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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWomen of the Senate!
Women of the SenateI was thinking about Senate races and some of the strong progressive women.This year six of those women are up for re-election and an additional 5 are running. Senator Gillibrand put together this helpful graphic on the importance women candidates will play in Democrats holding/building their majority in the Senate this year.
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Looking at the polling aggregates, it seems as though the 6 women running for re-election have a good chance of winning.
When it comes of the 5 newcomers, Mazie Hirono is a pretty sure thing in Hawaii, Elizabeth Warren is looking good in Massachusetts, and Tammy Baldwin has the edge in Wisconsin. Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota and Shelley Berkley in Nevada are running behind - but not out of it yet.
What that looks like overall is that we are very likely to go from 12 Democratic women in the Senate to at least 15. And there's a possibility it could be up to 17. That's way short of parity. But we'll keep working on that (also on more women of color).
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Women of the Senate! (Original Post)
sheshe2
Nov 2012
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ananda
(28,876 posts)1. Hurray!
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Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)2. It is way past time to elect more WOMEN to Congress!
We women comprise 50% of the U.S. population and we are not being represented sufficiently on women's issues.
As of 2012, only 17 of the 100 U.S.Senators are women (17%)
As of 2012, only 76 of the 435 U.S. House Representatives are women (16.6%)
We need a national uprising in order to kick all the Republicans OUT-of-Office and elect more Democrats and DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
At the national, state, and local levels.
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)3. I voted for Maria Cantwell
sheshe2
(83,924 posts)6. I will be voting for Elizabeth Warren tomorrow!
Cha
(297,692 posts)4. I do hope Shelley Berkley and Heidi Heitkamp WIN!
And, of course, I can't wait to have Mazie Hirono get that concession call from Linda Lingle and become our New Senator from Hawai'i
Thanks for this sheshe
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)5. I will proudly vote for
Senator Stabenow tomorrow in Michigan!
Julie
flamingdem
(39,328 posts)7. Nice to see this!
Great women
KauaiK
(544 posts)8. GO MAZIE!!!
Scuba
(53,475 posts)9. I'll be voting for Tammy Baldwin in the morning. Go Tammy, go!!!