Check out these exciting Emerge women running in 2026 races!
Andrea Salinas | Congress (CD6)
Andrea Valderrama | State Representative (HD47)
April Dobson | State Representative (HD39)
Ashley Hartmeier-Prigg | State Representative (HD27)
Cathie Rigby | Lincoln County Commissioner (Position 1)
Christina Stephenson | Labor Commissioner
Cierra D. Brown | Judge of the Circuit Court, 5th District (Position 12)
Dacia Grayber | State Representative (HD28)
Deb Patterson | State Senate (SD10)
Emerson Levy | State Representative (HD53)
Evelyn Kocher | Beaverton City Council
Farrah Chaichi | State Representative (HD35)
Felicita Monteblanco | Washington County Commissioner (District 2)
Heather Buch | Lane County Commissioner (East Lane, Position 5)
Isabella Lee Tibbetts | Jackson County Commissioner (Position 3)
Janeen Sollman | State Senate (SD15)
Janelle Bynum | Congress (CD5)
Jasmine Hatmaker | Eugene City Council (Ward 5)
Joanna Robinson | State Representative (HD15)
Jules Walters | State Representative (HD37)
Julie Fahey | State Representative (HD14)
Kamala Shugar | Judge, Lane County Circuit Court
Kathleen Taylor | State Senate (SD21)
Kimberly Culbertson | Washington County Commissioner (District 4)
Kori Rodley | State Representative (HD7)
Kristine Adams-Wannberg | Washington County Auditor
Lesly Muñoz | State Representative (HD22)
Leti Moretti | Hood River County Commissioner (District 1)
Lisa Fragala | State Representative (HD8)
Lisa Reynolds, MD | State Senate (SD17)
Maxine Dexter, MD | Congress (CD3)
Micki Varney | Salem City Council (Ward 8)
Nafisa Fai | Washington County Chair
Rachel Armitage | State Senate (SD16)
Rachel Philip | Beaverton City Council (Position 1)
Rebecca Mueller | Congress (CD2)
Roxanne Beltz | Polk County Commissioner (Position 2)
Sarah Finger McDonald | State Representative (HD16)
Shannon Jones Isidore | State Representative (HD33)
Sonya Fischer | Clackamas County Commissioner (Position 5)
Dr. Tammy Carpenter | State Representative (HD27)
Teresa Alonso León | State Senate (SD11)
Thuy Tran, DO | State Representative (HD45)
Val Hoyle | Congress (CD4)
Vanessa Nordyke | Salem Mayor
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