Female Senators

Where Are the Women in 2012? Running for Office!

Stephanie Schriock | Posted 05.29.2012

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Stephanie Schriock

Rather than standing down, women are stepping forward in greater numbers than ever -- as activists, as donors, and as candidates. In fact, 2012 is actually poised to be a historic year for women candidates.

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The Year of the Populist Woman

Mike Lux | Posted 05.02.2012

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Mike Lux

If all or even most of this class of women senators were to win in 2012, it would be historic, easily the highest quality group of new women senators ever. Progressives should do everything we can to rally behind them and help carry them to victory.

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In Committee: Women Senators, Reproductive Rights and the 2012 Elections

Barbara Lee | Posted 01.17.2012

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Barbara Lee

Since women's political fate tends to be tied to the political fate of Democrats overall, next year's elections pose a very real threat to some of the most powerful pro-woman, pro-choice voices in Congress.

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Amanda Terkel

Senate Women Face High Stakes In 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- While a majority of people who live in the United States are women, there are only 17 of them in the U.S. Senate. And if Americans turn ...

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Let's Send Five Democratic Women to the Wisconsin State Senate

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 10.03.2011

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

If they all win, the percentage of the Wisconsin state senate that are women will rise from around 25% to a third. That is the very essence of getting off the sidelines.

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Female Senators Urge Saudi King To Let Women Drive

Huffington Post | Laura Stampler | Posted 09.25.2011

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While most of Washington was stuck in the ideological gridlock of the debt ceiling debate, a bipartisan coalition of female Senators came together Tue...

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Undermining the Pipeline: Caroline Kennedy's Lack of Experience

Bettina Duval | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bettina Duval

You cannot elect women just because they are women --they must also be qualified and experienced. I've spent the last seven years spreading that message.

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