for state assembly... >> my friend emily siegrist-- ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: and alexandra nugent for town of sheboygan board of supervisors. >> thank you all so much for being here tonight. >> reporter: but this wasn't the culmination of a lifelong goal sr either emily or alexandra. >> y, i've never been particularly politically active before. >> reporter: in 2016, they were both mothers to young children, working and ling a normal life. >> and then the 2016 presidential electn had happened. (booing) yes. >> reporter: emily's biological mother ited from mexico. >> i can't believe we elected an individual who doesn't want me in this coand besides my children as well. and realized, "oell, what are you going to do about it?" >> repor executive director of emerge wisconsin. she says the election activated a t of women politically. d more applications come in in the next two weeks than we had had in the previous month and a half of applications being opened. like, it just went through the roof. tedreporter: emerge was cr in california in 2002 and has expanded to 25 states. it came to