Record number of women governors elected

12 (8D, 4R) women now serve as governor, a new high that beats the previous record of 9, first set in 2004. Women hold 24% of governorships nationwide. Three states elected their first woman governor in 2022: Arkansas (Sarah Huckabee Sanders [R]), Massachusetts (Maura Healey [D]), and New York (Kathy Hochul [D]). Two of those…

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Women Winning-endorsed candidates win big in Minnesota primary elections

83% of Women Winning-endorsed candidates victorious in 2022 Minnesota Primary ElectionSaint Paul, Minn. (August 10, 2022) – Pro-choice women candidates across Minnesota had decisive victories in the 2022 Primary Election. 83% of Women Winning-endorsed candidates who faced primary elections will move onto the General Election on November 8th. “Minnesotans cast their ballots and they are decisively behind…

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Florida’s Ruth’s List is on Fire

By Kathy Groob ~ A steamy summer evening at a lovely home on Sarasota Bay, was the setting for over 50 women coming together in support of Ruth’s List’s 2022 Suncoast region’s political candidates. Ruth’s List, founded in 2008 by Florida’s former Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, is the state’s only political organization that recruits,…

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CAWP Releases Report on Gender Turnout in 2020 Elections

The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) has released a report and data on gender turnout in the 2020 elections. According to CAWP, “Women continued their long streak of out-voting men in presidential elections. Women voted in higher raw numbers and in greater proportions than their male counterparts in the 2020 presidential election, with…

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Making History

Woman with multi-cultural background to become next United States Vice President On Wednesday, January 20th, California Senator Kamala Harris will be sworn in as the first woman Vice President of the United States. Her uniquely American story also makes her the first person of color to hold the office. Harris’ Jamaican and Indian born parents,…

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