WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed a slate of mayoral candidates in Massachusetts. The three endorsed women are Yvonne Spicer, running for reelection as mayor of Framingham; Ruthanne Fuller, running for reelection as mayor of Newton; and Vilma Martinez-Dominguez, running for mayor of Lawrence. Emily Cain, executive director of EMILY’s List, released the following statement:
“EMILY’s List is thrilled to endorse Yvonne Spicer, Ruthanne Fuller, and Vilma Martinez-Dominguez in their Massachusetts mayoral races. These strong women leaders have what it takes to confront the challenges in their communities. We know they will continue to work tirelessly on COVID-19 recovery, affordable housing initiatives, infrastructure modernization, and investments in local schools. We are proud to support their inspiring campaigns.”
EMILY’s List endorsed the following slate of mayoral candidates for election in Massachusetts:
Yvonne Spicer, Framingham
Ruthanne Fuller, Newton
Vilma Martinez-Dominguez, Lawrence
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, 158 women to the House, 26 to the Senate, 16 governors, and more than 1,300 women to state and local office. More than 40 percent 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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