EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:

“Tonight’s results prove that women — backed by EMILYs List — are at the center of Democrats’ fight to take back power. As Republicans rip the rug out from under working Americans, voters demonstrated that Democratic women are best positioned to tackle the affordability crisis. Across the country, our women won in even the toughest of districts. Two bold women leaders running on affordability agendas, Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger, will become New Jersey and Virginia’s first Democratic women governors. Across Virginia, all of 10 our women flipped Republican seats to expand Democrats’ critical majority in the state legislature, creating a governing majority anchored by Democratic women. In Detroit and Boston, our mayors protected their seats.”

"These victories are a blueprint for the continued fight to reclaim power in 2026 and a model for what leadership looks like in the fight ahead. Women are key to sustaining Democrats’ momentum, flipping Republican-held seats, and taking back the majority in Congress. At EMILYs List, we are already knee-deep recruiting and preparing the women best equipped to battle out those wins in 2026.”

EMILYs List congratulates the following women on their decisive victories:

• Mikie Sherrill, Governor of New Jersey
• Abigail Spanberger, Governor of Virginia
• Ghazala Hashmi, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
• Elizabeth Guzmán, Virginia state Delegate (VA-HD22)
• Lily Franklin, Virginia state Delegate (VA-HD41)
• May Nivar, Virginia state Delegate (VA-HD57)
• Stacey Carroll, Virginia state Delegate (VA-HD64)
• Nicole Cole, Virginia state Delegate (VA-HD66)
• Jessica Anderson, Virginia state Delegate (VA-HD71)
• Leslie Mehta, Virginia state Delegate (VA-HD73)
• Lindsey Dougherty, Virginia state Delegate (VA-HD75)
• Kimberly Pope Adams, Virginia state Delegate (VA-HD82)
• Kacey Carnegie, Virginia state Delegate (VA-HD89)
• Michelle Wu, Reelected Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
• Mary Sheffield, Mayor of Detroit, Michigan
• Vi Lyles, Reelected Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina
• Justice Christine Donohue, Reelected Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court
• Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger, Minnesota state Senator (MN-SD47)

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EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, works to elect Democratic pro-choice women up and down the ballot and across the country with a goal of fighting for our rights and our communities. Over 40 years, EMILYs List has raised nearly $950 million to help Democratic women win competitive elections by recruiting and training candidates, supporting and helping build strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, running one of the most impactful independent expenditure operations for Democrats, and turning out women voters to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect the country’s first woman as vice president, 192 women to the House, 29 to the Senate, 20 governors, and over 1,600 women to state and local office. More than 40% of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. Visit www.emilyslist.org for more information.