Why more women don’t run for office

Washington Post – Tuesday’s primary races included a number of high-profile female candidates seeking national or statewide office. Some won: Alison Lundergan Grimes, for example, will now officially face Mitch McConnell in November’s general election for U.S. Senate. Others lost: Chelsea Clinton’s mother-in-law, former Congresswoman Marjorie Margolies, lost her attempt at the Democratic nod for…

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Why Mika Brzezinski’s Know Your Value Lessons Matter

By Kathy Groob, ElectWomen – Morning Joe Co-Host Mika Brzezinski and her colleague Joe Scarborough participated in the Know Your Value conference Friday in Hartford, CT aimed at empowering and educating women.  Brzezinski’s message resonates with women because unlike Lean In Author Cheryl Sandberg, Mika stumbled along the way in her career as a television anchor.…

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Glass Ceilings in Statehouses in the Northeast

New York Times – PHILADELPHIA — The industrial Northeast enjoys a reputation as a cradle of liberalism, a region that voted overwhelmingly for America’s first black president, started the push on same-sex marriage rights and can reliably be found at the forefront of causes for equality. But there is a notable gap: The Democratic Party…

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Happy Mother’s Day –Sharing this beautiful, brief speech

On Mother’s Day in 2004, I attended our son’s college graduation at Syracuse University and listened to Phylicia Rashad deliver the commencement address.  It was so beautiful and I’ll never forget the simple message she gave to the students, “go forward with a mother’s heart.”  Wishing you all a happy Mother’s Day, Kathy Groob. Phylicia…

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KY Congressional Candidate Jensen launches Kentucky Moms Caucus

Mom Caucus Conversation Event: May 8, 2014 Lexington, KY LEXINGTON – Democratic congressional candidate and working mom Elisabeth Jensen will launch her Kentucky Moms Caucus here next week with a coffee break discussion of issues important to women and their families in Central Kentucky. The campaign timed the caucus launch just in time for Mothers…

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Women’s Campaign Fund Announces Penultimate Set of Game Changers

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Women’s Campaign Fund (WCF) named six new women to its Game Changer initiative, bringing the total to 32. Forty women will be named Game Changers, in total, in honor of WCF’s 40th anniversary. The initiative, aimed at “changing the game” for women in politics, lays out WCF’s vision for a more…

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Donna Edwards to Lead DCCC Red to Blue Program

Donna Edwards to Lead DCCC ‘Red to Blue’ Program By Abby Livingston, Roll Call -Maryland Rep. Donna Edwards has been named chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s “Red to Blue” program, which assists the party’s top challengers. Edwards, now in her third full term in the House, spent the first half of the cycle…

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EMILY’s List Team vs. the GOP Men’s Team

EMILY’s List accuses the Republican Party of running an anti-woman playbook and backs it up with the visual image of  both sides’ star players.  In a fundraising e-mail to supporters, the pro-choice women candidates organization, EMILY’s List, identifies KY Secretary of State and candidate for US Senate Alison Lundergan Grimes of Kentucky, Senator Elizabeth Warren…

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