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    How an expensive bet by Emily's List in a Calif. congressional race went awry

    LOS ANGELES -- For Emily's List, the Democratic political group that has helped elect hundreds of women who support abortion rights, backing Joanna Weiss just made sense. Weiss, a first-time candidate for Congress in a competitive Orange County district, had founded a Democratic advocacy group and was proving to be a formidable fundraiser. But the sheer amount of money that Emily's List spent ...
    by Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times Apr 30, 2024 5 minutes
    Joanna Weiss, Democratic candidate for California's 47th Congressional District, in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.

    LOS ANGELES -- For Emily's List, the Democratic political group that has helped elect hundreds of women who support abortion rights, backing Joanna Weiss just made sense.

    Weiss, a first-time candidate for Congress in a competitive Orange County district, had founded a Democratic advocacy group and was proving to be a formidable fundraiser.

    But the sheer amount of money that Emily's List spent in support of Weiss raised eyebrows. During a single week in the congressional primary, the group's independent expenditure arm spent more than $813,000 on television and online ads for Weiss. She is the only candidate that the super PAC has backed this year.

    Weiss finished third in the 47th District primary, behind Democratic state Sen. Dave Min and Republican Scott Baugh. The losing bet by Emily's List in Orange County left Democrats

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