EMILYs List Endorses Katie Porter to be California’s First Woman Governor
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed Katie Porter for governor of California. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:
“Katie Porter has spent her career holding the powerful accountable, fighting to lower costs, and taking on Wall Street and Trump administration officials to deliver results for California’s working families. At a time when President Trump and his allies are attacking Californians’ health care and making their lives more expensive, Katie is the proven leader California needs. EMILYs List was proud to be an early supporter of Katie in 2018 when she flipped a critical congressional district, and now California has the chance to make history by helping us elect Katie as the state’s first woman governor.”
Former Rep. Katie Porter is a single mom, a former congresswoman, and a consumer advocate who has been a champion for Californians throughout her career. In 2018, she was elected to Congress, flipping a seat previously held by Republicans for 75 years. During her time in Congress, Katie set the standard for holding the powerful accountable during congressional hearings. She took on Big Pharma for price gouging cancer drugs, held Big Oil responsible for cleaning up pollution, and stood up to the leaders of big banks when they tried to swindle Americans. As governor, Katie Porter will fight tirelessly to protect Californians from Trump’s dangerous policies and lower costs for the state.
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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.
