EMILYs List Endorses Nicole Cole and Stacey Carroll for Election to the Virginia House of Delegates

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed Nicole Cole (VA-HD66) and Stacey Carroll (VA-HD64) for election to the Virginia House of Delegates. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:

“This November, Virginians have the opportunity to make real change in their state by electing Democratic women up and down the ballot. Nicole Cole and Stacey Carroll are two of the impressive women running to expand the Democratic majority in the Virginia House. Nicole and Stacey understand firsthand the challenges facing Virginia families and if elected will work to lower costs, invest in Virginia schools, and make health care more affordable. EMILYs List is proud to support Nicole and Stacey as we work to protect and expand the Democratic majority in the Virginia House.” 

Nicole and Stacey join 10 other Democratic pro-choice women endorsed by EMILYs List in Virginia this year, including former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger for governor, state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi for lieutenant governor, Elizabeth Guzmán (VA-HD22), Lily Franklin (VA-HD41), May Nivar (VA-HD57), Jessica Anderson (VA-HD71), Leslie Mehta (VA-HD73), Lindsey Dougherty (VA-HD75), Kimberly Pope Adams (VA-HD82), and Kacey Carnegie (VA-HD89) for the House of Delegates.

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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.