Women’s Campaign Forum Gets to the Root of the Problem – More Women Should Run for Office
For 35 years the national, non-partisan organization, The Women’s Campaign Forum has been beating the drum to get more women to run for office. Founded in 1974, The Women’s Campaign Forum (WCF)…
Read MoreThe Email Game – Does it Work?
Keeping Political Email out of the Junk Inbox by Benjamin Katz Effective communication has always been the key to a successful election campaign and in the electronic age, email has increasingly emerged…
Read MoreCall for Campaign Managers/Political Consultants – Take This Survey
Does Political Theory Match Reality? As part of a research project on Campaign Managers from Hiram College in Northeast Ohio, I’m researching political consultants /managers, specifically: I’m comparing what political science theory…
Read MoreNew Jersey G.O.P. Candidate Picks Woman as His No. 2
By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, New York Times Christopher J. Christie, the Republican candidate for governor of New Jersey, picked a running mate in his own image on Monday, choosing another former prosecutor…
Read MoreKentucky State Auditor Crit Luallen Takes Officials to Task
Kentucky Auditor Uncovers Waste and Abuse of Public Trust by Kathy Groob Publisher, ElectWomen Magazine When Crit Luallen was first elected to the state auditor’s position in Kentucky most people could not…
Read MoreVice President Comforts Ill Child
Alice Sparks is a long-time politically active woman from Kentucky. Alice has done much for both women and men candidates and never asks for anything in return. The political reporter for the…
Read MoreSPOTLIGHT 2009: Stephanie Miner Leads the Pack in Fundraising
Designated Democratic candidate Stephanie Miner has raised more total money and has more cash on hand than any of the other Syracuse mayoral candidates, according to financial disclosure reports filed Wednesday. Miner…
Read MoreSix Term State Rep Makes Bid to be Newton MA First Woman Mayor
By Brandy Bailey, Contributor ElectWomen Magazine Newton Massachusettes has never had woman mayor. State Representative Ruth Balser is hoping to change that. Balser has worked for nearly 20 years as a public…
Read MoreVA Failing to Serve Women Warriors
By Paul Rieckhoff for Huffington Post – Exec. Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America If you blinked, you could’ve missed it. With the media’s obsession over Michael Jackson’s death and Sotomayor’s…
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