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EMILYs List Endorses 19 Candidates for Election in the Arizona State Legislature

July 15, 2022

For Immediate Release
July 15, 2022 

EMILYs List Endorses 19 Candidates for Election in the Arizona State Legislature

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed 19 women for election to the Arizona State Legislature. EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler released the following statement:

“EMILYs List is thrilled to endorse 19 impressive candidates in their races to represent Arizona in the state legislature. Electing Democratic pro-choice women at the state and local level has never been more important as abortion rights hang precariously in the balance. With Republicans arguing how far they can go in criminalizing necessary reproductive health care, it is imperative we work to elect the women who will defend rights for Arizonans. We are confident they will champion abortion rights and advocate for their constituents at a time when freedom to choose has never been more at risk.”

EMILY's List endorsed the following slate of challengers and incumbents:

  • Jeanne Casteen (Senate-LD02)
  • Christine Marsh (Senate-LD04)
  • Eva Burch (Senate-LD09)
  • Junelle Cavero Harnal (Senate-LD11)
  • Mitzi Epstein (Senate-LD12)
  • Cindy Hans (Senate-LD13)
  • Priya Sundareshan (Senate-LD18)
  • Raquel Terán (Senate-LD26)
  • Judy Schweibert (House-LD02)
  • Laura Terech (House-LD04)
  • Lorena Austin (House-LD09)
  • Naketa Ross (House-LD11)
  • Stacey Travers (House-LD12)
  • Patty Contreras (House-LD12)
  • Jennifer Pawlik (House-LD13)
  • Dana Allmond (House-LD17)
  • Consuelo Hernandez (House-LD21)
  • Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (House-LD21)
  • Analise Ortiz (House-LD24)

EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $700 million to elect Democratic pro-choice 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 and helping build strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, running nearly $50 million in independent expenditures in the last cycle alone, and turning out women voters and voters of color 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 more than 1,300 women to state and local office. More than 40% of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. After the 2016 election, more than 60,000 women 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. In our effort to elect more women in offices across the country, we have created our Run to Win program, expanded our training program, including a Training Center online, and trained thousands of women.