EMILYs List Endorses Pam Iovino for Pennsylvania State Senate District 37
For Immediate Release
March 8, 2019
EMILYs List Endorses Pam Iovino for Pennsylvania State Senate District 37
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed Pam Iovino in the April 2nd special election for Pennsylvania state Senate District 37. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:
“EMILYs List is proud to endorse Pam Iovino for the Pennsylvania state Senate. With nearly three decades of public service at the federal and local level, Pam is a proven fighter for hardworking women and their families. As a retired Navy captain, Pam is a strong leader who understands the value of hard work, and as a native Pennsylvanian, she understands the unique challenges facing the constituents of Senate District 37. We’re confident that she will continue standing up for working families, investing in education, and protecting and advocating for those in need. She will, no doubt, be the fighter in the state Senate that Pennsylvanians deserve, and we’re excited to stand with her in her campaign.”
Pam Iovino has deep roots in Pennsylvania. After being raised outside of Pittsburgh, she went on to graduate from Gettysburg College before serving in the United States Navy. During Pam's 23 year career in the Navy, her hard work, effective leadership, and dedication to her country earned her the promotion to captain. After her retirement, she continued to serve her country and fellow veterans as assistant secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs and, most recently, as director of veterans services for Allegheny County, advocating to protect and improve benefits for veterans and their families.
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 dollars 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 40,000 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.
