This Year, There Are Already 11,000 Women Talking About Running For Office

Come mid-term elections in 2018 women won't just be sitting around waiting for the world to change, thank you very much. Far from it. According to the Washington Post, more than 11,000 women have reached out to Emily’s List this year saying they're interested in running for office.


“This is unprecedented,” Stephanie Schriock, president of the progressive organization dedicated to electing Democratic women to office, told the paper. In all of 2016, approximately 900 women in total spoke with the group about running for office. Now, less than four months into 2017, more than 12 times that amount have reached out to explore the possibility.

This grand numerical total includes people interested in running for local school boards, state legislatures and Congress, but Schriock told the Post that she believes a few dozen of them are "seriously considering House races" — and House races can make a big difference to the overall political landscape.

Women turned out on the ballot en masse in Southern California for a special election to replace Xavier Becerra in Los Angeles' 34th Congressional District earlier this month. Of the 23 candidates vying for his recently vacated spot, 12 were women — more than half of the ballot.

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