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EMILYs List Endorses Six Candidates for Election to the Ohio House of Representatives

July 22, 2022

For Immediate Release
June 22, 2022

EMILY's List Endorses Six Candidates for Election to the Ohio House of Representatives

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed six women for election to the Ohio General Assembly. EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler released the following statement:

“EMILYs List is proud to stand with six pro-choice champions as they seek election to the Ohio House of Representatives. These candidates are committed to fighting against the state’s near-total abortion ban and restoring abortion access in the state. We know that as they fight for reproductive rights, these women will advance justice, equity, and opportunity across the state and tenaciously advocate for a better future for all Ohioans.”

EMILY's List endorsed the following slate of challengers and incumbents:

  • Juanita Brent (OH-HD22)
  • Rachel Baker (OH-HD27)
  • Nancy Larson (OH-HD41)
  • Erika White (OH-HD42)
  • Lauren McNally (OH-HD59)
  • Bria Bennett (OH-HD64) 

EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $700 million to elect Democratic pro-choice 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 and helping build strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, running nearly $50 million in independent expenditures in the last cycle alone, and turning out women voters and voters of color to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect the country's first woman as vice president, 159 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 16 governors, and more than 1,300 women to state and local office. More than 40% of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. After the 2016 election, more than 60,000 women 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. In our effort to elect more women in offices across the country, we have created our Run to Win program, expanded our training program, including a Training Center online, and trained thousands of women.