EMILYs List Statement on Michigan’s Legislative Primary Election Results

For Immediate Release
August 6, 2020

EMILYs List Statement on Michigan’s Legislative Primary Election Results

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulated 18 women on advancing to the general election for the Michigan House of Representatives. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:
 
“EMILYs List is thrilled to congratulate these 18 women on advancing to the general election. As Republicans work to undermine progress and chip away at the rights of working families, these pro-choice champions running for the state House will work to protect women’s reproductive freedom once they flip this critical chamber blue in November. Their leadership in Lansing alongside Governor Gretchen Whitmer will help ensure that all Michiganders have a fair shot at success and we look forward to helping them win in November.”
 
EMILYs List congratulates the following women leaders as they advance to the general election:
Cynthia A. Johnson (HD-05)
Laurie Pohutsky (HD-19)
Lori Stone (HD-28)
Kyra Bolden (HD-35)
Samantha Steckloff (HD-37)
Julia Pulver (HD-39)
Mari Manoogian (HD-40)
Padma Kuppa (HD-41)
Nicole Breadon (HD-43)
Denise Forrest (HD-44) 
Barb Anness (HD-45)
Jody LaMacchia (HD-46)
Sheryl Kennedy (HD-48)
Felicia Brabec (HD-55)
Christine Morse (HD-61)
Abigail Wheeler (HD-66)
Angela Witwer (HD-71)
Sarah Schulz (HD-98)
 
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.