EMILYs List Endorses Nine Women Leaders for the Oregon Legislative Assembly

For Immediate Release
May 7, 2020

EMILYs List Endorses Nine Women Leaders for the Oregon Legislative Assembly

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

“EMILYs List is proud to endorse these nine women leaders for the Oregon Legislative Assembly. The current health crisis only underscores the need for more bold, compassionate leaders like these women in government, whose diverse perspectives uniquely qualify them to be advocates and champions for their communities. As health care professionals, teachers, and activists, EMILYs List is confident that these women will be the voices their districts need in Salem, and we are proud to support their campaigns.” 

EMILYs List endorsed the following women:
Melissa Cribbins (SD-05)
Deb Patterson (SD-10)
Ginny Burdick (SD-18)
Eileen Kiely (SD-27)
Courtney Neron (HD-26)
Debbie Boothe-Schmidt (HD-32)
Rachel Prusak (HD-37)
Janelle Bynum (HD-51)
Anna Williams (HD-52)

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.