THIS WEEK: Learn everything you need to run for office, from understanding local policymaking to securing board appointments and beyond in the next free Meeting the Moment Sessions from Emerge Action Fund: https://emergeamerica.org/candidate-training/meeting-the-moment/

Tuesday's primaries are in and at least 58 #EmergeAlums are advancing to the general election. We are still counting! 💙

#EmergeAlum and Michigan U.S. Senate candidate @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social is running because she's seen what happens when women win — and she knows we need more of it. Watch her conversation with Sara Wiles and Emerge Training Director Melissa Watson Ward: https://www.instagram.com/emergeamerica

🌈Happy #Pride! The Emerge network puts action behind Pride, year after year. This is what it looks like when Emerge women lead and celebrate communities.

NEXT WEEK: Emerge Action Fund's free Meeting the Moment sessions cover everything from board appointments and local policymaking to running for office. Register here: https://emergeamerica.org/meeting-the-moment

This #Pride, we are celebrating #EmergeAlums who are out, running, and winning. 🌈

🏃‍♀️When you run for office, you’re not alone. Sara Wiles reminded us of that in her conversation with #EmergeAlum and Michigan U.S. Senate candidate @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social#EmergeAlum the people around you matter. Find your upcoming training: https://emergeamerica.org/candidate-training/

#EmergeAlum Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio is in the @nytimes! The people voted for accountability, and she's delivering. Read the full story: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/massachusetts-auditor-dizoglio.html

🇺🇸 #EmergeAlum and AZ Congressional candidate JoAnna Mendoza shared the importance of supporting our veterans when they come home. Happy #MemorialDay

In primaries this week, Emerge alums have won 102 races and counting! Cheering on the #EmergeAlums taking on exciting general elections later this year.

Getting DOGE'd didn't stop #EmergeAlum @laurenforkansas.bsky.social — it lit a fire. Now she's running in Kansas for the working families who need a champion. @pbsnews.org: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/former-federal-workers-speak-out-about-being-fired-and-why-theyre-now-running-for-office

#EmergeAlum TN State Sen. Lamar did not hold back as Republicans moved to add new gerrymandering, days after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. @democracydocket.com: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/tennessee-democrats-civil-rights-leaders-rebuke-racist-new-gop-gerrymander/

NEW: @kamalaharris.com is joining today’s webinar on redistricting. 🖥️ Hear from former VP Harris alongside #EmergeAlums TN State Sen. Lamar, GA State Rep. Draper, SC State Sen. Isaac Devine, @merikacoleman.bsky.social, and LA State Rep. Landry: https://secure.ngpvan.com/16LjrXmZ50mbTWXff6wkfA2

#EmergeAlums are fighting back against racially discriminatory redistricting — and you can join in. Hear from TN State Sen. Lamar, GA State Rep. Draper, SC State Sen. Devine, and AL State Sen. Coleman at our #LeadersMatter salon, May 13 at 6pm ET: https://secure.ngpvan.com/16LjrXmZ50mbTWXff6wkfA2

#EmergeAlum Sylvia Wright is running for South Carolina State Superintendent of Education this year! She’s running to restore the constitutional and deeply patriotic promise of a free, high quality public education in South Carolina. We’re proud to have her part of the Emerge network!

MAINE: Let’s get you training you need to win! Apply to Emerge’s Boot Camp, designed specifically for Maine women who want to run for office this election cycle. Top political trainers will prepare you with critical skills to lead a winning campaign! Apply by May 8: https://bit.ly/4sNAM8p

As @ashantigholar.bsky.social shares, we need more women like Arielle Fodor, Cheyenne Hunt, @adelemcclure.bsky.social, and @repyassansari.bsky.social standing up at every level.

Everything is political. It's what Kris Cravens-Hutton emphasized in a conversation with @adelemcclure.bsky.social and Emerge Action Fund's Jill Barkley Roy: we need to talk about politics, this Women Talk Politics Day and beyond. https://womentalkpolitics.org/

Today is Women Talk Politics Day, and it’s time to take action. There are many ways to get involved, starting with your own leadership. Today’s a great day to ask yourself how you’re showing up in your community: womentalkpolitics.org

Here’s why we’re hosting Women Talk Politics Day: It’s time to take over the conversation. Our democracy is on the line. And we are mobilizing in numbers like never before. Tune in to watch our Live Talks series with women leaders and creators: http://womentalkpolitics.org/rsvp

Are you a Mainer running for office? Apply to Emerge’s Boot Camp, designed specifically for Maine women who want to run for office this election cycle. Top political trainers will prepare you with critical skills to lead a winning campaign! Apply now: https://webportalapp.com/sp/home/lorapply

The Emerge Luncheon is coming to SF on 4/29! This year's guests include #EmergeAlums @ajcampbellma.bsky.social, NV State Sen. Nicole Cannizzaro, @vtattorneygeneral.bsky.social, & @repmcclinton.com, alongside @ashantigholar.bsky.social. RSVP: emergeamerica.org/2026-sf-luncheon

Attend Meeting the Moment to learn how to best stand up for your community. The FREE hour-and-a-half sessions offered by Emerge Action Fund will set you on the path from civic engagement to elected office and everything in between: https://emergeamerica.org/meeting-the-moment

From Georgia to Washington, #EmergeAlums are taking this year by storm! Want to join in? Apply for an Emerge training: https://emergeamerica.org/candidate-training/

At @representwomen.bsky.social Solutions Summit, Emerge President & CEO @ashantigholar.bsky.social made it clear: you don't have to be perfect to get started. And when you're ready, we'll make sure you're prepared to run and win.

