Friend,

We knew this election was going to look different. We knew it was going to take hours, days, even a week or more to get some of the races called that we're used to hearing about on election night.

And that's where we are — there are still millions of votes to count, and you can be sure we'll fight to make sure every single voice gets heard. But as we all heard from the Biden team this morning: Democrats are on a path to victory in the presidential race — a path to breaking a glass ceiling and electing our first-ever woman vice president in Kamala Harris.

But even with many results still up in the air, we have already seen some historic wins for our community:

With their victories, Sarah McBride (DE-SD01) is now the highest ranking transgender legislator in the country, Stephanie Byers (KS-HD86) is the first openly transgender legislator in Kansas history, Cecelia Gonzalez (NV-AD16) is the first LGBTQ+ Asian-American legislator in Nevada history, Mauree Turner (OK-HD88) is the first Muslim legislator in Oklahoma history, Iman Jodeh (CO-HD41) is the first Muslim in the Colorado General Assembly, Kesha Ram (VT-SD-Chittenden) is the first woman of color ever elected the Vermont state Senate, Odette Ramos (MD-Baltimore City Council District 14) is the first Latina elected to the Baltimore City Council, and Dr. Michelle Au (GA-SD48) is the first Asian American woman to serve as a state senator in Georgia.

Also last night, Daniella Levine Cava became the first woman elected mayor of Miami-Dade County in Florida. With a population of 2.7 million, Miami-Dade rivals Chicago in size, making Daniella mayor of one of the largest local constituencies in America.

And finally, at the federal level, our women held crucial Senate seats in New Hampshire and Minnesota, flipped at least two House seats in North Carolina, and won election to the Georgia House seat vacated by the great John Lewis.

But listen, last night wasn't all good news. There is clearly still a lot of work left to do to fight for our democracy, fight for reproductive justice, and fight to get more pro-choice Democratic women on the ballot and into office across the country.

I want to remind you of something very important — we took on some of the toughest races, made them competitive, and had the Republicans running scared. Our women left it all out there, and so did every one of you and every member of our team. I'm proud of them and proud of us.

So while we wait for every last vote to be counted, remember this: EMILY's List will be right here, fighting those fights, doing that work, as we have been for the past 35 years.

More soon,

Stephanie Schriock
President of EMILY's List