD-12)
State Senator Connie Leyva (SD-20)
Maria Elena Durazo (SD-24)
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (AD-16)
Christy Smith (AD-38)
Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (AD-44)
Tricia Robbins Kasson (AD-45) – Primary for special election: April 3, 2018
Assemblymember Eloise Reyes (AD-47)
Sydney Kamlager (AD-54) – Primary for special election: April 3, 2018
Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes (AD-60)
Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva (AD-65)
Tasha Boerner Horvath (AD-76)
Sunday Gover (AD-77)

EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $500 million to support pro-choice Democratic women candidates – making them one of the most successful political organizations ever. Our grassroots community of over five million members helps Democratic women wage competitive campaigns – and win. We recruit and train candidates, support strong campaigns, research the issues that impact women and families, and turn out women voters. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect 116 women to the House, 23 to the Senate, 12 governors, and over 800 to state and local office. Forty percent of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. Since the 2016 election, thousands of women and counting have reached out to us about running for office. To harness this energy, EMILYs List has launched Run to Win, an unprecedented effort to get more women to run at the local, state, and national levels.