Current Candidates

Before launching her first political campaign, Andrea attended so many sessions of the state legislature that she was often accused of being a lobbyist....

Dr. Angela Cotera, an astrophysicist, calls herself "literally the person who would have never run for office without Emerge."  Her extensive research background includes working a...

Ann Lininger, program member in the first class of Emerge candidates in Oregon, was appointed to the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners in 2009.   She represents 380,000 residents ...

Anne followed her father into medicine, ultimately becoming a pediatric nurse practitioner. She believes there is no greater calling than caring for people, especially children....

Attica, candidate to represent District 1 on the Jefferson County Public Schools board of education, is the Coordinator of Kentucky Jobs with Justice and an Adjunct Faculty member at Bellarmine Uni...

Becky is running for County Judge-Executive in Meade County where she's resided for 54 years. Becky has devoted over 35 years to community service on local, state, and national levels.

Beth Weisser is running for LD 3 State Senate in 2010. Currently she is the Technology Teacher at White Cliffs Middle School in Kingman, Arizona....

Betty Hicks has been a resident of Washoe County for 34 years and has volunteered in her community in a variety of ways. She has represented the children in Washoe County's Family Court system over two years as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), mentored a student at Hug High School, has been a alternate member of the East Washoe Valley Citizen's Advisory Board nearly one year, and has been cooking for the homeless at Tent City in Reno since January.

Carolyn Essex recently graduated from the Emerge Nevada program in 2009.  She is running for Nevada State Assembly in District 7, North Las Vegas in November, 2010.
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Cherina Kleven grew up in Las Vegas, graduated from Las Vegas High School, attended UNLV and CSN and raised here family there. This year she and her husband David will celebrate 31 years of marriage and are proud parents of three children, Stephanie, Elliott and Jennifer. Cherina recently retired with 20 years of service as a Las Vegas Firefighter. She set a number of firsts as a female and Asian-American during herservice with the Las Vegas Fire Department.

Cheryl was born into a military family. Her father, Colonel Basil Adams, was a 30-year veteran of the Army Infantry.  After graduating college, Cheryl worked as a Flight Attendant for Braniff International. During her time there she was a member of the Association of Flight Attendants ...

Cindy Olivas Trigg is the daughter of a Korean combat Veteran, wife of a Vietnam combat Veteran, mother of a college graduate who is entering the US Navy. She is a retired flight attendant and current President of the Douglas County School Board. At all points, she has proven that she can and will work with others to get results.

Cornelia is a canadate for New Mexico State Representative, District 28.

Dr. Cristy Lopez has dedicated her life to helping others. As a psychologist, she works to improve the well-being of children, adults, families, and communities. Dr....

Aside from her service in the Democratic Party, Daela is an active community member volunteering for several organizations at the local, state, and national level including the Crisis Call Center, ...

Diana Alba began working at the Clark County Clerk's Office in December 1985 as a District Courtroom Clerk for Department XVI. During the next 15 years she accepted positions of increasing responsibility, working her way up through various supervisory and management positions. ...

Dianne Hesselbein serves as District 9 supervisor for the county of Dane in Wisconsin and was just re-elected in 2010....

Elizabeth Echols currently serves as CEO of OpNet Community Ventures, Inc., a nationally recognized non-profit organization dedicated to promoting opportunities in the technology industry for low...

Ellen Barre Spiegel is the first Democrat to represent Henderson's Assembly District 21 in a generation. In addition, she is the first Democratic woman to ever represent Assembly District 21!...

Emily Murase serves as Vice President of the Commission on the Status of Women for the City and County of San Francisco....

Gloria Sturman is a partner and a member of the Advocacy & Litigation Practice Group of Buckley King LPA. Her practice focuses on insurance defense, employment discrimination, civil rights, ADA, professional liability, personal injury defense, premises liability, construction defect, municipality defense, and healthcare.

Irene was raised in the farming community of Kerman, California, the second of five children. From an early age, Irene's parents taught her the value of hard work, dedication and perseverance. Academically, Irene excelled and her dedication to her studies led her to the University of California at Fresno to pursue her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management. Irene worked her way through school serving in several capacities, including as a student assistant for the football team. To this day, Irene is a proud Fresno State Bulldog.

For the last four years, Jennifer been on the Kenosha County Board fighting to maintain and improve the things that make Kenosha County a great place to live and work. ...

Joelle is a devoted wife and mother of two teenage daughters, runs a growing small business and serves as Co-Executive Director of the fourth largest state employee union, the Association of Engine...

Beatrice Brickhouse began her public service career as an officer in the United States Army. After graduating from law school in 1993, Judge Brickhouse began serving the citizens of New Mexico as an Assistant District Attorney, prosecuting felonies, including crimes against women and children. ...

Julie Smith-Morrow is Vice President of the Freestore Foodbank, working to build relationships and capacity of the member agency network of 350 pantries, soup kitchens and shelters serving the hu...

Karen Giannini has been called the "improbable dragon slayer." In 2008 New Mexico Democrats said the seat was "unwinnable."  But Karen Giannini, a retired Airforce veteran and a divorced mot...

