Posts Tagged ‘elect women’
Hahn Campaign to file FEC complaint Against Huey Campaign for alliance with maker of horrible commercial
Hahn Campaign Calls for Federal Investigation into Possible Coordination Between Huey Campaign and Independent Expenditure Following the release of the most explicit, racist and sexist pro-Huey online smear commercial, the Janice Hahn for Congress campaign announced it was filing a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) calling for a Federal Investigation into linkages between…
Read MoreSUMMER READING BUZZ: What political candidates should never do, and other “Neverisms”
By Kathy Groob – My friend and author, Dr. Mardy Grothe’s new book Neverisms started me thinking about the list of things never to do when you are running for public office. Like never forget to send thank you notes to your donors, never print a mail piece or door hanger without a disclaimer, never show…
Read MoreThird state axes funding for Planned Parenthood
Huffington Post – Republican state representatives in North Carolina voted to override Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of the state budget Wednesday morning, ensuring that a provision to strip all federal and state money from Planned Parenthood will take effect on July 1. North Carolina is now the third state, after Indiana and Kansas, to…
Read MoreMost Offensive Campaign Ad Against Women Ever!
Salon – A screengrab from the Turn Right USA ad targeting Janice Hahn who is running for Congress in California. The creator of a deliberately offensive ad portraying a female congressional candidate as a stripper and featuring two black men holding guns and repeatedly screaming, “Give me your cash, bitch!” is refusing to apologize to critics…
Read MoreJanice Kovach to Seek Interim Mayor’s Seat in Clinton NJ
Former Clinton New Jersey councilmember Janice Kovach, who filed to run for mayor in the Town of Clinton on April 11, 2011, has announced that she will seek to fill the seat of mayor recently vacated by former Mayor Christine Schaumburg, who abruptly resigned on June 30, 2011. Kovach, who is unopposed in today’s Democratic…
Read MoreLatin America’s former first ladies bid to break macho presidential mold
By Rory Campbell for The Guardian – Hillary Clinton failed to make the transition, but former first ladies across Latin America are following in her footsteps and campaigning to become presidents, in what may become a fresh wave of female heads of state in the region. Former “primeras damas” in Guatemala, Honduras and Argentina have…
Read MoreRep. Michele Bachmann, Mother of 28 Children, Enters Race for President
Huffington Post – MANCHESTER, N.H. — Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota has formally entered the presidential race. The tea party favorite announced Monday that she has filed papers to kick off her bid for the GOP nomination to challenge President Barack Obama next year. Her comments came in the opening minutes of a televised…
Read MoreRep. Gabrielle Giffords releases 1st photos since being shot in head
MSNBC— Two photos of a smiling Rep. Gabrielle Giffords were released early Sunday by her office, her hair shorn short but few other telling signs of her gunshot wound to the head. The Facebook photos, the first clear snapshots of Giffords since the shooting five months ago, showed how far she has come since a gunman shot…
Read MoreCivil rights activist Clara Luper dead at 88
(CNN) — Oklahoma civil rights activist and educator Clara Luper — was best known for organizing a 1958 sit-in at a segregated Katz Drug Store in downtown Oklahoma City — died Wednesday night at her home in Oklahoma City. She was 88. Luper, who was celebrated as a pioneer of civil rights in Oklahoma, organzied…
Read MoreCutting Through the Clutter: Pandora Internet Radio Delivers Ads Direct to Users
By Rick Ridder and Kevin Herman For Campaigns & Elections Magazine – Down-ballot races always face an uphill battle. When it comes to fundraising, increasing name identification, attracting earned media, and generating buzz around the campaign, the better-known “front-runners” tend to steal the limelight. This was certainly the case for Bernie Buescher, the 2010 Democratic…
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