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Meet North Carolina’s First Woman Governor, Beverly Perdue
North Carolina elected Beverly Perdue (D) as its first female governor on November 4th, 2008. A former hospital administrator, Beverly entered politics in 1986 when she was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives. After serving two terms in the House, Beverly was elected to the state Senate and then Lt. Governor in…
Read MoreFemale Candidate Fights for Women’s Healthcare
Sara Feigenholtz took bold steps today when she vowed to fight for mandatory coverage of mammograms for all women 40 an older. Feigenholtz is one of two women running in the primary campaign of 12 Democrats for the open 5th Congressional District seat formerly held by Rahm Emmanuel. To read about this Illinois special election,…
Read MoreOhio Woman Enters Race for U.S. Senate
A top Democratic Ohio State official Tuesday threw her hat into the ring in the race to fill retiring U.S. Sen. George Voinovich’s seat in 2010. Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner made her candidacy official in an online announcement and through a new website at jenniferbrunner.com. Brunner will face fellow Democrat Lt. Gov. Lee…
Read MoreUp Close with a Candidate: Sara Feigenholtz ***Special Election March 3rd***
Sara Feigenholtz is a candidate for Illnois’ 5th Congressional seat in Northwest Chicago; the seat recently vacated by President Obama’s Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel. The primary election is March 3, 2009 and the general election is on April 7, 2009. Sara took a few moments off from the campaign trail to sit down with…
Read MoreNY Governor Patterson Selects Woman to Fill Clinton’s Senate Seat
Today, January 23, 2009, New York Governor David Patterson appointed U.S. Representative Kirsten Gillibrand to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In a very gracious speech, Gillibrand accept the honor. Representative Gillibrand was a member of the Blue Dog Democrats while serving her single term in Congress. The 42-year-old…
Read MoreGetting over the fear of making the ask.
One of the fundamental first tests of whether or not a candidate has the potential to be successful, it their willingness to embrace the fundamentals of raising money. Good candidates work on fundraising everyday, without fail, and devote significant time to making calls to ask for money. Campaign events and fundraisers alone rarely produce enough…
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