EMILYs List Statement on Maine’s Legislative Primary Election Results
For Immediate Release
July 21, 2020
EMILYs List Statement on Maine’s Legislative Primary Election Results
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulated 14 women on advancing to the general election for the Maine State Legislature. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:
“EMILYs List is proud to congratulate these outstanding public servants on advancing to the general election. As community leaders, farmers, teachers, and small business owners, these women understand firsthand the challenges that Mainers face. In the legislature, they will fight for quality health care, job creation, broadband access in rural communities, and public education funding. EMILYs List is confident that they will continue to advocate for progress on behalf of Maine women and working families and we are proud to stand with them.”
EMILYs List congratulates the following women leaders as they advance to the general election:
Bev Uhlenhake (SD-08)
Chloe Maxmin (SD-13)
Shenna Bellows (SD-14)
Kalie Hess (SD-15)
Hilary Koch (SD-16)
Jan Collins (SD-17)
Martha Poliquin (SD-22)
Eloise Vitelli (SD-23)
Mattie Daughtry (SD-24)
Stacy Brenner (SD-30)
Suzanne Salisbury (HD-35)
Barb Wood (HD-38)
Amy Roeder (HD-125)
Laura Supica (HD-126)
EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $600 million to elect pro-choice Democratic 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 strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, and turning out women voters to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect 150 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 16 governors, and nearly 1,100 women to state and local office. Nearly 40 percent of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. During the historic 2017-2018 cycle, EMILYs List raised a record-breaking $110 million and launched a record independent expenditure campaign. We helped elect 34 new women to the House, including 24 red-to-blue victories; enough seats to have delivered the U.S. House majority alone. Since the 2016 election, more than 55,000 women have 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.
