Posts Tagged ‘elect women’
Media Offered Guide to Avoiding Sexism in Coverage of Woman Candidates
The Women’s Media Center has released a new Media Guide for its Name It. Change It. project, which works to identify, prevent and end sexist media coverage of women candidates and politicians. The Women’s Media Center’s Media Guide to Gender Neutral Coverage of Women Candidates + Politicians (click to download) shows members of the media…
Read MoreSouth Carolina Native Comes Home to Run for Congress
First in her family to earn a college degree, she is now the first in her family to run for Congress. Gloria Bromell Tinubu, PhD, is a native of Georgetown County, South Carolina and she’s running for South Carolina’s newly drawn 7th Congressional District. With over 34 years of experience as an applied economist and…
Read MoreSaluting Congress’s Longest Serving Woman – Senator Barbara Mikulski
The New York Times – When Senator Barbara A. Mikulski was sworn into the Senate in 1987, there was no “dean of women” to mentor female lawmakers. One of two women in the Senate at the time, Ms. Mikulski wasn’t even allowed in the Senate gym, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Wednesday. The Senate…
Read MoreMixed Night for Democratic Women in Illinois – Duckworth & Bustos Win, Halvorson Falls
Tuesday’s primary saw both victory and defeat for Democratic women running for Congress in Illinois. From The Chicago Tribune –“Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth won the Democratic primary tonight in the 8th Congressional District. Duckworth had 66 percent of the vote to 34 percent for Raja Krishnamoorthi, a former deputy state treasurer with about 60…
Read MoreEmerge America Launches New Website and Council of Allies
Emerge America, the Democratic women’s recruitment and training program has launched its new website www.emergeamerica.org. The organization is currently working in nine states across the country and has recently instituted its Council of Allies network. Emerge Allies is a formal network of political consultants, firms and campaign service providers who offer their expertise to the…
Read MoreNC’s Lillian’s List Announces Winning 2012 Women Candidate’s List
North Carolina’s Lillian’s List has announced its first group of legislative Lillian’s List featured candidates for 2012. The organization will introduce the women at a campaign kick-off event in Raleigh on March 21st. Because of tremendous enthusiasm for the women candidates, the event is sold out. Lillian’s List of NC is a statewide community of individuals…
Read MoreTUESDAY’S ELECTION WATCH: Illinois’ Debbie Halvorson Gives Jesse Jackson Jr. a Tough Primary Race
The New York Times – CHICAGO — It was a Saturday morning and Representative Jesse L. Jackson Jr.of Illinois was dashing from news conference to news conference, racking up new political endorsements for the list he has been flaunting here lately. By the end of the day he had squeezed in a speech at an education…
Read MorePINK POLITICS Book Excerpt – Outwork Your Opponent
Excerpted from PINK POLITICS – The Woman’s Practical Guide to Winning Elections written by ElectWomen Magazine Publisher, Kathy Groob “A Congresswoman must look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man, speak on any given subject with authority and most of all work like a dog.” – Representative Florence Dwyer PINK POLITICS…
Read MoreDon’t Get Mad, Get Elected!
By Arianna Jones – House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa’s all-male panel at a hearing on the contraception mandate. (February 16th, 2012) It may be the start of Women’s History Month, but put your money on 2012 being the Year of the Woman. We are witnessing an escalating national debate over women’s health issues–…
Read MoreMinnesota’s Michelle Yener Enters Crowded Primary Field for State House
Maplewood Minnesota resident Michelle Yener announced that she will be seeking the DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party) endorsement for the open House seat in the new Legislative district 43A. Three men have also filed as DFL candidates for the open seat. Michelle serves on the North St. Paul/Maplewood/Oakdale school board where she has helped lead the district…
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