Posts by Kathy Groob
A Passion for Service – Laketa Cole’s Story
Despite being the first African American woman appointed to Cincinnati’s City Council, Laketa Cole has overcome challenges to become the President Pro Tem of Ohio’s third largest city’s legislative body. Laketa is the first person in her family to get involved in politics. Laketa grew up in a single-parent home and learned about hard…
Read MoreCampaign Technique: Meeting Voters Face-to-Face Doesn’t Require Going Door-to-Door Anymore
By Dan Bevarly, Ahead of Ideas After winning your election, instead of bronzing that pair of shoes used to walk the campaign trail, you may want to consider bronzing your computer mouse. It’s a new day in political campaigning. With the explosion of online social networks affecting and responding to changing preferences and expectations for…
Read MoreFreshman Congresswoman Kilroy Talks with ElectWomen Magazine
Mary Jo Kilroy won the election for Ohio’ 15th Congressional District by 2,311 votes, more than the 0.5 percent margin that would trigger a recount. An election challenged resulted in delays and Mary Jo Kilroy was certified as the winner on December 7, 2008 as the first Democrat to represent any part of Franklin County…
Read MoreCandidate Resource: Campaigns & Elections Training Scheduled for June in Washington, D.C.
In 1983, Campaigns & Elections (Politics Magazine) launched a campaign training program that has gone on to help more than 10,000 politicos win campaigns around the world. The flagship program, conducted in Washington every June, draws several hundred visitors. The diverse crowd comes from all over the ideological spectrum and from about fifteen…
Read MoreFemale Candidates Line up for 2010
By: Josh Kraushaar for Politico A slew of formidable female candidates, mostly Democrats, are lining up to run for the Senate in 2010, enough to raise the prospect of a surge of women into a chamber that currently has just 17 women senators. Even at this early point in the election cycle, two prominent statewide…
Read MoreThe Celluloid Ceiling
by Martha M. Lauzen, Ph.D., School of Communication, San Diego State University In 2006, women comprised 15% of all directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors working on the top 250 domestic grossing films. This is the same percentage of women employed in these roles in 1999 and represents a decline of two percentage…
Read MoreCandidate Interview: New Ohio State Legislator Connie Pillich
ElectWomen.com contributor Vicki Prichard sat down in a television interview for Intercommunity Cable’s Community Report with Ohio’s new State Representative Connie Pillich. Pillich was elected in November 2008 and has just begun her service to Ohio’s 28th House District. Watch Vicki’s interview with Connie Pillich: Pillich is an Air Force veteran, attorney, mom, and…
Read MoreFrozen River: Oscar’s 2009 Cinderella Story
By Melissa Silverstein, Women’s Media Center Hollywood decides to tangle with a film dedicated to poverty and desperation, directed by a woman. Amazing. Courtney Hunt was sitting in her house in Columbia County outside of New York City watching the Oscar nominations. She was wishing and hoping, yet not expecting, that her debut film Frozen River,which she…
Read MoreMeet North Carolina’s First Woman Governor, Beverly Perdue
North Carolina elected Beverly Perdue (D) as its first female governor on November 4th, 2008. A former hospital administrator, Beverly entered politics in 1986 when she was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives. After serving two terms in the House, Beverly was elected to the state Senate and then Lt. Governor in…
Read MoreJennifer Brunner for U.S. Senate
A top Democratic Ohio State official Tuesday threw her hat into the ring in the race to fill retiring U.S. Sen. George Voinovich’s seat in 2010. Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner made her candidacy official in an online announcement and through a new website at jenniferbrunner.com. Join the Jennifer Brunner campaign team at: http://www.democratsenators.org/o/41/tellafriend.jsp?tell_a_friend_KEY=235
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