Emerge founder Andrea Steele endorsement is full circle moment from Kamala's historic '03 DA victory

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Ian Sams@IanSams1h
"Harris wins endorsement from Emerge America founder" -- "Steele got her start in recruiting women to run for office by helping one candidate launch her campaign for District Attorney in San Francisco: Kamala Harris." https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/live-blog/meet-press-blog-latest-news-analysis-data-driving-political-discussion-n988541/ncrd1046766#liveBlogHeader

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___Andrea Steele got her start in recruiting women by helping one candidate launch her campaign for District Attorney in San Francisco: Kamala Harris.

Steele, who is based in San Francisco, founded Emerge California in 2002, which later was re-named Emerge America. The organization helped to support 415 Democratic women who won elections across the country in 2018, including Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM), Oakland, Calif. Mayor Libby Schaaf and Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.).

As the now-presidential hopeful tells it, Harris turned to Steele for help when she decided to run for district attorney in 2003. The two sat in her living room designing and Xeroxing Harris’ first campaign flyers. On the campaign trail now, Harris often tells the story of how she would take the print-outs, a roll of tape and her ironing board to create a make-shift standing desk as she talked to voters.

After Harris won her race for district attorney, Steele was inspired to found Emerge.

“Andrea is a trailblazer in the fight for gender equality, and I couldn’t be more proud to earn her support. I would not be where I am today without Andrea’s support in my very first race and I know countless women across the country feel the same way,” Kamala Harris said, in a statement provided exclusively to NBC News.

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Deepa Shivaram @deepa_shivaram
You know the story Harris tells of taking her campaign literature and a roll of tape and her ironing board to use as a standing desk as she talked to voters? Steele was the woman who helped Harris design her campaign one-sheets. They sat in her living room xeroxing copies.

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Black Women Views @blackwomenviews 1h
One of the most admirable traits of #KamalaHarris is she lifts as she climbs. The endorsement from Emerge founder Andrea Steele is a great full circle moment from #Kamala's historic 03 DA victory to now. Support, champion, inspire strong women & you can bet they will do the same.

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1. Andrea

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2. Another good endorsement

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3. it shows there's forward momentum

...from key motivators.

This effort, as well, just launched Saturday.:

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