With election just a couple weeks away now it's easy to concentrate on the presidential race at the expense of all the others. What gets lost doing that is the fact that this could end up being a truly historic election for multiple reasons. Gay marriage has been voted on 32 times since 1998 and lost all 32 times. This year it could pass in not one but three states; Maine, Washington, and Maryland.
But the subject of this brief post is that this year a record 141 women are running for Congress and another 18 for the Senate. In 1992 a total of 24 women were elected to Congress which was the most ever, hopefully that will pale next to this years total. It could also include Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin who would be the first openly gay member of the U.S. Senate.
In the 2012 United Nations' survey of women in parliaments around the world the United States came in with 16.8% or 78th which ties it with Turkmenistan. In comparison, Afghanistan had 27.7% and
Pakistan 22.5% women in their respective parliaments.
New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has been one of the forces behind the drive to have women run for office and take responsibility for issues important to women. In 2010 Gillibrand won a special election to fill Hillary Clinton's Senate seat and is running for re-election this year. On Mother's Day of last year she wrote; "Now more than ever, we must get more women engaged at every level of public life. Because if women don't get off the sidelines, there are decisions being made every day about every aspect of our lives and they might not like what they find."
Kirsten Gillibrand: Standing Up For Women
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Published on Oct 15, 2012 by GillibrandForSenate
But the subject of this brief post is that this year a record 141 women are running for Congress and another 18 for the Senate. In 1992 a total of 24 women were elected to Congress which was the most ever, hopefully that will pale next to this years total. It could also include Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin who would be the first openly gay member of the U.S. Senate.
In the 2012 United Nations' survey of women in parliaments around the world the United States came in with 16.8% or 78th which ties it with Turkmenistan. In comparison, Afghanistan had 27.7% and
Pakistan 22.5% women in their respective parliaments.
New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has been one of the forces behind the drive to have women run for office and take responsibility for issues important to women. In 2010 Gillibrand won a special election to fill Hillary Clinton's Senate seat and is running for re-election this year. On Mother's Day of last year she wrote; "Now more than ever, we must get more women engaged at every level of public life. Because if women don't get off the sidelines, there are decisions being made every day about every aspect of our lives and they might not like what they find."
Kirsten Gillibrand: Standing Up For Women
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Published on Oct 15, 2012 by GillibrandForSenate
Have you seen a recent poll in MN? I saw it was pretty evenly split a few weeks ago but can't find anything more recent. I fought so hard against Prop 8 and I was crushed watching the counties fall as the final numbers came in that night. I hope we get some good news out of this election because I'm not sure how many of those defeats we can take.
ReplyDeleteHonestly I think Minnesota is the only one we might lose, that's why I didn't mention it. A Minneapolis TV station did a poll last week and had it tied. That's the most recent I can find.
DeleteI remember when it passed in New York, that was an awesome feeling. Awesome day.