EMILYs List Endorses Deidre DeJear for Iowa Secretary of State

For Immediate Release
March 12, 2018  

EMILY's List Endorses Deidre DeJear for Iowa Secretary of State 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed Deidre DeJear for Iowa secretary of state. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:

“Deidre DeJear has spent her career helping Iowa’s small business owners and making sure Iowans’ voices are heard at the ballot box. She started her own business that provides marketing tools and strategies to help boost local businesses and nonprofits. Deidre also spearheaded efforts to provide financial education to more than 100,000 Iowans with the United Way of Central Iowa’s Financial Capability Project. And as Iowa African American Vote Director for the campaign to re-elect President Barack Obama in 2012, she registered thousands of new voters and increased turnout in the African American community.”

“At a time when it’s critical we elect secretaries of state who understand the importance of fair, well-run elections and responding to the needs of small businesses, EMILYs List could not be prouder to endorse an experienced leader like Deidre DeJear for Iowa secretary of state.”

Last summer, EMILY's List placed Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate “On Notice” for his record of creating onerous and unnecessary voting restrictions and his failure to defend the voters of his state against President Trump’s sham 'voting commission.'

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