Posts by Kathy Groob
Women to Watch: Rachel Roberts, Enterpreneur, Small Business Owner Steps in to Run for Kentucky Senate
Newport, KY–Rachel Roberts, a Democrat and local business leader, is on the ballot this November to become Northern Kentucky’s first Democratic woman elected to the Kentucky State Senate. Rachel is from a long line of civil servants and is taking the natural step to serve residents of Senate Dist. 24 which encompasses Campbell, Bracken and Pendleton…
Read MoreStacey Abrams Wins Georgia Primary for Governor
New York Times – By Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns Georgia Democrats selected the first black woman to be a major party nominee for governor in the United States on Tuesday, choosing Stacey Abrams, a liberal former State House leader, who will test just how much the state’s traditionally conservative politics are shifting. By handily defeating Stacey Evans,…
Read MoreAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defeats Joseph Crowley in Major Democratic House Upset Image
New York Times – Representative Joseph Crowley of New York, once seen as a possible successor to Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader of the House, suffered a shocking primary defeat on Tuesday, the most significant loss for a Democratic incumbent in more than a decade, and one that will reverberate across the party and the…
Read MoreStacey Abrams could become the nation’s first African American woman governor
ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams won Georgia’s Democratic primary in the gubernatorial race Tuesday, becoming the state’s first woman nominee for governor from either major party. If the former state House minority leader wins the general election in November, she’ll become the first black woman governor in the U.S. Abrams got a last-minute boost with an…
Read MoreFormer Marine Fighter Pilot Amy McGrath Wins Hotly Contested Congressional Primary in Kentucky
Ready to face incumbent Congressman Andy Barr, Kentucky’s Amy McGrath won an overwhelming victory Tuesday evening in Kentucky’s hotly contested primary for Congressional District 6 in Central Kentucky, which includes Lexington. McGrath entered the race last fall with a video introduction that immediately went viral nationwide. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/amy-mcgrath-told-me–campaign-2018/2017/08/01/18cde0f2-76c8-11e7-8c17-533c52b2f014_video.html?utm_term=.331c0108dc76 McGrath won every single county except for Fayette County,…
Read More10 Years
We founded ElectWomen in 2008 and it has taken us 10 years to get to this place where large numbers of women are running for Congress and women are winning. Let’s go get them elected. Primaries we are watching on Tuesday, May 22: Kentucky, five women on the ballot for Congress and the gubernatorial race…
Read MoreBreaking Barriers: Kentucky Poised to Send First Democratic Women to Congress
If the blue wave holds through November, Kentucky may send its first Democratic women to Congress. First, Amy McGrath and Patti Piatt have to get through their Primary Elections on May 22, 2018, but if they prevail, they could be among the Democratic women swept into office during the impending blue mid-term elections. Kentucky’s Republican…
Read MoreNew Yorker Cynthia Nixon Announces Run for Governor
Activist for education and social justice and Sex in the City actress Cynthia Nixon announced her bid for governor of New York today. Nixon faces incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary this fall. The candidate announced through an Act Blue account and Twitter. Watch Cynthia Nixon’s announcement video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=SiOo4C2CiRQ
Read MoreElectWomen Movement 10 Years Later
By Kathy Groob- When I founded ElectWomen in 2008, I had just come off of a disappointing election falling .03 percent shy of a victory for the Kentucky State Senate. And with cheating and a subsequent cover up of machine malfunction/malfeasance, I was in the dumps, looking for a way to turn my defeat into…
Read MoreNorthern Kentucky Businesswoman Files for 4th District Congressional Seat Currently Held by Thomas Massie
Bellevue KY—On the heels of upset victories in Alabama and Virginia, Bellevue Democrat Patti Piatt has filed for Kentucky’s 4th Congressional district. A formal announcement will be made at a press conference at 4 p.m. on Monday, January 8, 2018 at Hotel Covington, 638 Madison Avenue, Covington KY, followed by a reception that is open…
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