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EMILYs List Endorses Slate of Candidates for the Pennsylvania General Assembly

April 28, 2022

For Immediate Release
April 28, 2022

EMILY's List Endorses Slate of Candidates for the Pennsylvania General Assembly

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed 19 women for election to the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Laphonza Butler, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:

“EMILYs List is thrilled to announce that we are endorsing 19 candidates for election to the Pennsylvania legislature. These candidates are dedicated to pursuing policies promoting reproductive justice, LGBTQ+ equality, affordable health care, and a stronger, fairer economy. These pro-choice champions are critical to protecting abortion access in the state, and we are eager to see them continue advancing justice across Pennsylvania and in the General Assembly.” 

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

  • Emily Kinkead (PA-HD20)
  • Mandy Steele (PA-HD33)
  • Jessica Benham (PA-HD36)
  • Janet Diaz (PA-HD49)
  • Rochelle Culbreath (PA-HD54)
  • Patty Kim (PA-HD103)
  • Allison Pikulski Lucarelli (PA-HD118)
  • Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (PA-HD129)
  • Christina Sappey (PA-HD158)
  • Leanne Krueger (PA-HD161)
  • Jennifer O'Mara (PA-HD165)
  • Deja Alvarez (PA-HD182)
  • Elizabeth Fiedler (PA-HD184)
  • Pamela DeLissio (PA-HD194)
  • Heather Miller (PA-HD203)
  • Maria Collett (PA-SD12)
  • Jill Dennin (PA-SD24)
  • Lindsey Williams (PA-SD38)
  • Katie Muth (PA-SD44)

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.