Posts by Kathy Groob
Memphis Woman Gets a Second Chance
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine When Carol Chumney ran for mayor of Memphis in 2007, she knew it was an uphill battle. Running against any incumbent is always a challenge, and Chumney’s opponent had served for 16 years as the leader of Tennessee’s largest city. Serving as an elected city councilmember, Carol gave up…
Read MoreThe Place of Women on the Court
By EMILY BAZELON, The New York Times In late February, three weeks after she had an operation for a recurrence of cancer, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg went to Barack Obama’s first address to Congress. Given the circumstances, it wasn’t an event anyone expected her to attend. She went, she said, because she wanted the country to see that…
Read MoreWhere Have All the Governors Gone?
Will 2009 Go Down as the Year of the Disappearing Women Governors? By Kathy Groob, Publisher, ElectWomen Magazine With Sarah Palin’s recent announcement that she is resigning her post as Governor of Alaska, there will soon be just six states with women governors– Hawaii, North Carolina, Michigan, Washington, Arizona and Connecticut. 37 states will hold…
Read MoreThe Fix Reports Lisa Madigan to Run Again for Illinois Attorney General
Was Considered a Contender for Governor or U.S. Senate By Chris Cillizza,The Fix, Washington Post Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D) will run for re-election to her current post in 2010, according to a Democratic source aware of the decision, ending months of speculation about whether she might make the leap to a Senate…
Read MoreJenny Sanford for South Carolina Governor–Women Pols Have Fewer Sex Scandals
If you want leaders for whom the people not power comes first, women are the best bet By Christine Jahnke, ElectWomen Contributor, Courtsey of U.S. News & World Report Want fewer embarrassing, distracting sex scandals? Elect more women. Ann Richards said it best when she admonished the leadership of the Democratic Party with her line,…
Read MoreState Representative Ellen Cohen a Fighter for Texans and for Cancer Research
Texas State Representative Ellen Cohen didn’t waste any time after her election in 2006 to take on cancer. With Rice University and Texas Medical Center in her district, an affluent area of Houston, pushed for legislation and funding for cancer research and to develop a statewide blueprint for cancer prevention and control. A breast cancer…
Read MoreCALIFORNIA CAMPAIGN WATCH: Judy Chu Campaign Gears Up for the Home Stretch
By Brandy Bailey, Contributor ElectWomen Magazine With one week left before the general election Dr. Judy Chu is working hard to get her message and her name out to the voters in the San Gabriel Valley and build excitement leading into the home stretch. A special election to fill the Congressional seat vacated by Hilda…
Read MoreORGANIZATION PROFILE: Women’s Policy Inc., Important Women’s Issue Watchdog Group
The Women’s Policy Inc. (WPI) is a D.C. based women’s organization that operates as a nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to insuring that women’s issues are first and foremost. The organization produces The Source, an e-mail newsletter provides updates on legislation in Congress concerning women’s issues. An e-mail subscription is free to the public. The organization’s…
Read MoreSTORY UPDATE: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin Speaks Out
(AP) ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sarah Palin says she’s not a quitter, she’s a fighter, but adds that, politically speaking, “if I die, I die. So be it.” The Alaska governor spoke in taped interviews on ABC, NBC and CNN on Tuesday morning. She tells CNN that “all options are on the table” for her future. But…
Read More4th of July – Celebrating America’s Day of Independence, for Candidates a Declaration of Candidacy
by Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine What would 4th of July be without hotdogs, fireworks and parades? And what would parades be without elected officials and political candidates? For many, the true meaning of the 4th of July is forgotten until the patriotic music and flags go by in a neighborhood parade that reminds us…
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