WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed four women for election and reelection to the New Jersey General Assembly. Laphonza Butler, president of EMILY’s List, released the following statement:

“EMILY’s List is thrilled to endorse Caren Fitzpatrick, Lauren Barnett, and Patricia Veres for election, and Lisa Swain for reelection, to the New Jersey General Assembly. In the Legislature, we know these four women will work to create new economic opportunities in their communities and fight for women and children. Electing these four pro-choice champions will be pivotal for making real progress in New Jersey, and we are proud to stand with them ahead of the November general election.”

EMILY’s List endorsed the following slate of candidates for election:

• Caren Fitzpatrick (LD-02)

• Patricia Veres (LD-25)

• Lauren Barnett (LD-25)

EMILY’s List endorsed the following candidate for reelection:

• Lisa Swain (LD-38)

These four endorsements are in addition to the following previously endorsed EMILY’s List candidates: Allison Eckel (LD-08), Joann Downey (LD-11), Sadaf Jaffer (LD-16), and Annette Quijano (LD-20).

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.