EMILYs List Endorses 15 More Women Leaders for the Pennsylvania General Assembly

For Immediate Release
March 16, 2020

EMILYs List Endorses 15 More Women Leaders for the Pennsylvania General Assembly

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed 15 more women leaders for the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:

“Pro-choice Democratic women continue to run for the General Assembly in record numbers and change the face of power in Pennsylvania. Their leadership will be crucial in the redistricting fight in 2021 and the push to expand women’s reproductive freedom after years of Republicans’ extreme anti-choice agenda. With these outstanding women on the ballot this November, we can finally flip both chambers of the legislature and bring real progress to the Keystone State. EMILYs List is proud to endorse these 15 pro-choice champions for election to the Pennsylvania General Assembly.”

EMILYs List endorsed the following slate of candidates:

Judy Schwank (SD-11)
Amanda Cappelletti (SD-17)
Carolyn Comitta (SD-19)
Julie Slomski (SD-49)
Marlene Katz (HD-29)
Lissa Geiger Shulman (HD-30)
Jessica Benham (HD-36)
Michele Knoll (HD-44)
Patty Kim (HD-103)
Brittney Rodas (HD-105)
Lindsay Drew (HD-106)
Joanna Bryn Smith (HD-120)
Nancy Guenst (HD-152)
Cathy Spahr (HD-160)
Mary Isaacson (HD-175)

These endorsements are in addition to 12 previously endorsed EMILYs List candidates in Pennsylvania who are running for reelection: Sara Innamorato (HD-21), Summer Lee (HD-34), Liz Hanbidge (HD-61), Wendy Ullman (HD-143), Danielle Friel Otten (HD-155), Carolyn Comitta (HD-156), Melissa Shusterman (HD-157), Christina Sappey (HD-158), Leanne Krueger (HD-161), Jennifer O'Mara (HD-165), Kristine Howard (HD-167), and Elizabeth Fiedler (HD-184).

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 50,000 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.

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