EMILYs List Endorses Pam Keith in Florida’s 18th Congressional District

For Immediate Release
August 14, 2020 

EMILYs List Endorses Pam Keith in Florida’s 18th Congressional District

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed Pam Keith in Florida’s 18th Congressional District. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:
 
“EMILYs List is thrilled to endorse Pam Keith in Florida’s 18th Congressional District. An accomplished attorney and Navy veteran, Pam is an outstanding public servant who will work across the aisle to stand up for working families. In Congress, she will prioritize Floridians’ health and safety in the fight against COVID-19 and hold the powerful accountable. EMILYs List has placed GOP Rep. Brian Mast “On Notice” for voting to strip women of their reproductive freedoms and hardworking Americans – including 272,400 people in his district – of their health care. Floridians deserve a leader like Pam who can be trusted to put people before politics, and we look forward to helping her flip this seat in November.” 
 
Pam Keith is an experienced leader and U.S. Navy veteran running for Congress to fight for Florida working families. Pam was born while her family was posted in Turkey, and then moved to Morocco, and then to Syria. She went on to graduate from U.C. Davis, earned a master’s degree, and graduated from Boston College Law School. Pam was commissioned into the United States Navy as a judge advocate and served as defense counsel at the Navy Legal Services Office in Norfolk, Virginia. She volunteered to go to Bahrain to serve as the officer in charge of the Legal Services Office, and then served as staff judge advocate for the Navy Computers and Telecommunications Command in Washington, D.C. After leaving the Navy and working for highly respected law firms, Pam was recruited by NextEra Energy/FPL to be in-house legal counsel, and put down roots in Palm Beach County. 
 
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