EMILYs List Endorses 15 Women Leaders for the Michigan House of Representatives

For Immediate Release
June 1, 2020

EMILYs List Endorses 15 Women Leaders for the Michigan House of Representatives

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

“EMILYs List is excited to endorse 15 outstanding public servants for the Michigan House of Representatives. As Michigan continues to grapple with the uncertainties created by COVID-19 and the state’s aging infrastructure, we are confident these women can be trusted to put the health, safety, and wellbeing of working families and small businesses first. EMILYs List is proud to stand with these activists, educators, and health care advocates as they represent and empower young women and marginalized communities from across the Great Lakes State. With such strong leaders on the ballot, we look forward to flipping the state House, which is only four seats away from Democratic control.”  

EMILYs List endorsed the following women: 
China Cochran (HD-03)
Cynthia A. Johnson (HD-05)
Lori Stone (HD-28)
Kyra Bolden (HD-35)
Samantha Steckloff (HD-37)
Julia Pulver (HD-39)
Nicole Breadon (HD-43)
Denise Forrest (HD-44) 
Barb Anness (HD-45)
Jody LaMacchia (HD-46)
Sheryl Kennedy (HD-48)
Felicia Brabec (HD-55)
Christine Morse (HD-61)
Abigail Wheeler (HD-66)
Sarah Schulz (HD-98)

These endorsements are in addition to four previously endorsed EMILYs List candidates in Michigan: Laurie Pohutsky (HD-19), Mari Manoogian (HD-40), Padma Kuppa (HD-41), and Angela Witwer (HD-71). 

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.