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Stacey Abrams could become the nation’s first African American woman governor
ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams won Georgia’s Democratic primary in the gubernatorial race Tuesday, becoming the state’s first woman nominee for governor from either major party. If the former state House minority leader wins the general election in November, she’ll become the first black woman governor in the U.S. Abrams got a last-minute boost with an…
Read MoreFormer Marine Fighter Pilot Amy McGrath Wins Hotly Contested Congressional Primary in Kentucky
Ready to face incumbent Congressman Andy Barr, Kentucky’s Amy McGrath won an overwhelming victory Tuesday evening in Kentucky’s hotly contested primary for Congressional District 6 in Central Kentucky, which includes Lexington. McGrath entered the race last fall with a video introduction that immediately went viral nationwide. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/amy-mcgrath-told-me–campaign-2018/2017/08/01/18cde0f2-76c8-11e7-8c17-533c52b2f014_video.html?utm_term=.331c0108dc76 McGrath won every single county except for Fayette County,…
Read More10 Years
We founded ElectWomen in 2008 and it has taken us 10 years to get to this place where large numbers of women are running for Congress and women are winning. Let’s go get them elected. Primaries we are watching on Tuesday, May 22: Kentucky, five women on the ballot for Congress and the gubernatorial race…
Read MoreBreaking Barriers: Kentucky Poised to Send First Democratic Women to Congress
If the blue wave holds through November, Kentucky may send its first Democratic women to Congress. First, Amy McGrath and Patti Piatt have to get through their Primary Elections on May 22, 2018, but if they prevail, they could be among the Democratic women swept into office during the impending blue mid-term elections. Kentucky’s Republican…
Read MoreNew Yorker Cynthia Nixon Announces Run for Governor
Activist for education and social justice and Sex in the City actress Cynthia Nixon announced her bid for governor of New York today. Nixon faces incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary this fall. The candidate announced through an Act Blue account and Twitter. Watch Cynthia Nixon’s announcement video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=SiOo4C2CiRQ
Read MoreElectWomen Movement 10 Years Later
By Kathy Groob- When I founded ElectWomen in 2008, I had just come off of a disappointing election falling .03 percent shy of a victory for the Kentucky State Senate. And with cheating and a subsequent cover up of machine malfunction/malfeasance, I was in the dumps, looking for a way to turn my defeat into…
Read MoreNorthern Kentucky Businesswoman Files for 4th District Congressional Seat Currently Held by Thomas Massie
Bellevue KY—On the heels of upset victories in Alabama and Virginia, Bellevue Democrat Patti Piatt has filed for Kentucky’s 4th Congressional district. A formal announcement will be made at a press conference at 4 p.m. on Monday, January 8, 2018 at Hotel Covington, 638 Madison Avenue, Covington KY, followed by a reception that is open…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS: Minnesota Lt. Governor Tina Smith to Replace Franken in U.S. Senate
Today the governor of Minnesota has announced that he will appoint Democratic Lt. Governor Tina Smith to replace the recently resigned, U.S. Senator Al Franken. Governor Mark Dayton will announce the appointment on Wednesday morning, and Smith, 59, will run in a special election for the seat next year, the newspaper said. Read more here: http://time.com/5062395/tina-smith-al-franken-senate/
Read MoreThe Sexual Harassment Racket is Over, by Peggy Noonan for Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal – PHOTO: ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES By Peggy Noonan This Thanksgiving I find myself thankful for something that is roiling our country. I am glad at what has happened with the recent, much-discussed and continuing sexual-harassment revelations and responses. To repeat the obvious, it is a watershed event, which is something you can lose…
Read MoreShe Should Run Issues Statement on Historic Night for Women
WASHINGTON, DC – The following statement is from Erin Loos Cutraro, founder and CEO of She Should Run on the historic elections in New Jersey, Virginia and around the country: “Before a single ballot was cast, this was an historic election for women. The tremendous rise of women, of all political stripes, to run for…
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