EMILYs List on Helen Tai’s Special Election Victory

For Immediate Release

May 15, 2018

EMILYs List on Helen Tai’s Special Election Victory

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulated EMILY's List candidate Helen Tai on tonight’s special election victory in Pennsylvania’s 178th House District. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:

“Helen’s victory tonight is remarkable and exciting. Helen is a small business owner, daughter of Chinese immigrants, and community leader in Solebury Township. Now, she is a member of the Pennsylvania House, and is the first Democrat to flip a legislative seat from red to blue in Pennsylvania since Trump’s election. We are proud to stand with Helen as she claims victory in this hard-fought election tonight.”

EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $500 million to support pro-choice Democratic women candidates – making them one of the most successful political organizations ever. Our grassroots community of over five million members helps Democratic women wage competitive campaigns – and win. We recruit and train candidates, support strong campaigns, research the issues that impact women and families, and turn out women voters. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect 116 women to the House, 23 to the Senate, 12 governors, and over 800 to state and local office. Forty percent of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. Since the 2016 election, thousands of women and counting have reached out to us about running for office. To harness this energy, EMILYs List has launched Run to Win, an unprecedented effort to get more women to run at the local, state, and national levels.