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Newly elected Township Councilwoman Susan Shin Angulo took part in her inaugural Council meeting tonight, and, in being sworn into office, made an historic debut as New Jersey’s first Korean-American woman to win a seat in government. According to the Center for American Women and Politics in Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics, she is the only female government official of Korean descent currently serving in any of the state’s elected public offices.

Oklahomans head to the polls today for the first of three potential votes to choose a new governor. And for the second time this year, we could have a historic outcome -- two female nominees representing the two major parties.
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Republicans have insisted they were short-changed in the latest round of legislative redistricting. So were women, according to a Rutgers University report released on Monday. Women account for four of the seven lawmakers whose political careers ended because of the new political boundaries. The four female Assembly members declined to seek re-election after they were assigned to different districts.

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday stressed the need to promote the participation of women in decision-making, noting that, "democracy and gender equality are interlinked and mutually reinforcing. Also speaking, Helen Clark, the Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), said that, "democratic governance cannot be fully achieved without the full participation and inclusion of women.

House Democrats will make history in the 2012 election, sending to Congress next January the first women and minority-majority party faction in U.S. history. A new analysis by the Cook Political Report reveals a further progression of white flight from the Democratic Party, which is increasingly represented by women and minorities, while the GOP remains a party dominated by white men.

On a national level, Democrats are doing a better job of appealing to women and minority voters because those voters see themselves reflected in the party representation.