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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan a Native Am Woman running as a Dem for Gov completely upset Idaho politics? She already has
Whether she wins or not Paulette Jordan is going to have a major impact on Idaho. She already upset the Democratic leadership and she may win the Governorship. What do the polls say? No polls have been taken in months and it showed that Little (R) was 38% Jordon 28 (D) and the rest undecided.
Read the fascinating story in Huffington:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paulette-jordan-idaho-democrat-governor-race_us_5bc90d21e4b0d38b58766654
SWEET, Idaho ― Democratic gubernatorial nominee Paulette Jordan had just wrapped up a town hall in this rural community and was talking to attendees lined up to meet her when she felt two hands gently grip the back of her arm.
I just had to touch you, an elderly woman said.
Some people, often older men, cry when they meet Jordan. Others tell her shes inspiring them to vote for the first time in years. Strangers have asked her to marry them. A local artist spent months creating a portrait of Our Lady of Guadalupe with an image of Jordan in it, dressed in what appears to be a velvet suit and standing on a crescent moon. (What?) Virtually everyone who crosses her path wants a photo with her, as HuffPost witnessed after traveling with her campaign for a few days this month.
Here in deep red Idaho, people across party lines are fanatic about this progressive, 38-year-old Native American woman vying for the states top seat. And its totally bizarre.
I like her honesty and character and authenticity, gushed Tri Robinson, a conservative Republican and evangelical pastor in Boise who hosted a fundraiser for Jordan. She cares about what we care about. She cares about the poor. She cares about climate change.
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Can a Native Am Woman running as a Dem for Gov completely upset Idaho politics? She already has (Original Post)
grantcart
Oct 2018
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sheshe2
(83,787 posts)1. Thank you Paulette Jordan.
a kennedy
(29,672 posts)2. She's absolutely gorgeous.
AND smart, and on the correct side of the political aisle. Would love for her to win.
RandySF
(58,899 posts)3. I have a crush on her.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)4. Me too lol
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)5. Kick
SaintLouisBlues
(1,244 posts)6. She looks Mexican. Where's her birth certificate? Lock her up!
There are now caravans of Amazons invading our fair country.
treestar
(82,383 posts)7. She cares about the poor and climate change and
that is what we care about, says a "conservative Republican?" Very interesting.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)8. Can't wait to see what the polls say