Written by Meredith Conroy for FiveThirtyEight on July 8, 2020 More women ran for office in 2018 than ever before, which led to a record number of women in Congress. Overall, the share of House and Senate seats held by women increased by 4 percentage points, from 20 to 24 percent — adding more women to the ranks than…
FIVE THIRTY EIGHT: 2020 Could Be The New Year Of The Woman … For The GOP
Jul 8
CNN: Record number of GOP women winning House primaries, but most face tough fall races
Jul 6
Written by Simone Path for CNN on July 6, 2020 Washington (CNN) — More Republican women than ever before are winning primaries for US House, which has traditionally been the biggest obstacle to getting women elected to a GOP conference that’s still overwhelmingly male and white. A record 55 Republican women have won their House…
E-PAC ENDORSES 2 NEW RISING STAR CANDIDATES, TOUTS NY PRIMARY VICTORIES
Jun 24
Washington, D.C. – Today, E-PAC, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik’s PAC dedicated to electing Republican women to Congress in 2020 and beyond, endorsed two new 2020 “Rising Star” candidates. ME-02: Adrienne Bennett OH-13: Christina Hagan “I am excited to endorse Adrienne Bennett and Christina Hagan for Congress in 2020,” said Congresswoman Stefanik. “These conservative, principled women have…
NPR: More Republican Women Than Ever Are Running For Congress: Here’s Why
Jun 17
Written by Susan Davis for NPR on June 17, 2020 A familiar tale is unfolding in American politics in 2020: women are once again setting records as candidates for Congress. While the 2018 midterms saw a historic wave of Democratic candidates and general election winners, this time the surge in candidates is among Republican women…
