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By Colleen S. Good, Times West Virginian –  Since U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller announced that he would not be seeking re-election on Jan. 10, 2013, there has been talk and speculation over who would run for his seat. The presumed front-runners in each party are both women, meaning that, depending on the results of the primary…

On Mother’s Day in 2004, I attended our son’s college graduation at Syracuse University and listened to Phylicia Rashad deliver the commencement address.  It was so beautiful and I’ll never forget the simple message she gave to the students, “go forward with a mother’s heart.”  Wishing you all a happy Mother’s Day, Kathy Groob. Phylicia…

BY SAM YOUNGMAN, Herald-Leader – Attorney General Jack Conway discusses his run for Governor with Herald-Leader reporter Sam Youngman and columnist Larry Dale Keeling after a video announcing his candidacy was released earlier in the day. Attorney General Jack Conway made it official Tuesday morning, telling supporters in an online video that he is running for…

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Women’s Campaign Fund (WCF) named six new women to its Game Changer initiative, bringing the total to 32. Forty women will be named Game Changers, in total, in honor of WCF’s 40th anniversary. The initiative, aimed at “changing the game” for women in politics, lays out WCF’s vision for a more…

Donna Edwards to Lead DCCC ‘Red to Blue’ Program By Abby Livingston, Roll Call -Maryland Rep. Donna Edwards has been named chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s “Red to Blue” program, which assists the party’s top challengers. Edwards, now in her third full term in the House, spent the first half of the cycle…

EMILY’s List accuses the Republican Party of running an anti-woman playbook and backs it up with the visual image of  both sides’ star players.  In a fundraising e-mail to supporters, the pro-choice women candidates organization, EMILY’s List, identifies KY Secretary of State and candidate for US Senate Alison Lundergan Grimes of Kentucky, Senator Elizabeth Warren…

A series of protect women’s health events throughout Ohio will be held in May in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Ohio. The event in Columbus is sold out. Planned Parenthood President and CEO, Cecile Richards is the featured speaker and she will provide an update on the state of women’s health at three luncheon events to…

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (WOMENSENEWS)–On the sidelines of all the primary campaigns going on right now we also have a less-visible but important nationwide effort focused on gender equality in political office. It is aimed at women who have not considered running for political office as well as those who have been thinking about it and…

Camp Congress for Girls KY program offering 50% discount; parents enter the code SPONSORSHIP when registering and the fee will be reduced. Camp Congress for Girls Lexington 2014 is a leadership program that introduces girls ages 7 to 17 to politics. Camp begins with a girl-friendly lesson on the structure of our political system. Each…