Posts by Kathy Groob

By Beverly Wettenstein – The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is Saturday, April 25. – read more here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beverly-wettenstein/funny-girl-gig-cecily-str_b_7091420.html Did you know female WHCA members were barred from attending the Dinner until they protested to President John F. Kennedy in 1962?   Currently three of the top four officers are female.  Read more about female journalists, comedians…

Trying to find the Hillary Clinton Twitter page that is the real deal, the bonafide one true page is no easy task.  I’ve lost count on how many pro and con Hillary Clinton Twitter pages there are, because at least one or two new ones springs up each day. There is the powerful group @ReadyForHillary.…

Hillary Clinton announced she is running for president on Sunday, April 12, 2015; 20 months before Election Day 2016. Her new video went viral immediately, which features ordinary Americans talking about getting ready for change and for a new day.  Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uY7gLZDmn4. Using the slogan, “Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want…

By Kathy Groob, ElectWomen –  As a supporter of women in politics, I passionately work to create a level playing field for women to succeed as leaders and in the political arena. For those reasons, many people assume my support for Hillary Clinton for president is because she is a woman. I support Hillary Clinton…

By Alexis Levinson for The Hill –  Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, the preferred Democratic successor of retiring Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, will run for the minority leader’s seat. “Catherine Cortez Masto fights to protect Nevada’s seniors, children, women, consumers, and homeowners,” her new Senate website states. “She did it as a prosecutor. She did it…

Two women’s powerhouse organizations have joined forces to track, analyze and illuminate gender dynamics in the 2016 presidential election in a project titled Presidential Gender Watch 2016. The Barbara Lee Family Foundation and The Center for American Women and Politics draws upon the research and expertise of both partner organizations, as well as other experts, to…

POLITICO – In a YouTube video posted Monday morning, Illinois Democratic Rep. Tammy Duckworth announced her bid for Senate against incumbent GOP Sen. Mark Kirk. “I’m running for the United States Senate in 2016 because it’s time for Washington to be held accountable and put Illinois’ families and communities first,” she says in a straight-to-camera shot.…

By Kathy Groob, ElectWomen – This week, Elle Magazine unveiled its 2015 list of Washington DC’s power women. The list of ten women join an impressive list of powerful alums that include DNC Party Chair, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Senator Susan Collins. A a dinner…

Chicago Sun Times–Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering is jumping in the 10th Congressional District race for Congress, triggering a major 2016 Democratic primary brawl with former Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill. “I’m definitely running,” Rotering told me in a phone interview on Monday. Last week, I reported that Schneider is gearing up to win back the…

By Kathy Groob, ElectWomen – The percentage of women in parliaments (Congress) around globe continues to soar, although only three countries are at 50% or above. Quotas for electing women representatives has improved women’s standing in several countries. Startling to many, The United States is tied at 72nd with Panama, with just shy of twenty…