Posts by Kathy Groob

By Kathy Groob, ElectWomen – SPOILER ALERT – If you haven’t watched the most recent episode of CBS’s The Good Wife, then don’t read this. If you do not watch The Good Wife, you should start.  The popular Good Wife’s main character, Alicia Florrick (aka Julianna Margulies), announced her candidacy for State’s Attorney at the end…

By Kathy Groob, Founder ElectWomen.com – In less than a month, Election Day will be held across the United States and in US Territories.  Each state is different in terms of voting times, hours, procedures and rules.  Click the link here to find out the rules in your state.  Most importantly, here are the five things to know…

From the Center for American Women and Politics – With all candidates now chosen for the November 4th elections, Republicans continue to nominate fewer women than Democrats for congressional and statewide offices, according to the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University…

ElectWomen – When the Oklahoma Sooner Tea Party endorsed Mary Sosa for OK State Representative in a recent run-off election between two Democratic candidates, it sealed her fate. On August 26th, 64-year-old Mary Sosa lost by a huge margin to 21-year-old Shane Stone after came in a strong first in the primary election in June.…

AP/POLITICO – HELENA, Mont. — State Rep. Amanda Curtis immediately struck a populist note as Montana Democrats’ new U.S. Senate candidate, saying the November election will not be about which political party controls the Senate but whether it will be controlled by millionaires or the middle class.Curtis, 34, was chosen Saturday as the Democrats’ replacement…

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — An African-American female pitcher from Philadelphia and a team from Chicago have created a buzz at the Little League World Series. Philly’s Mo’ne Davis and the Jackie Robinson West squad are the talk of the series; professional athletes and politicians alike are following their every move. They’ve Skyped with the…

Smashing a Ceiling and a Lot of Egos – Michele Roberts, N.B.A. Union’s New Leader, Confronts Gender Barriers New York Times – Michele A. Roberts, a lawyer in Washington, will become the first woman to lead a major North American professional sports union. Credit Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times Last month, inside a grand ballroom at…

By JAMES HOHMANN, POLITICO – Part of an occasional series on the hottest races of the 2014 midterm election. VIROQUA, Wis. — Mary Burke might be the last candidate you’d expect to potentially topple one of the Republican Party’s leading governors and upend the 2016 presidential field. The only elected office she’s ever held is a school…

By Kathy Groob, Founder ElectWomen – Taking over as mayor of Glasgow Kentucky during perhaps the worst financial crises of our lifetime, was a daunting task for Mayor Rhonda Riherd Trautman. However, Mayor Trautman soon found a way to pull council members together, balance the budget and increase jobs and city improvements along the way.…