Posts by Kathy Groob

Two special elections will feature prominent women candidates this winter.  ILLINOIS Democratic former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson is running in the special election to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr. of Chicago, primary scheduled for February 26th with the general election in April.  Just eight months after matching up against Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. in the 2012…

By Dotty LeMieux Demographics are ever changing in today’s world.  Who was in is out; who was on top is slipping down the ladder.  We live in a country that is looking more and more like the rest of the world.  It’s no more Mr. White guy in the U.S. of A. Not at the…

In a week that saw the Republican leadership in Washington appoint 19 white men to House Committee Chairmen, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi holds press conference regarding fiscal negotiations. This photo needs no words.

By JAKE SHERMAN for POLITICO At the top of House committees, it’s a man’s world. Not a single woman will lead any of the major House committees in the 113th Congress. After a day of meetings closed to the public, the House Republican Steering Committee announced an all-male slate of committee chairs, including 12 returning lawmakers who…

By Stephanie McCrummen, Washington Post On a recent Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walked with her husband onto a stage at the New York Sheraton to cheers and whoops and a standing ovation that only got louder as she tried to quiet things down. It was a friendly crowd — the annual meeting of…

Chicago Sun-Times – Former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson announced Sunday night that she will run in a special election to replace U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who resigned last week. Halvorson ran unsuccessfully against Jackson in the March 20 primary, garnering about 24 percent of the total votes to 58 percent for Jackson. Halvorson represented the…