Eighty-fourth in the world: that's where the United States ranks for women in elected office, behind Mexico, China and Pakistan. Women make up just 17% of the U.S. Congress.

A pool of highly qualified Democrat candidates is being left untapped.  Too often, women do not see themselves running for office.  They do not think they are experienced enough or they just don't know where to start. 

Emerge America is changing that.

What we do

Emerge America is the essential step for Democratic women who want to run for public office.  It is the only in-depth, seven-month training program that inspires candidates to run and gives them the tools to win.

By providing women across America with a top-notch training and a powerful political network, we are getting more Democrats into office and changing the leadership - and politics - of America.

Emerge America gets results

In only four short years Emerge affiliates have trained over 500 Democratic women to run for office:

• 41% of Emerge alumnae have run for office or been appointed to local boards or commissions
• Of those who have run for office, 60% have won
• Just in 2008, Emerge had 82 graduates ran for office and half of them won
• In addition, we have a strong record of diversity: 40% of our alumnae are women of color

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