Run to Win

Stephanie Schriock, president of Emily's List, wrote this playbook for women who want to lead, whether in politics, business, or any other field. For thirty-five years Emily's List has supported the campaigns of thousands of pro-choice Democratic women, and the hardest part has always been persuading more women to run. That changed after Donald Trump was elected. Furious and frustrated, many American women decided to turn their anger into action, reasoning that if he could win, so could they.

The day after the 2016 election, dozens of women went looking for an old sign-up link buried on the Emily's List website. By Thanksgiving the number had grown to a few thousand, and by the end of 2018 nearly fifty thousand women had signed up to run for office, with more joining every day.

The book follows the steps that Emily's List walks its candidates through, from deciding to run to celebrating a win. Its lessons are meant for any woman trying to succeed in a male-dominated field. The setting is politics, but the message is meant to apply anywhere.

Schriock is a longtime Democratic operative who has coached many of the best-known female candidates in recent elections, including all of the women who sought the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. She writes in a friendly, practical voice, like a close friend helping you think through your plan, and aims to show how women can run, fight, and win, whatever their field or goal.