Sandra Fluke Hits Campaign Trail with President Obama
POLITICO- The Georgetown law student famously insulted by Rush Limbaugh for backing insurance coverage of birth control will introduce President Obama at an event in Denver on Wednesday, a campaign official confirms to…
Read MoreWhy are Women Struggling to Get and Stay Elected?
Interviewed by POLITICO’s Andrea Drusch – Andrea Mitchell,Host, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports There are a lot of challenges for women. It was really brought home recently by the online controversy over the…
Read MoreWomen Candidates For State Legislature Fight To Increase Representation
By Amanda Terkel for Huffington Post – WASHINGTON — While women are on track to increase their representation in Congress, their prospects are less certain in state legislatures. A record 1,078 women…
Read MoreCarol Chumney Tries to Unseat Appointed DA
A former Tennessee state legislator who was also a former Memphis city councilwoman will try to unseat a governor appointed district attorney (DA) in Shelby County Tennessee in a general election contest…
Read MoreFlorida Women’s Convention Starts This Week
ElectWomen founder and Pink Politics author Kathy Groob will be a featured speaker this week at the Florida Democratic Women’s Club annual convention in Tallahassee. Several elected officials will be on the…
Read MoreMeet Newsroom’s Emily Mortimer
Emily Mortimer stars as the fictional executive producer in HBO’s newest hit – Newsroom. Written and created by Aaron Sorkin, Newsroom is a summer sleeper that is catching on like wildfire for…
Read MoreMon Dieu. Female French Minister Gets Heckled by Colleagues in Parliament for Wearing a Floral Dress
It’s just another Tuesday at the French Parliament. A minister of the newly appointed socialist government stands to speak. She’s a woman. She’s wearing a dress. A floral dress. The hem hits below the…
Read MoreNew York Senate Candidate’s Hot Pink Website
Evidently, Mindy Meyer’s hot pink website for her state senate campaign is a little too hot. Political news sites and bloggers have been writing about it and maybe that’s just what Mindy…
Read MoreTexas Candidate Ann Johnson Leads Opponent in Fundraising
(Houston, TX) – Democrat Ann Johnson, candidate for the Texas House of Representatives for District 134 in Houston, announced today that her campaign raised $161,389.66 in the first reporting period from more…
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