EMILYs List Endorses Gov. Katie Hobbs for Reelection as Arizona Governor
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs for reelection. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:
“Gov. Katie Hobbs has proven time and again that she is a fearless leader who will always do what’s right for Arizonans — even when it’s hard. As governor, she led the fight to repeal Arizona’s archaic 1864 total abortion ban, made birth control available over the counter, and has been a consistent, clear voice for reproductive freedom. EMILYs List is proud to endorse Gov. Hobbs because it is critical that we reelect a battle-tested leader with a record of fighting for working families.”
Gov. Katie Hobbs was born and raised in Arizona. The first social worker elected governor in America, she has fought for people across the state, expanding Medicaid and providing health care for hundreds of thousands of Arizonans. As secretary of state, she delivered a historically secure election for Arizona and, despite Republicans pushing election denial conspiracies, she fearlessly defended the will of Arizona voters. Since her election in 2022, Gov. Hobbs has lowered the cost of housing, including making an investment of $165 million to create thousands of affordable units for working-class Arizonans, and brokered a bipartisan $17.6 billion state budget that secured increased funding for first responders, social services, education, Medicaid, childcare, and more for working families. As a fierce defender of reproductive freedom, Gov. Hobbs also signed an executive order that expanded reproductive care by protecting patients from out-of-state investigations, and repealed the draconian 1864 abortion ban.
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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.
