EMILYs List Endorses Nine Women Leaders for Election to the Nevada Legislature

For Immediate Release
December 16, 2019

EMILYs List Endorses Nine Women Leaders for Election to the Nevada Legislature

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed nine women leaders for election to the Nevada Legislature. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:

“As the first state with a woman-majority legislature, Nevada is proof that equal representation in state government leads to better policies for women and working families. During the past legislative session, women helped usher in a new era of progress in the Silver State by passing legislation to reduce the cost of prescription drugs, increase access to the ballot box, strengthen gun safety protections, and expand access to reproductive health care. EMILYs List is proud to endorse these nine outstanding women leaders for election, and we hope Nevada remains a model for women’s leadership across the country.”

EMILYs List endorsed the following slate of candidates:

Nicole Cannizzaro (SD-06)
Dallas Harris (SD-11)
Connie Munk (AD-04)
Rochelle Nguyen (AD-10)
Bea Duran (AD-11)
Lesley Cohen (AD-29)
Michelle Gorelow (AD-35)
Shea Backus (AD-37)
Sandra Jauregui (AD-41)

EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $600 million to elect pro-choice Democratic women candidates. With a grassroots community of over five million members, EMILY's List helps Democratic women win competitive campaigns – across the country and up and down the ballot – by recruiting and training candidates, supporting strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, and turning out women voters to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect 150 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 16 governors, and nearly 1,100 women to state and local office. Nearly 40 percent of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. During the historic 2017-2018 cycle, EMILYs List raised a record-breaking $110 million and launched a record independent expenditure campaign. We helped elect 34 new women to the House, including 24 red-to-blue victories; enough seats to have delivered the U.S. House majority alone. Since the 2016 election, more than 50,000 women have reached out to EMILY's List about running for office laying the groundwork for the next decade of candidates for local, state and national offices.