Posts Tagged ‘elect women’
Small Businessmen? Come on Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen, you can do better!
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine – It was a great to see a female member of Congress this morning on Morning Joe, broadcasting live from Miami Beach Florida. It was not to great to hear Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) talk about creating jobs and referring to the need to remove regulations and create “more certainty…
Read MoreFemale candidates for Congress on upward trend
USA Today – The moniker was famously applied in 1992 when four women were elected to the Senate, a high watermark for the chamber that has never been surpassed. This year, however, a notable number of candidates are running in potentially competitive races in both the House and Senate that could send a wave of female…
Read MoreVoter Activist Runs for Harris County Democratic Party Chair
In an election to select the leader of the Democratic Party in Harris County Texas, Keryl Douglas is pulling out all the stops, running a campaign much like a candidate for the state legislature. An impressive resume, Keryl Douglas touts her experience as a community and party activist along with her legal credentials as the…
Read MoreBad News: Another Female Governor Out
BREAKING NEWS from POLITICO – First-term North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue will announce Thursday she won’t seek reelection, multiple sources have confirmed to POLITICO. Saddled with low poll ratings, Perdue, a Democrat, was the most endangered incumbent governor of the cycle and faced grim prospects in the fall against Republican Pat McCrory, a former Charlotte mayor…
Read MoreGoodbye for now brave Gabby
The New York Times – WASHINGTON — The House bade a tearful farewell to Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona on Wednesday as she submitted her resignation and was praised by members of both parties as an inspiring symbol of courage in the aftermath of an assassination attempt against her last year. “We come to the floor today,…
Read MoreIn Wake of SC Primary, High-Tech Effort Launched to Encourage Women to Run for Office
(COLUMBIA, SC) – In the immediate wake of the state’s GOP presidential primary, the Southeastern Institute for Women in Politics (the Institute), in conjunction with our partners Blue Cross Blue Shield South Carolina (BCBSSC) and IT-oLogy, is announcing an exciting and innovative plan geared at encouraging and educating women to run for elected office in…
Read MoreOklahoma’s Traci Barnes; Fired Up and Running for State House
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine – With a campaign video that begins with the energetic tunes from the musical Oklahoma, Traci Barnes has thrown her hat into the right to run for Oklahoma’s House District 3. She’s kicked off her campaign with photos of supporters wearing Traci “big girl panties” t-shirts and social media…
Read MoreHow would a female presidential candidate fare if she had Newt’s fidelity problem?
By Kathy Groob, ElectWomen Magazine – Clearly the religious right doesn’t care about the sanctity of marriage as long as it’s between a man and a woman. When South Carolina Republicans voted overwhelmingly for Newt Gingrich on Saturday, they proved that infidelity and divorce, even multiple times, isn’t enough to keep a candidate out of…
Read MoreRep. Gabrielle Giffords to Step Down from Congress
ABC News – Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will step down from Congress this week, her staff said today, and not seek re-election when her current term expires this year. “I have more work to do on my recovery and so to do what is best for Arizona I will step down this week,” Giffords said in a video posted…
Read MoreWhy Women Still Won’t Run for Office
By Kathy Groob, Publisher of ElectWomen Magazine and Author of Pink Politics With just 17% of the members of Congress representing the female gender, the United States has a systemic problem—there aren’t enough women serving in elected office. More than 50 countries rank higher than the United States in women’s elected representation; we come in…
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