Kentucky native, and retired Lt. Col. Amy McGrath announced today that she plans to challenge Senate Leader Mitch McConnell in the 2020 election for United States Senate. A lifetime career politician, McConnell has held the Senate seat since 1984. McGrath was the first female Marine to fly in an F/A-18 on a combat mission. McGrath… Continue Reading
Nevada is the nation’s first majority-female legislature
The nation’s first female majority state legislature is currently convening in Carson City Nevada. Only Colorado comes close, with women constituting 47 percent of its legislators. In Congress, just one in four lawmakers is a woman. And in Alabama, which just enacted an almost complete ban on abortion, women make up just 15 percent of lawmakers. Read… Continue Reading
Lori Lightfoot Elected Chicago Mayor
NBC News – By Phil Helsel and Associated Press“Today, you did more than make history,” Lightfoot said. “You created a movement for change.” Lightfoot, 56, who was an assistant U.S. attorney before she entered private practice, has never held elective office before. The runoff election was bound to be historic, as either of the two candidates… Continue Reading