By Simone Pathé Published on July 9, 2019 Voters in eastern North Carolina are heading to the polls Tuesday for a low-profile special election with a lot at stake. Regardless of who wins the Republican primary runoff, the 3rd District seat formerly held by the late Rep. Walter B. Jones will almost certainly remain in GOP hands…
ROLL CALL: North Carolina Republican runoff tests the future of the House GOP
Jul 10
NEW YORK TIMES: ‘It Can’t Be Worse’: How Republican Women Are Trying to Rebuild
Jul 9
By Maggie Astor, July 9, 2019 NEW HAVEN — For Republican women, 2018 was rock bottom. At least, that’s how Julie Conway, a Republican consultant, described it to students attending the Women’s Campaign School at Yale. The tally: They sank from 23 representatives in the House to 13, a drop more than twice as sharp as…
The Hill: GOP amps up efforts to recruit women candidates
May 25
BY JulieGrace Brufke – 05/25/19 08:58 PM EDT House Republicans are accelerating efforts to recruit more female candidates as the party looks to claw back some of the suburban districts they lost to Democrats during the midterm election cycle. The recruitment push comes after Democrats elected a record 35 women to the House last year, many in…
NYT: ‘Bigger Than a Party of Old White Men’: G.O.P. Women Seek to Replenish House Ranks
May 17
By Carl Hulse New York Times, May 16, 2019 WASHINGTON — While House Democratic women celebrated one of their best elections ever last November, Republican women lamented one of their worst. A solitary new female Republican representative was triumphant compared with 35 freshman Democrats, many of whom arrived with a considerable splash. Female Republican membership in…
