Candidates
Professional 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 MoreU.S. Senate Candidate Heidi Heitkamp Faces Millionaire Opponent in Nov. Election
Huffington Post – MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota’s prosperity from an energy boom as the rest of the country slowly crawls out from under a collapsed economy is making a contest of a Senate race that Democrats had all but conceded. Heidi Heitkamp, a former state attorney general with ties to the energy industry and…
Read MoreFrom City Council to Congress – Kathleen Hicks of Texas Runs for District 33
Kathleen Hicks, the youngest woman ever elected to the Fort Worth City Council and who has been recognized for her hard work and advocacy on behalf of the greater community, today finalized her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Congressional District 33. In this year in which women have faced unprecedented attacks by Republicans,…
Read MoreMEET CONNIE WONG: Military Leader Running for California State Assembly
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine – Marin County CA resident Connie Wong has filed to run for California State Assembly. Connie is a businesswoman selling real estate, and is an 18-year Air Force veteran who is still serving in the California National Guard. Wong says she will “hold government accountable to its veterans and…
Read MoreMinnesota’s Michelle Yener Enters Crowded Primary Field for State House
Maplewood Minnesota resident Michelle Yener announced that she will be seeking the DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party) endorsement for the open House seat in the new Legislative district 43A. Three men have also filed as DFL candidates for the open seat. Michelle serves on the North St. Paul/Maplewood/Oakdale school board where she has helped lead the district…
Read MoreFirst Responder Wanda Hammons Enters Race for Kentucky State Representative
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine – With politics in her blood, Grant County native Wanda Crupper Hammons has filed to run for an open seat in the Kentucky State House of Representatives. For the past 20 years, the 61st House seat was held by Wanda’s friend, Royce Adams and prior to that, the seat…
Read MoreOklahoma’s Traci Barnes; Fired Up and Running for State House
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine – With a campaign video that begins with the energetic tunes from the musical Oklahoma, Traci Barnes has thrown her hat into the right to run for Oklahoma’s House District 3. She’s kicked off her campaign with photos of supporters wearing Traci “big girl panties” t-shirts and social media…
Read MoreElection 2012: She’s Back in the Saddle, North Dakota former Attorney General to Run for U.S. Senate
Former North Dakota Democratic attorney general and tax commissioner Heidi Heitkamp says she will make a run for the U.S. Senate. The 56-year-old Heitkamp made it official Tuesday, saying in a statement that Washington is “badly broken.” She will seek the party’s endorsement for the seat held by longtime Democratic incumbent Kent Conrad, who is…
Read MoreSeven month pregnant candidate walks in parade while male opponent rides in convertible
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine – Nothing, even being seven months pregnant at the time, would stop Sheila Calko from getting out and talking to voters in the Howland, Ohio July 4th parade. A young mother of two, Calko is running for Ohio’s 64th District House Seat against an older male incumbent. There are…
Read More3 big Indiana cities could have first female mayors
By Tom Coyne, Associated Press – Even without Senate and congressional seats up for grabs, 2011 could turn out to be a landmark election year for Indiana women. Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Gary could get their first women mayors in the Nov. 8 elections, breaking a political glass ceiling that has been slow to shatter.…
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