⚖️ Gavel In, our award-winning judicial candidate training program, was created to train jurists who want to serve in judgeships to run successful and strategic political campaigns. Apply here: https://webportalapp.com/sp/gavelin

#EmergeAlum @sarahforiowa.bsky.social is highlighted in @nytimes.com#EmergeAlumas a candidate running for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District to improve health care in her district. Read more about the Lutheran minister and former hospital chaplain: https://nyti.ms/3NIzbCh

#EmergeAlum Magali Limeta is running for Marin County Supervisor, District 5 — and if elected, she'll be the first woman of color on the Board. She’s and raised in Novato, the first in her family to go to college, and ready to bring love of community to the role.

President Trump calls rising gas prices a "small price to pay." Tell that to our wallets. As Emerge President & CEO @ashantigholar.bsky.social told @ms.now, people want to elect leaders who understand the issues affecting their daily lives and are committed to addressing them.

#EmergeAlum @shannonbird4co.bsky.social was ranked the most effective Colorado state lawmaker of the 2023-24 term by the independent Center for Effective Lawmaking. Just like Rep. Bird, Emerge women make a real impact for their states. @axios.com#EmergeAlum https://bit.ly/4bIQfjL

Emerge President & CEO @ashantigholar.bsky.social will speak at the Black Policy Conference at @harvardkennedy.bsky.social alongside Communications & Political Strategist Kirsten Allen, and President of @nclrights.bsky.social Imani Rupert-Gordon. RSVP: https://bit.ly/4t4lz3p

Emerge President & CEO @ashantigholar.bsky.social joined Elizabeth Prann on @thehill.com's Raising America to talk about the women who already are, and are in the process of, stepping up to run for office. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OIbapZeXR8&list=PLLri3HDD8DQtqNlKohw0d04IIoyz075Wh&index=1

🗳️ #EmergeAlums @jenagriswold.bsky.social & @shennabellows.bsky.social#EmergeAlumsknow election law — and they're using their authority to make sure it's followed. Both Secretaries have put DHS on notice: armed federal agents have no legal standing at polling places.

🙌Two #EmergeAlums were named to @thehill.com’s Top Women Shaping Policy list! @adelemcclure.bsky.social#EmergeAlumsand New Mexico State Sen. Cindy Nava were featured for their community leadership, movement-building, and legislative wins. When #EmergeAlums win elections, they win for their communities.

Emerge is seeking highly motivated, relationship-oriented, and mission-driven individuals to serve as full-time Regional Training Directors in the Midwest/Rust Belt, New England, and the South. Apply now: https://emergeamerica.org/get-involved/jobs-internships/ =

ARIZONA: Applications are open for Leaders Emerge in Tucson, taking place March 28 & 29. Join for two days of leadership development for women and nonbinary people in the New American Majority, building skills and relationships. Apply now: https://webportalapp.com/sp/login/leaders

Meet the four #EmergeAlums running for U.S. Senate this year: @colpamstevenson.bsky.social, @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social, @drannieandrews.com, & Lorita Copeland Daniels of Virginia. 💙 Are any of these candidates running to represent your state? Let us know!

At our recent #LeadersMatter event, #EmergeAlum California State Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez broke down how she is fighting for her community: legislating, organizing, and refusing to accept that states are powerless.💙

Emerge President & CEO @ashantigholar.bsky.social joined @ms.now to discuss why Americans need answers about how long this economic crisis is going to last. Democrats can stand up with the solutions our party cares about enacting for working people–who clearly, President Trump does not care about.

#WomensHistoryMonth? At Emerge, we’re making women’s history all year long! #EmergeAlums have become the “firsts” in their new positions already in 2026, from Abigail Spanberger in Virginia, Griselda Arias in Washington, Erica Deuso in Pennsylvania, to Tiffany Thomas-Smith in Pennsylvania – & more.

Featuring three Emerge alums on the ballot this year 🙌 @votejocasta.bsky.social, @laurenforkansas.bsky.social, and Helene Neville of North Dakota are three of 58 Emerge alums running this year. Let's go! 💙 #EmergeAlums #ElectWomen

TODAY #EmergeAlums are on the ballot! Here are just a few of the incredible candidates:

Women are electable. Period. Emerge President & CEO @ashantigholar.bsky.social joined @momsrising.org Breaking Through Podcast with @rowefinkbeiner.bsky.social to discuss how women are electable, as proven by all the #EmergeAlums being elected and thriving in office. https://apple.co/4seDHXL

The 2025 data from @cawp-ru.bsky.social confirms it: training women to run and win works. Women have reached majority status in Democratic State House caucuses. The federal level is next. Read more from @msmagazine.com: https://bit.ly/4l6wMxx

Need hope? Get involved with your community. Jill Barkley Roy, director of the Emerge Action Fund, joined the How To Not Lose Your Sh!t podcast with Katie Paris and LaFonda Cousin. @redwineblueusa.bsky.social: https://apple.co/3MOCaZq

…Wake me up when Gov. @abigailspanberger.com is on… #EmergeAlum

#EmergeAlum Justice Bolden made history as the first Black woman elected to the MI Supreme Court. Justice Bolden's journey from Emerge training to the state's highest court shows what's possible when women step up and run. @forbes.com#EmergeAlum https://bit.ly/4cRVW0G #BlackHistoryMonth

#EmergeAlums like @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social#EmergeAlumsshow up. 👏

This #BlackHistoryMonth, we celebrate #EmergeAlum Kristen Pope, the first Black woman elected to Natick's Select Board. She's only the 8th woman to serve on this body. After going through Seated Together, she's running for a second term and continuing to make history.

Tomorrow, join #EmergeAlums PA State Rep. Morgan Cephas & VA State Del. Adele McClure, alongside Emerge President & CEO A’shanti Gholar, for a #LeadersMatter salon in celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth! RSVP: https://secure.ngpvan.com/3Gr51rOHOUuJtDpXvyFZfA2