EMILYs List Endorses 15 Democratic Pro-Choice Women for Election to the New Hampshire State House
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed 15 Democratic pro-choice women for election to the New Hampshire state House. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:
“EMILYs List is proud to endorse these hardworking women to the New Hampshire state House. We are in a critical moment where we must elect Democratic pro-choice women that will fight to protect reproductive rights. Each of them will stand up against Republican extremists in the state and work to secure New Hampshirites’ fundamental freedoms. We are thrilled to support each of them in this election and know that together we will regain Democratic control of the state House.”
EMILYs List endorsed the following slate of candidates for election:
- Judy Johnson, NH-HD Hillsborough 29
- Erica de Vries, NH-HD Rockingham 29
- Janet Lucas, NH-HD Grafton 7
- Allison Knab, NH-HD Rockingham 12
- Maxine Mosley, NH-HD Hillsborough 39
- Wendy Chase, NH-HD Belknap 5
- Ruth Heath, NH-HD Merrimack 4
- Judi Lanza, NH-HD Hillsborough 29
- Sarah Chadzynski, NH-HD Hillsborough 42
- Melanie Renfrew-Hebert, NH-HD Hillsborough 29
- Codi Raymond, NH-HD Sullivan 8
- Zoe Manos, NH-HD Rockingham 12
- Shana Potvin, NH-HD Hillsborough 2
- Marjorie Porter, NH-HD Hillsborough 30
- Jolene Farmer, NH-HD Grafton 6
These candidates join 10 other Democratic pro-choice women endorsed by EMILYs List for the New Hampshire state Legislature this November: Shannon Chandley (NH-SD11), Donna Soucy (NH-SD18), Corinne Cascadden (NH-HD Coös 5), Alicia Gregg (NH-HD Hillsborough 7), Wendy Thomas (NH-HD Hillsborough 12), Jessica Grill (NH-HD Hillsborough 18), Kat McGhee (NH-HD Hillsborough 35), Cassandra Levesque (NH-HD Strafford 4), Linda Tanner (NH-HD Sullivan 5), and Hope Damon (NH-HD Sullivan 8).
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 $850 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 operations 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, 175 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 20 governors, and over 1,500 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.