Posts by Kathy Groob
Former Congresswoman Announces Bid for Ohio Governor
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Former U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton will enter the race for Ohio governor today, giving Democrats a second confirmed candidate in as many weeks. “I spent my life standing up for working families — the laborers, the firefighters, the teachers,” Sutton, a former labor lawyer who lives in Copley, said in a telephone…
Read MoreShe Should Run Convenes National Conversation on Women Running for Office
What Will Inspire the Next Generation of Women and Girls to Stand Up & Lead Washington, DC – Since Election Day, over 4200 women have put their names forward to run for office. As the organization dedicated to encouraging women and girls to run for public office, She Should Run has seen a 4000 percent increase in the number…
Read MoreMillienial Voices: When Will It Be Time For A Woman President: Part 1
By Heather Leslie, Guest Contributor – I realize I’m not going to win friends or influence people with this post but, whatever, I’m going to say it anyway. For those who say Hillary is a corrupt, crooked liar– you’re probably right. Welcome to politics. Show me an honest politician and I’ll show you a unicorn. They…
Read MoreMaking History!
By Kathy Groob, Founder ElectWomen – This is what it is all about. All the work, all the workshops, all the training and all the advocacy. A woman will be elected to the highest executive office in the land. Hillary Clinton is making history this week by becoming the first woman presidential nominee for a…
Read MoreElectWomen 2016 Women to Watch
Each year ElectWomen’s bipartisan list of political women to watch includes prominent women candidates and a few lesser known women with interesting backgrounds and showing great potential to win their races and make a difference. This year is no different. Here is our 2016 list: Hillary Clinton – Running to become the first female President…
Read MoreWe have a woman!
By Kathy Groob, Founder ElectWomen – It has been a long journey and a team effort. I feel proud and so emotional this morning relishing this historic moment. Most of all I want to say thank you to all the women who have sacrificed, worked, given money, and taken one for the team to make…
Read MoreWhy a Hillary Clinton- Elizabeth Warren ticket makes sense in this season of our electoral discontent
Despite their stark differences on just about everything, the popularity of both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders flow from a deeply-held belief that radical change is needed in our system of government. Both men want to upend a broken system. Now. As in right now. By their definition, the ability of our next president to…
Read MoreThe Case For Elizabeth Warren, Vice President
This might work. Jason Linkins Editor, Eat the Press So, that happened. After months of cautiously straddling the line between the Democratic presidential candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has suddenly injected herself into the 2016 race in a big way, emerging as an antagonist to presumptive Republican nominee and white-supremacist land-lamprey Donald…
Read MoreWhat I wanted to say to Hillary Clinton
By Kathy Groob, Consultant, Founder ElectWomen – In the final days before the Kentucky Primary Election, Hillary Clinton visited my hometown and I had the opportunity to see her and speak to her for the third time. With only a moment to chat, I wanted my comments to be encouraging and meaningful. I…
Read MoreVictor in Mayoral Primary Is Ready to ‘Get Baltimore Working’
BALTIMORE — Catherine E. Pugh had her breakout moment on the tense streets of West Baltimore last spring, two nights after riots broke out here. With angry protesters violating a 10 p.m. curfew, Ms. Pugh, the Democratic leader of the Maryland Senate, stared down Geraldo Rivera, the Fox News anchor, and berated him on national…
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