EMILYs List Statement on Missouri’s Legislative and Down-Ballot Statewide Primary Election Results
For Immediate Release
August 5, 2020
EMILYs List Statement on Missouri’s Legislative and Down-Ballot Statewide Primary Election Results
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulated 15 women on advancing to the general election for the Missouri General Assembly and statewide offices. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement:
“EMILYs List is thrilled to congratulate these women leaders on advancing to the general election. We are proud to stand with trailblazing candidates on the statewide and legislative level who are fighting to ensure that pro-choice Democratic women have a seat at the table in Jefferson City. These women will push for a more transparent government that values Missourians’ health and safety. Once elected and reelected, they will continue to fight for progress and we look forward to helping them cross the finish line in November.”
EMILYs List congratulates the following women leaders as they advance to the general election:
Alissia Canady (Lieutenant Governor)
Vicki Englund (State Treasurer)
Barbara Anne Washington (SD-09)
Deb Lavender (SD-15)
Lauren Arthur (SD-17)
Judy Baker (SD-19)
Ashley Aune (HD-14)
Emily Weber (HD-24)
Ashley Bland Manlove (HD-26)
Keri Ingle (HD-35)
LaDonna Appelbaum (HD-71)
Trish Gunby (HD-99)
Cindy Berne (HD-106)
Crystal Quade (HD-132)
Betsy Fogle (HD-135)
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.
