Posts by Kathy Groob
Florida Women’s Convention Starts This Week
ElectWomen founder and Pink Politics author Kathy Groob will be a featured speaker this week at the Florida Democratic Women’s Club annual convention in Tallahassee. Several elected officials will be on the speaking agenda as well. Three days packed full of workshops, meetings and speakers will ignite Florida’s Democratic women as they prepare for the…
Read MoreMeet Newsroom’s Emily Mortimer
Emily Mortimer stars as the fictional executive producer in HBO’s newest hit – Newsroom. Written and created by Aaron Sorkin, Newsroom is a summer sleeper that is catching on like wildfire for political and newsroom junkies. Emily Mortimer plays MacKenzie McHale, the smart and sassy executive producer brought in to give the nightly cable news…
Read MoreMon Dieu. Female French Minister Gets Heckled by Colleagues in Parliament for Wearing a Floral Dress
It’s just another Tuesday at the French Parliament. A minister of the newly appointed socialist government stands to speak. She’s a woman. She’s wearing a dress. A floral dress. The hem hits below the knee and the neckline shows little cleavage but the right-wing lawmakers in the room can hardly contain themselves. They start hooting and oohing as…
Read MoreNew York Senate Candidate’s Hot Pink Website
Evidently, Mindy Meyer’s hot pink website for her state senate campaign is a little too hot. Political news sites and bloggers have been writing about it and maybe that’s just what Mindy wanted for her campaign–everybody’s talking about her. Don’t get me wrong, I love pink! My book for women is titled Pink Politics. But…
Read MoreTexas Candidate Ann Johnson Leads Opponent in Fundraising
(Houston, TX) – Democrat Ann Johnson, candidate for the Texas House of Representatives for District 134 in Houston, announced today that her campaign raised $161,389.66 in the first reporting period from more than 450 donors. That’s more than twice the funds and twice as many donors as her opponent. Johnson also reported $138,837.46 in cash…
Read MoreWomen, This Election Is About You
By State Legislators – Kelly Cassidy, Janet Howell, Constance Johnson, Yasmin Neal, Stacey Newman and Nina Turner In a nation where independence and individual liberty are held in the highest regard, women are consistently told what they can and cannot do. In the wake of 2010’s conservative wave, state legislatures are taking drastic actions to…
Read MoreNew female political television show starts tonight
New York Times – There aren’t many secretaries of state who make it in show business. Daniel Webster doesn’t count because “The Devil and Daniel Webster” was based on his career as a lawyer and orator, not as a diplomat. Henry Kissinger was a character in the opera “Nixon in China.” The real Condoleezza Rice made…
Read MoreWhat’s wrong with this photo of this weekend’s GOP governor’s meeting?
They’re All Men! POLITICO –WILLIAMSBURG, Va., — Republican governors gathered here this weekend gently nudged Mitt Romney to wage a more aggressive campaign, urging the GOP standard bearer to share more about his background and draw a sharper contrast between his vision and that of President Barack Obama. In a series of interviews, the chief executives said they’d…
Read MoreProfessional Businesswoman Seeks Circuit Clerk Seat
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen.com – Mary Ann Mader Jones has had business in her blood since she was a young girl. Now she wants to turn her know-how into public service as circuit clerk for the people of Campbell County Kentucky. One of 13 children, Mary Ann worked in her family’s insurance business until…
Read MoreLPAC, Lesbian Super PAC, Launches With Backing Of Billie Jean King And Jane Lynch
By Amanda Terkel for Huffington Post – WASHINGTON — Women including sports icon Billie Jean King and actress Jane Lynch are starting a super PAC on Wednesday that they hope will increase the political power of the lesbian community. The organization, called LPAC, will provide financial backing to pro-lesbian candidates, whether Democrats or Republicans, male or female,…
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