Sam Bennett

Three weeks ago, I spoke to a gathering of nearly 600 women in New York City for the Women's Campaign Fund's Parties of Your Choice gala. Looking out on the crowd, I saw the faces of women from different races, professions, ages -- and yes, believe it or...

Less than three weeks have elapsed since Rep. Gabrielle Giffords received a gunshot wound to her head, and already she has made miraculous progress in her recovery. While many Americans were elated by the news of Rep. Giffords' release from her intensive care unit, many still continue to search not...

I never understood the toxic level of sexism in our society until I experienced it firsthand. And then I realized something else: Politics remains one of the most rampant breeding grounds for misogyny.

In 2001, I ran for Mayor in my hometown of Allentown, PA. Even in a place I've...

Never mess with a woman from the Big Apple.

Residents of Long Island learned this firsthand in 2005, when Kathleen Rice stunned the political world as she overcame the male Republican incumbent to become the first woman elected District Attorney in Nassau County.

Now running for New York...

In the past two decades, I've often found myself asking, "Where are all the pro-choice Republican women?"

But today, despite her second place finish in the GOP primary for Congress in KS-04, I'm inspired by Jean Kurtis Schodorf's dedication to public service and record of defending women's reproductive...

In Sarah Palin's recent video, she talks about "a lot of women coming together to get things done for our country." I also know a lot of women coming together and enacting change -- but I don't think we're talking about the same group of women.

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I just received the best news I've heard in a while: WCF-Endorsed Candidate Secretary Elaine Marshall has won the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. Senate in North Carolina.

WCF is proud to be one of the very first national organizations to stand behind Marshall - a...

Let me say this one more time: Sarah Palin is not a feminist. In fact, the fabricated term "conservative feminist" is an oxymoron.

As I said this morning on the Laura Ingraham Show, Sarah Palin calling herself a conservative feminist is like BP calling themselves a...

This week's primaries brought huge victories for women across the country -- many who succeeded against great odds, such as Sen. Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas and victim of egregious misogyny and racism, Nikki Haley, in South Carolina.

But the biggest headline we're still seeing is how...

June is a crucial month for women on the campaign trail. In tomorrow's primary, WCF endorsed candidates Krystal Ball, Roxanne Conlin, Karen Bass, and Beth Krom will fight for more women in Congress, as will many others at the state and...

Will 2010 go down in history as the "Anti-Year of the Woman?"

Given the track record for women candidates already this year, I would say it's a distinct possibility. So far, we've seen Dede Scozzafava, Martha Coakley, Jennifer Brunner, Connie Saltonstall,

I wanted to share an incredibly important piece about Sarah Palin with you. Originally posted on WCF's Women and Politics blog, this post echoes the sentiments of WCF, and I suspect, many other women and organizations as well:

While Sarah Palin's laundry list of controversial views has incensed...

Today we are saddened to hear that WCF-endorsed candidate Connie Saltonstall is ending her campaign for Congress in Michigan's 1st District.

WCF was one of the first organizations to endorse Saltonstall when she stood up to challenge the anti-choice villain of the health care debate,

Today's news of President Obama nominating Solicitor General Elena Kagan to become the third woman on the U.S. Supreme Court should be celebrated. Kagan's confirmation would add another justice who supports women's reproductive health choices to the Court; as well as a historic number of women on the Bench.

In...

I write today not just as the head of WCF, but also as a mother of three.

Long before I entered politics, motherhood quickly introduced me to daily, even hourly, worries about affordable child care, equal pay, and education. I wondered why so many women had to fight for...

As a former Congressional candidate, I can tell you it's tough out there for women. In fact, it's more than tough - what women candidates experience can be brutal.

And if they don't have the support of the political establishment, forget it. Yes, some tough-as-nails candidates may...

This post was submitted by Julie Daniels, WCF Political Programs Manager. WCF believes so strongly in Jennifer Brunner's candidacy that they sent Julie to work on the ground in Ohio for her campaign.

It's the final day before the Ohio primary election aboard Jennifer Brunner's Courage...

It seems that the Ohio political establishment doesn't want women in power. We've been talking about how Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner was told from the beginning not to run--to stay in her place and wait her turn. But she decided to run anyway--and was even...

This post was submitted by Julie Daniels, WCF Political Programs Manager. WCF believes so strongly in Jennifer Brunner's candidacy that they sent Julie to work on the ground in Ohio for her campaign.

Ever since I met Secretary Jennifer Brunner, I've been a fervent supporter. She...

Strange winds are blowing from Washington to Ohio to Hawaii.

In the Buckeye State, polls continue to show that Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is hot on the heels of Lt. Governor Lee Fisher in the Democratic Primary Election for U.S. Senate set for May 4th. This...