""Katie Porter has spent her career holding the powerful accountable, fighting to lower costs and taking on Wall Street and Trump administration officials to deliver results for California's working families," said Jessica Mackler, president of EMILY's List. "At a time when President Trump and his allies are attacking Californians' health care and making their lives more expensive, Katie is the proven leader California needs.""
""The organization's name stands for Early Money Is Like Yeast, a reference to the importance of early fundraising for female candidates. It was founded four decades ago to promote Democratic women who support legal abortion. The group has raised nearly $950 million to help elect such candidates across the country, including backing Porter's successful congressional campaign to flip a GOP district in Orange County.""
""There's nothing that Donald Trump hates more than facing down a strong, powerful woman," Porter said. "For decades, EMILY's List has backed winner after winner, helping elect pro-choice Democratic women to public office. They were instrumental in helping me flip a Republican stronghold blue in 2018, and together I'm confident we will make history again.""
EMILY's List endorsed former Rep. Katie Porter in her bid for California governor, offering potential funding and grassroots support for a 2026 campaign. The organization focuses on electing Democratic women who support legal abortion and emphasizes early fundraising, reflected in its name Early Money Is Like Yeast. EMILY's List has raised nearly $950 million to back pro-choice female candidates and previously supported Porter's 2018 congressional campaign that flipped a Republican district in Orange County. Porter highlighted the group's role in that victory and expressed confidence in replicating success. It remains unclear how much EMILY's List will invest amid competing congressional races next year.
Read at Los Angeles Times
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]