Posts by Kathy Groob
Nevada becomes 1st US state with female-majority Legislature
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada became the first state in the U.S. with an overall female majority in the Legislature on Tuesday when county officials in Las Vegas appointed two women to fill vacancies in the state Assembly. The appointments of Democrats Rochelle Thuy Nguyen and Beatrice “Bea” Angela Duran to two Las Vegas-area legislative…
Read MoreNumber of women who are state lawmakers inches up to a record
ABC News – The total number of women who are state lawmakers has once again reached new heights, following a trend up in recent years Women will for the first time make up a majority of state legislators in Colorado and New Mexico next year, but at least 13 states saw losses in female representation after the…
Read MoreIt’s Kamala
American is poised to elect its first women president and it’s Vice President Kamala Harris. Securing the majority of pledged delegates, she clinched the Democratic Party nomination in just a little over 24 hours. Presumptive nominee Harris will officially become the Democratic candidate at the Convention which begins on August 19th. Harris is expected to…
Read MoreRecord number of women governors elected
12 (8D, 4R) women now serve as governor, a new high that beats the previous record of 9, first set in 2004. Women hold 24% of governorships nationwide. Three states elected their first woman governor in 2022: Arkansas (Sarah Huckabee Sanders [R]), Massachusetts (Maura Healey [D]), and New York (Kathy Hochul [D]). Two of those…
Read MoreMary Peltola knocks out Sarah Palin in special election for Alaska Congressional seat
by Kathy Groob – Mary Peltola (D-Bethel, AK) became the first Alaska native and first woman to win a Congressional seat on Tuesday when she defeated Sarah Palin in a special election to fill a vacancy left by Rep. Don Young who died earlier this year. In the final round of the count, Peltola, a…
Read MoreWomen Winning-endorsed candidates win big in Minnesota primary elections
83% of Women Winning-endorsed candidates victorious in 2022 Minnesota Primary ElectionSaint Paul, Minn. (August 10, 2022) – Pro-choice women candidates across Minnesota had decisive victories in the 2022 Primary Election. 83% of Women Winning-endorsed candidates who faced primary elections will move onto the General Election on November 8th. “Minnesotans cast their ballots and they are decisively behind…
Read MoreKetanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black female Supreme Court justice
Washington Post – Today, Ketanji Brown Jackson made history Thursday, becoming the first Black woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court. Jackson was sworn in during a ceremony at the court, just minutes after Justice Stephen G. Breyer made his retirement official. President Biden’s nominee was confirmed by the Senate in April but has been…
Read MoreFlorida’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,…
Read MoreMajority of Americans disapprove of SCOTUS Roe v. Wade reversal, poll shows
CNN- Most Americans disapprove of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, according to a CBS News/YouGov poll conducted Friday and Saturday in the immediate wake of the ruling. A 59% majority of US adults disapprove, with 41% approving. About half (52%) call the decision a step backward for America, with 31% calling it a step…
Read MoreCAWP Releases Report on Gender Turnout in 2020 Elections
The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) has released a report and data on gender turnout in the 2020 elections. According to CAWP, “Women continued their long streak of out-voting men in presidential elections. Women voted in higher raw numbers and in greater proportions than their male counterparts in the 2020 presidential election, with…
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