EMILYs List Statement on Arizona Senate Race

October 24, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in response to breaking news in the Arizona U.S. Senate race, EMILY's List President Stephanie Schriock released the following statement:

“As divisiveness continues to upend Republican primaries and the GOP continues to embrace its Bannon-wing, Arizonans have a clear champion in Kyrsten Sinema–an indispensable, bipartisan leader who will take on Washington to fight for Arizona families and communities.”

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.