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Why So Few Women in Politics? Ask Sandra Fluke.

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Why So Few Women in Politics? Ask Sandra Fluke.

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Sandra Fluke, the 32-year-old activist and well-known reproductive rights advocate famous for being labeled a “slut” by Rush Limbaugh, is not running for Congress. She was never officially a candidate for the seat opened up by the retirement of veteran lawmaker Henry Waxman, it turns out, and after a short-lived trial balloon, has filed to run for a state Senate seatinstead. The news set off a collective sigh of disappointment on the left, where Fluke’s potential candidacy was widely seen as a sign that social justice and advocacy issues would get more champions in D.C and that millennial activism could finally get a seat at the table in a Congress predominately filled with—let’s face it—old men.

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Sandra Fluke, the 32-year-old activist and well-known reproductive rights advocate famous for being labeled a “slut” by Rush Limbaugh, is not running for Congress. She was never officially a candidate for the seat opened up by the retirement of veteran lawmaker Henry Waxman, it turns out, and after a short-lived trial balloon, has filed to run for a state Senate seatinstead. The news set off a collective sigh of disappointment on the left, where Fluke’s potential candidacy was widely seen as a sign that social justice and advocacy issues would get more champions in D.C and that millennial activism could finally get a seat at the table in a Congress predominately filled with—let’s face it—old men.

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