With more women running for office in US, new opportunities — and challenges — arise
Source: The Washington Post
The historic wave of women running for Congress and governor this year already has landed 78 women on November ballots in several states. It also has revealed an uncomfortable truth: To seize political power in a landscape still dominated by men, many women are going to have to defeat another woman along the way.
Dozens of such contests already have been held that elevate one woman and disappoint another, a reckoning that resumes June 5, when eight states hold primaries. Stacey Abrams made history as the first black woman to be a major-party nominee in the country, but she had to beat fellow Georgia state legislator Stacey Evans in a May 22 race to get there.
Click here to read the full article published by The Washington Post on 31 May 2018.
The historic wave of women running for Congress and governor this year already has landed 78 women on November ballots in several states. It also has revealed an uncomfortable truth: To seize political power in a landscape still dominated by men, many women are going to have to defeat another woman along the way.
Dozens of such contests already have been held that elevate one woman and disappoint another, a reckoning that resumes June 5, when eight states hold primaries. Stacey Abrams made history as the first black woman to be a major-party nominee in the country, but she had to beat fellow Georgia state legislator Stacey Evans in a May 22 race to get there.
Click here to read the full article published by The Washington Post on 31 May 2018.
