EMILYs List Endorses Sec. Elaine Marshall for Reelection for North Carolina Secretary of State
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed Elaine Marshall for reelection as North Carolina secretary of state. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:
“EMILYs List is proud to support Elaine Marshall for reelection for North Carolina’s secretary of state. She has fought for North Carolinians by helping small businesses create jobs, leading efforts to reform lobbying laws in the state, and making public information transparent and accessible to businesses. We are thrilled to support Marshall’s reelection, so that she can continue her great work and protect North Carolinians from her anti-choice opponent.”
Sec. Elaine Marshall is currently the North Carolina secretary of state, where she became the first woman ever elected to the statewide executive branch in North Carolina in 1996. EMILYs List endorsed her for her secretary of state reelection bids in 2012 and 2020. Previously, she was a member of the North Carolina state Senate. She holds a bachelor’s degree in home economics from the University of Maryland and a law degree from Campbell University. She has worked as a public school teacher and community college professor. Marshall is co-owner of a book and gift store. She established an interior decorating business and a private law practice. Marshall was honored on the National Notary Magazine‘s list of “The 50 Most Influential People in Notarization in the Last 50 Years” and received “The Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in Business” by the Triangle Business Journal.
EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, works to elect Democratic pro-choice women up and down the ballot and across the country with a goal of fighting for our rights and our communities. Our work is centered around a fundamental vision: Run. Win. Change the World. EMILYs List has raised $850 million in service to that vision and has helped Democratic women win competitive elections by recruiting and training candidates, supporting and helping build strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, running one of the largest independent expenditure operations for Democrats, and turning out women voters to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect the country’s first woman as vice president, 175 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 20 governors, and over 1,500 women to state and local office. More than 40% of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. Visit www.emilyslist.org for more information.
