EMILY's List candidate wins Dem special

EMILY's List candidate wins Dem special

By Cameron Joseph

May 06, 2014, 10:55 pm

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/205424-emilys-list-candidate-wins-dem-primary-for-nc-house-seat

North Carolina state Rep. Alma Adams (D) has won the primary to replace former Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) over a crowded field.

The Associated Press has called the race for Adams, who had 43 percent of the vote with 80 percent of precincts reporting against a field of six other candidates.

Most observers expected the race to result in a runoff. But Adams, the only woman in the race, got a big boost from EMILY's List, which helped her with fundraising and sent in mailers on her behalf to help her win the 40 percent necessary to win the race outright.

She's all but guaranteed a seat in Congress in the heavily Democratic, African American-majority district.

EMILY's List

Susie Tompkins Buell was a contributor for EMILY's List, a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, a contributor for the American Bridge 21st Century, a member of the Democracy Alliance, a contributor at Ready for Hillary, a donor for Media Matters, and is a national finance council member at Ready for Hillary.

Note: Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council at Ready for Hillary, was a contributor for the American Bridge 21st Century, a member of the Democracy Alliance, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for Media Matters, and the Roosevelt Institute.

Barbara Lee was a contributor for the American Bridge 21st Century, and a contributor at Ready for Hillary.

David Brock was the founder of the American Bridge 21st Century, is an adviser at Ready for Hillary, the founder & CEO for Media Matters, and a board member at Priorities USA Action.

J. Steve Mostyn is a national finance council member at Ready for Hillary, and was a contributor for Priorities USA Action.

Allida M. Black is a co-founder at Ready for Hillary, a board member at Priorities USA Action, and a governor at the Roosevelt Institute.

Priorities USA Action is supporting the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, and was a super PAC supporting the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign.

Geoffrey Garin is a strategist for Priorities USA Action, and a strategic researcher for EMILY's List.

Stephanie Schriock is a board member for Priorities USA Action, and the president of EMILY's List.

Joe Solmonese is a board member for Priorities USA Action, and was the CEO for EMILY's List.

Michele A. Flournoy was a strategist for EMILY's List, a foreign policy adviser for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, and the under secretary of defense for the Barack Obama administration.