Not exact matches
Reshma Saujani is a former hedge fund lawyer, New York City deputy public advocate and the first Indian - American
woman to
run for Congress (she lost a
primary race
in 2010).
The relief society president and her counselors are over all the
women in the ward, the
primary president and her counselors
run the
primary, the young
womens president and her counselors are over the young
women.
Four of the
women running primary campaigns the members of the Independent Democratic Conference are urging
in a letter to have Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins included
in the top - level leaders meeting this month.
For
women candidates, many of them seeking elected office for the first time, the success of
women in early
primary states has provided them with confidence that their sometimes - unexpected
runs aren't so far - fetched.
A former Nassau County district attorney, Rice
ran for attorney general
in 2010 and finished just a few points behind Schneiderman
in a five - way
primary where she was the only
woman.
In Ohio, there are three women running for governor in the Democratic primary and one in the Republica
In Ohio, there are three
women running for governor
in the Democratic primary and one in the Republica
in the Democratic
primary and one
in the Republica
in the Republican.
In a statement, Zephyr Teachout, who is running against Cuomo in a Democratic primary, faulted the governor for working with Senate Republicans, who have refused to hold a vote on the abortion plank, which none of their members publicly support, but twice passed the nine other women's equality items as separate bill
In a statement, Zephyr Teachout, who is
running against Cuomo
in a Democratic primary, faulted the governor for working with Senate Republicans, who have refused to hold a vote on the abortion plank, which none of their members publicly support, but twice passed the nine other women's equality items as separate bill
in a Democratic
primary, faulted the governor for working with Senate Republicans, who have refused to hold a vote on the abortion plank, which none of their members publicly support, but twice passed the nine other
women's equality items as separate bills.
The former Kansas governor said she is heartened by the number of
women she sees
running for the job
in 2018 - including
in her own state, where veteran state Sen. Laura Kelly jumped into the Democratic
primary in mid-December and immediately became the favorite to win the nomination.
A
woman in the 19th Congressional District, who picked up a lot of Upstate New York votes
in a 2014
primary run against Andrew Cuomo, is now one step closer to a seat
in Congress.
In this past
Primary, Adriano Espaillat threw his support for a
women, Carmen De La Rosa to
run for Assembly against Guillermo Linares.
A Democratic party rule designed to encourage
women to participate
in state committee elections has backfired for some female candidates
running in the 2018 Pennsylvania
primary.
The Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization based
in Washington, D.C., recently found that childcare is a
primary reason why
women opt not to
run for office.
James, who is serving her second and final term as public advocate, and is the first
woman of color elected to a citywide position, is
running in the Democratic
primary to replace former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who
While the Republican Party lines up behind Romney after divisions emerged
in the
primaries, the chatter has increasingly turned to the man or
woman the former Massachusetts governor will tap to
run alongside him during the general election.
She had
run a strong
primary challenge to Quinn
in 2009, winning almost a third of the vote
in a three -
woman race, but improved her percentage only modestly after four years
in which she remained an anti-establishment critic, focusing particular attention on the closing of St. Vincent's Hospital, for which she repeatedly faulted the speaker.