About Emerge

Emerge Maine is changing the face of Maine politics by identifying, training and encouraging women to run for office, get elected and to seek higher office. Our intensive, cohort-based seven-month training program is unique. As the number of elected Democratic women remains flat or even declines, the need for our work is growing.

In the 192 years since its statehood, Maine has elected a total of three women to the U.S. House of Representatives, three women to the U.S. Senate, and no women as Governor of Maine.  Currently, less than 30% of Maine State legislators are women.

A pool of highly qualified Democratic candidates is being left untapped.  Too often, women do not see themselves running for office—they assume they aren’t experienced enough or they don’t know where to begin.  Emerge Maine is changing that!

Emerge Maine is part of a national network currently working in eleven states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Wisconsin. 

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