Posts by Kathy Groob

Today the governor of Minnesota has announced that he will appoint Democratic Lt. Governor Tina Smith to replace the recently resigned, U.S. Senator Al Franken. Governor Mark Dayton will announce the appointment on Wednesday morning, and Smith, 59, will run in a special election for the seat next year, the newspaper said. Read more here: http://time.com/5062395/tina-smith-al-franken-senate/

Wall Street Journal – PHOTO: ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES By Peggy Noonan   This Thanksgiving I find myself thankful for something that is roiling our country. I am glad at what has happened with the recent, much-discussed and continuing sexual-harassment revelations and responses. To repeat the obvious, it is a watershed event, which is something you can lose…

WASHINGTON, DC –  The following statement is from Erin Loos Cutraro, founder and CEO of She Should Run on the historic elections in New Jersey, Virginia and around the country: “Before a single ballot was cast, this was an historic election for women. The tremendous rise of women, of all political stripes, to run for…

State Senator-elect Annette Taddeo became the first Latina woman elected to the Florida State Senate on Tuesday in a special election. Defeating Republican  Rep. Jose Felix Diaz in the Miami-area swing area, Taddeo’s win flipped the seat from Republican to Democratically held.  The Colombia-born Democrat, who has never held public office, defeated former state Rep. Jose Felix…

A four-time cancer survivor, nurse, author, speaker and advocate for women, Helene Neville completed her mission today as she crossed the finish line in Nevada. Helene Neville is the first WOMAN to run solo across the United States. She ran across all 48 states in the Continental United States, often stopping at state capitols, wearing her…

Women voted in greater numbers and higher proportions than men in 2016, consistent with patterns evident in all presidential elections since 1980, according to a new fact sheet from the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University New Brunswick. CAWP reported on the latest…

SHE SHOULD RUN launches 250Kby2030 to ensure that 50% of candidates for the 500,000 elected offices in the U.S.  are women by 2030 WASHINGTON, DC (July 18) –  The United States has over 500,000 elected positions and less than 25 percent of those offices are currently held by women. Today, She Should Run unveiled a bold,…