Emily’s List Says They Would be “Thrilled” if Mikie Sherrill Decides to Run for Governor

Yari Aquino, director of campaign communications at EMILYs List, said the following:

“Rep. Mikie Sherrill has been a fierce advocate for reproductive rights in Congress and EMILYs List is proud to have stood by her since day one. The recent polling that shows her well positioned in the Democratic primary for New Jersey governor proves what we already know: she can build a coalition to win. Rep. Sherrill has delivered for New Jersey in Congress and we would be thrilled if she decided to run for Governor.”

EMILYs List elects pro-choice Democratic women up and down the ballot — and runs one of the largest independent expenditure operations for Democrats. They have ben especially critical to electing Democratic women to higher office like governor, House, and Senate. Learn more here (https://emilyslist.org/about/).

GQR POLL: MIKIE SHERRILL WELL POSITIONED IN POTENTIAL 2025 NJ DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY FIELD (https://www.gqrr.com/news/new-poll-mikie-sherrill-well-positioned-in-potential-2025-nj-democratic-gubernatorial-primary-field/)

• A recent statewide poll in New Jersey finds that Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill is well positioned in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. She is well-known and better liked than most of her potential competitors. Her profile holds broad regional, ideological, and demographic appeal. She performs especially well among women, who comprise almost 60 percent of the primary electorate. Her lead widens after a balanced biography exercise.

Another poll commissioned by a PAC supporting Mayor Baraka had Mikie leading the horse race and also with the highest favorables. Story here (https://newjerseyglobe.com/governor/baraka-super-pac-poll-shows-newark-mayor-sherrill-best-known-among-democrats/).

Mikie knows how to turn out the base and build a strong coalition:

• In 2022, she turned out more Democratic voters than any other member of the NJ House delegation.
• That same year she won nearly 25% of registered Republicans and 60% of unaffiliated voters.
• In 2018, she flipped a suburban district – which had been represented by Republicans for 30+ years – with the largest swing from red to blue in the entire country.

Mikie is a leader on reproductive freedom:

• As a veteran she is leading efforts to protect access to abortion for military servicewomen (https://sherrill.house.gov/media/press-releases/to-protect-the-freedoms-of-servicewomen-sherrill-votes-no-on-defense-budget-corrupted-by-extreme-gop-amendments) and led the charge against Senator Tommy Tuberville’s holds (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/11/mikie-sherrill-tommy-tuberville-military-abortion-policy) on military promotions due to DoD’s abortion travel policy.
• She is fighting to pass the Stop Comstock Act (https://sherrill.house.gov/media/press-releases/sherrill-backs-legislation-to-protect-abortion-access-repeal-comstock-and-fight-back-against-trump-s-project-2025), which would protect access to abortion medication like Mifep ristone.

Op-ed in the Star-Ledger (https://www.nj.com/opinion/2024/07/rep-sherrill-abortion-rights-must-be-protected-heres-the-first-step-opinion.html)

linked here.

She is

leading legislation to end judge shopping, (https://sherrill.house.gov/media/press-releases/major-watchdog-org-endorses-sherrill-s-judge-shopping-bill)

a common tactic from anti-abortion extremists to restrict access to abortion in states across the country — and was used in the case to limit access to Mifepristone.

Mikie has been a leading voice to

protect emergency abortion access (https://sherrill.house.gov/media/press-releases/statement-by-rep-sherrill-on-supreme-court-emergency-abortion-care-ruling)

.

Mikie is a strong fundraiser:

Sherrill

raised (https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/sherrill-raises-colossal-783000-in-second-quarter/)

nearly $800,000 last quarter. That adds up to nearly $24 million since entering the race for Congress in 2017.

Mikie has delivered for New Jersey:

She was ranked the

most effective lawmaker (https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/sherrill-named-most-effective-house-member-in-n-j-by-nonpartisan-group/)

in the NJ House delegation

The New Jersey Conference of Mayors

named her the U.S. Representative of the Year (https://sherrill.house.gov/media/press-releases/new-jersey-conference-of-mayors-awards-sherrill-us-representative-of-the-year)