Posts Tagged ‘candidates’
Virginia’s Farm Team Hosting Statewide Meeting and Gubernatorial Debate THIS WEEKEND
RSVP today for the no-cost Farm Team statewide meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia this weekend on April 18-19. Planning and campaign workshops are held on Saturday, April 18th from 2-4 p.m. followed by dinner with guest speaker and political commentator, Celinda Lake. Sunday, April 19th continues with breakfast and programs followed at 2 p.m. by a…
Read MoreThe Role of the Secretaries of State – Top State Election Officials
When running for office, one of the first steps is to contact the Secretary of State’s office in the particular state to obtain filing documents and rules about elections. Secretary of State means something different when it is the Secretary of State for a particular country. For our purposes, we will focus on the role…
Read MoreTen Years Making a Difference for Georgia Women
by Kathy Groob They are businesswomen, psychologists, attorneys, activists and government officials. Strong, smart women from Georgia came together 10 years ago this fall to provide support and funding for Democratic women candidates. Georgia’s WIN List has grown to over 5,000 donors and contributed $60,000 to endorsed female candidates in the 2008 election cycle. “Early…
Read MoreMinnesota Research Shows Programs are Increasing Political Ambition among Women
By Debra Fitzpatrick, Associate Director, Center on Women and Public Policy, University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute and Lead Researcher on Women’s Path to Political Office research collaborative. Good news out of a new Minnesota data collection and research collaborative designed to improve gender equality in political representation: efforts to increase political ambition are working, especially…
Read MoreWomen Changing the Face of Politics in Virginia
Women Helping Women – Creating A Farm Team in Virginia By Jessica Smocer In late September 2008, a small group of women came from all regions of Virginia to meet at the farm of the first and only woman ever to be elected to statewide office in Virginia – former Attorney General Mary Sue Terry. …
Read MoreCandidate Resource: Campaigns & Elections Training Scheduled for June in Washington, D.C.
In 1983, Campaigns & Elections (Politics Magazine) launched a campaign training program that has gone on to help more than 10,000 politicos win campaigns around the world. The flagship program, conducted in Washington every June, draws several hundred visitors. The diverse crowd comes from all over the ideological spectrum and from about fifteen…
Read MoreCandidate Interview: New Ohio State Legislator Connie Pillich
ElectWomen.com contributor Vicki Prichard sat down in a television interview for Intercommunity Cable’s Community Report with Ohio’s new State Representative Connie Pillich. Pillich was elected in November 2008 and has just begun her service to Ohio’s 28th House District. Watch Vicki’s interview with Connie Pillich: Pillich is an Air Force veteran, attorney, mom, and…
Read MoreOhio Woman Enters Race for U.S. Senate
A top Democratic Ohio State official Tuesday threw her hat into the ring in the race to fill retiring U.S. Sen. George Voinovich’s seat in 2010. Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner made her candidacy official in an online announcement and through a new website at jenniferbrunner.com. Brunner will face fellow Democrat Lt. Gov. Lee…
Read MoreLong Road Ahead for Women Seeking Office
RULES OF THE GAME DESPITE GAINS MADE IN 2008, THE CAROLINE KENNEDY SENATE DRAMA REVEALS OBSTACLES LEFT TO BE OVERCOME by Eliza Newlin Carney Caroline Kennedy may or may not succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. Senate next year. But in one respect, Kennedy is already walking in Clinton’s shoes: Her campaign to convince…
Read MoreWhat Does Equal Pay Legislation Mean for Lilly?
In a word, nothing. But for Lilly Ledbetter, the quest for justice was more about equality for women in the future than for her personal gain. Read the following beautifully-written op-ed piece written by Gail Collins for the New York Times. January 29, 2009 OP-ED COLUMNIST Lilly’s Big Day By GAIL COLLINS President…
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