ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams won Georgia’s Democratic primary in the gubernatorial race Tuesday, becoming the state’s first woman nominee for governor from either major party. If the former state House minority leader wins the general election in November, she’ll become the first black woman governor in the U.S. Abrams got a last-minute boost with an… Continue Reading
Former Marine Fighter Pilot Amy McGrath Wins Hotly Contested Congressional Primary in Kentucky
Ready to face incumbent Congressman Andy Barr, Kentucky’s Amy McGrath won an overwhelming victory Tuesday evening in Kentucky’s hotly contested primary for Congressional District 6 in Central Kentucky, which includes Lexington. McGrath entered the race last fall with a video introduction that immediately went viral nationwide. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/amy-mcgrath-told-me–campaign-2018/2017/08/01/18cde0f2-76c8-11e7-8c17-533c52b2f014_video.html?utm_term=.331c0108dc76 McGrath won every single county except for Fayette County,… Continue Reading
10 Years
We founded ElectWomen in 2008 and it has taken us 10 years to get to this place where large numbers of women are running for Congress and women are winning. Let’s go get them elected. Primaries we are watching on Tuesday, May 22: Kentucky, five women on the ballot for Congress and the gubernatorial race… Continue Reading