Karina Guerrero has considerable experience as both a business leader and a public servant. From 1995 to 2010, Karina has owned and presided over Estate Management, a personal business that settles financial accounts for disabled minors, and ensures those funds...

Kathy Plomin has lived in Lexington, KY for over thirty years and is currently a candidate for Council Member At Large in Lexington Fayette Urban County Government  2010 election....

Katie graduated from the first Emerge Arizona class in 2004....

Kimberly proudly calls Kentucky home. She grew up in Bardstown, KY where My Old Kentucky Home is located. Kimberly graduated from Eastern Kentucky University....

Commissioner Kitty Jung was appointed to the Washoe County Commission by Governor Gibbons. As a Washoe County Commissioner, Kitty considers public safety to be her number one priority....

Laurie Bisch has been been patrolling the streets of Clark County for the past sixteen years as a member of the Las Vegas Police Department....

Levana is running for Rockport Town Council in Maine.

Born and raised in Oakland's District 4, Libby Schaaf has centered her life and career on building community, solving problems, and leading change in her hometown....

Liz Jones lives in Woodville, Wisconsin and is a candidate for the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 29^th District.

Loretta is a native Albuquerquean and fifth generation Martinez from Martineztown.  In 2003, she retired from the City of Albuquerque after 25 years of service. 

Lynn Goya grew up on a dairy farm in eastern Iowa where she learned the values of hard work, honesty and standing by your word....

We are proud to announce that Malia Cohen, 2005 Emerge California graduate and current board member, is running for San Francisco District 10 Supervisor in November 2010.
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Margo and her husband of 23 years, James Miller, share two sons ages 22 and 16.  Margo's deep regard for and commitment to the county and the people...

Mohur was born in India, spent her youth in Pakistan and gratefully chose to embrace the freedoms afforded to women in the U.S. Her mother gave her a choice when she was 19....

Nancy has practiced in the areas of commercial litigation, business law, and bankruptcy for the past twenty-three years, and in 2008, she was elected to the state of Nevada Supreme Court....

A Louisville native, Nellie Draus Stallings, was born January 27, 1973 in the West-end, raised in the South-end, and now lives in the East-end of Louisville. Roman Catholic, St....

Noelle is a lifelong resident of Greendale and has an interest and passion for serving the community.  Noelle believes this passion for serving began when she was a student in 7^th...

A proud Arizonan for 40 years, Pat and her family moved to Sierra Vista in 1969 where she began to make personal and professional ties in the community.  In 1981, she began working as an Arm...

Rita Smart left the farm in Nicholas County in 1966 and came to Eastern Kentucky University in search of her dream. Early on she learned that growing tobacco and milking cows wasn't what she wanted to do the rest of her life. In fact, she wanted to get as far away from agriculture as possible.

Sandy has a solo law practice where she handles business formation, elder law, and land use/real estate cases. She takes great joy in her job helping seniors plan for the next stage in their life and new entrepreneurs plan for successful start in their business. ...

Sannie Overly, Kentucky advisory board member and incumbent State Representative, recently won her primary election in all four of the Districts Counties: Bath, Bourbon, Fayette, and Nicholas Cou...

Sara currently serves as Chair of the City of Hayward Citizen's Advisory Commision. She is Founder and Co-Chair of the Annual South Hayward Stroll, Community Celebration....

Shannon Bacon, a founding board member of Emerge New Mexico, is running for District Court Judge in Bernalillo County.  Shannon is a native New Mexican,...

Sharon is running for Dane County Board Supervisor in District 26, which covers the eastern two-thirds of the City of Middleton.
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Shelly has over 27 years of service with the County of Marin. She started with the Marin County Municipal and Superior Courts.

In her nearly 15 years at the Attorney General's office, Sheri served as the Executive Administrative Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Director of Constituent Services, Special Assistant to Speci...

Born and raised in San Mateo, Stacie Nevares has the law enforcement, management, and business experience necessary to run a local government department.

Stephanie is a native New Mexican who grew up in Silver City, New Mexico. It was there, that Stephanie learned from her mother and father the most important lesson in life; service to others is more valuable than service to self.

Sue is actively involved in and devoted to seniors in her community.  She has utilized her accounting background to serve as treasurer for the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans as well...

Susan Scann was raised and has lived in the West since the age of two. She is the oldest of five sisters who grew up in Salt Lake City....

Tammy Peterson was born and raised in Las Vegas.  As a daughter of a middle school principal and a district attorney, Tammy was taught first hand the value of community service.  After graduating from Clark High School...

Terri currently works s at the Juniper Branch of the Phoenix Public Library.  She has worked in academic and public libraries, taught school, had her own consulting business, and ran fo...

Before her appointment to the Oregon House of Representative, Val Served as the Director of Lane County United Way 100% Access Program and also served as a legislative assistant and policy directo...

Venicia Considine has lived in southern Nevada for nearly 20 years and is a graduate of University of Las Vegas and UNLV's Boyd School of Law.

Willow Misty Parks is an attorney; she opened and operates Parks Law Office, LLC. She is a graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Law magna cum laude. In her practice, she handles a range of business matters for entrepreneurs and small businesses.