EMILYs List Endorses Slate of Candidates for the New Mexico Legislature
For Immediate Release
May 6, 2022
EMILY's List Endorses Slate of Candidates for the New Mexico Legislature
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed six women for election to the New Mexico Legislature. Laphonza Butler, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:
“EMILYs List is proud to announce our endorsement of six pro-choice champions to the New Mexico Legislature. As reproductive freedom falls under attack across the country, we know that these candidates will protect reproductive rights not only for their fellow New Mexicans, but also for the people forced to travel from neighboring states to access abortions. We are thrilled to stand alongside these women as they advance justice, opportunity, and equality across the state and the region, and know that they have what it takes to win these important races.”
EMILY's List endorsed the following slate of challengers and incumbents:
- Janelle Anyanonu (NM-HD19)
- Tara Jaramillo (NM-HD38)
- Karen Whitlock (NM-HD39)
- Susan Herrera (NM-HD41)
- Kristina Ortez (NM-HD42)
- Andrea Romero (NM-HD46)
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.
