EMILYs List Endorses Nine Women Leaders for Re-Election to the Arizona House of Representatives

For Immediate Release
January 17, 2020

EMILYs List Endorses Nine Women Leaders for Re-Election to the Arizona House of Representatives

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

“EMILYs List is proud to endorse these nine outstanding women for re-election to the Arizona House of Representatives. Their ongoing work to strengthen public education, increase access to affordable health care, and expand economic opportunity across the state remains instrumental in the fight for a more equitable Arizona that works for all families. We look forward to supporting these pro-choice champions on the campaign trail and sending them back to the state House come November.” 

EMILYs List endorsed the following slate of candidates:

Charlene Fernandez (LD-04)
Geraldine Peten (LD-04)
Jennifer Pawlik (LD-17)
Mitzi Epstein (LD-18)
Jennifer Jermaine (LD-18)
Jennifer Longdon (LD-24)
Athena Salman (LD-26)
Kelli Butler (LD-28)
Raquel Terán (LD-30)

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.