WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulates five women for advancing to the general election for the New Mexico Legislature. EMILY’s List President Laphonza Butler released the following statement:
“EMILY’s List is thrilled to congratulate five Democratic pro-choice women on their primary wins for seats in the New Mexico Legislature. As abortion rights fall under attack across the country, we are confident they will help to keep New Mexico a place where people have the right to make health care choices for their own body. EMILY’s List is excited to continue to support them as they seek victory in the general election, and we know that they have what it takes to win these important races and safeguard reproductive rights.”
EMILY's List congratulates the following slate of challengers and incumbents:
Janelle Anyanonu (NM-HD19)
Tara Jaramillo (NM-HD38)
Susan Herrera (NM-HD41)
Kristina Ortez (NM-HD42)
Andrea Romero (NM-HD46)
EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, has raised over $700 million to elect Democratic pro-choice 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 and helping build strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, running nearly $50 million in independent expenditures in the last cycle alone, and turning out women voters and voters of color to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect the country's first woman as vice president, 159 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 16 governors, and more than 1,300 women to state and local office. More than 40% of the candidates EMILY’s List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. After the 2016 election, more than 60,000 women 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. In our effort to elect more women in offices across the country, we have created our Run to Win program, expanded our training program, including a Training Center online, and trained thousands of women.
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