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ElectWomen – When the Oklahoma Sooner Tea Party endorsed Mary Sosa for OK State Representative in a recent run-off election between two Democratic candidates, it sealed her fate. On August 26th, 64-year-old Mary Sosa lost by a huge margin to 21-year-old Shane Stone after came in a strong first in the primary election in June.…

AP/POLITICO – HELENA, Mont. — State Rep. Amanda Curtis immediately struck a populist note as Montana Democrats’ new U.S. Senate candidate, saying the November election will not be about which political party controls the Senate but whether it will be controlled by millionaires or the middle class.Curtis, 34, was chosen Saturday as the Democrats’ replacement…

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — An African-American female pitcher from Philadelphia and a team from Chicago have created a buzz at the Little League World Series. Philly’s Mo’ne Davis and the Jackie Robinson West squad are the talk of the series; professional athletes and politicians alike are following their every move. They’ve Skyped with the…

Smashing a Ceiling and a Lot of Egos – Michele Roberts, N.B.A. Union’s New Leader, Confronts Gender Barriers New York Times – Michele A. Roberts, a lawyer in Washington, will become the first woman to lead a major North American professional sports union. Credit Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times Last month, inside a grand ballroom at…

By JAMES HOHMANN, POLITICO – Part of an occasional series on the hottest races of the 2014 midterm election. VIROQUA, Wis. — Mary Burke might be the last candidate you’d expect to potentially topple one of the Republican Party’s leading governors and upend the 2016 presidential field. The only elected office she’s ever held is a school…

By Kathy Groob, Founder ElectWomen – Taking over as mayor of Glasgow Kentucky during perhaps the worst financial crises of our lifetime, was a daunting task for Mayor Rhonda Riherd Trautman. However, Mayor Trautman soon found a way to pull council members together, balance the budget and increase jobs and city improvements along the way.…

By ANNA PALMER and TARINI PARTI, POLITICO – For all the progress women have made in Congress and in elections, they are practically sitting out the new game that is redefining American politics: big money.It’s not that women want to leave it to men like Sheldon Adelson and Tom Steyer to sidle up to the…

Wall Street Journal – Georgia Democrat Michelle Nunn had one of the best fundraising quarters of any candidate in this election cycle’s key Senate races, pulling in $3.5 million over the last three months, according to new data. That’s nearly a million more than Republican businessman David Perdue, and over $1.5 million more than Republican…

CNN — The U.S. Navy has promoted Vice Adm. Michelle Howard to admiral, making her the first female four-star officer in the Navy’s 236-year-history, the White House said Tuesday.Howard, who was the first African-American woman to command a Navy ship, will become deputy chief of naval operations, plans and strategy, White House spokesman Josh Earnest…