Florida’s Ruth’s List is on Fire

By Kathy Groob ~ A steamy summer evening at a lovely home on Sarasota Bay, was the setting for over 50 women coming together in support of Ruth’s List’s 2022 Suncoast region’s political candidates. Ruth’s List, founded in 2008 by Florida’s former Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, is the state’s only political organization that recruits,…

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EMILY’s List, Burton head to Nevada

By MAGGIE HABERMAN for POLITICO – The female-candidate recruiting group EMILY’s List will hold its third “Madam President” town hall in Nevada, a key presidential battleground, with a range of speakers including White House aide and Priorities USA adviser Bill Burton. The event is the latest in a series of town hall-style forums in early presidential…

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Democrats Working To Raise Number Of Female Governors

Huffington Post – NEW YORK (AP) — The Democratic Party claims to be the natural home for women. The numbers tell another story when it comes to the nation’s governors. Republicans, four women: Jan Brewer in Arizona, Susana Martinez in New Mexico, Mary Fallin in Oklahoma and Nikki Haley in South Carolina. Democrats: Maggie Hassan…

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Democratic women eye City Hall gains

By ALEXANDER BURNS, POLITICO- The Democratic group EMILY’s List has handed out a string of endorsements in recent weeks to a group of candidates with at least one thing in common: no matter how well they do in their campaigns, none of them will be coming to Washington. That’s because the influential women’s organization is…

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Boston Globe Endorses Elizabeth Warren

In Senate, Warren would lead where Brown has fallen short Ted Kennedy has been dead for more than three years, but his shadow hangs over the battle for his old seat between Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Elizabeth Warren. It’s the people’s seat, all right, and the citizens of Massachusetts deserve a senator who can represent…

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Actresses Gang up On Mitt Romney’s Anti-Women Politics

Scarlett Johansson, Eva Longoria & Kerry Washington speak out in a new commercial directed to women about Mitt Romney in a new 30-second TV ad from MoveOn.org Political Action. The ad, directed by Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, features the actresses speaking to the camera about Romney’s statements that he would end funding for…

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