EMILYs List Endorses Denise Powell for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed Denise Powell for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:

“Denise Powell is running for Congress to fight for the Nebraska families forgotten by Washington. She stepped up to be the leader her community needed when public schools were threatened and extremists tried to pass abortion bans, all while helping women in Nebraska run for office. Denise has seen firsthand the effects of Trump’s harmful policies in her community, and she is ready to fight back to secure a better future for all. EMILYs List is proud to support her in this race as she fights for Nebraska.”

Denise Powell is a mom, small business owner, former corporate executive, public school champion, and health care advocate who knows that a strong work ethic and a love of family and community is the Nebraska way of life. After Trump’s election in 2016, she founded an organization that has supported hundreds of women in Nebraska running for local office, protected public schools, and helped stop extremists from passing abortion bans in the state. Denise is running for Congress to fight for Nebraska’s working families. Now an open seat, Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District is a top flip opportunity for Democrats in 2026.

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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. Over 40 years, EMILYs List has raised nearly $950 million to help 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 most impactful 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, 192 women to the House, 29 to the Senate, 20 governors, and over 1,600 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.