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Women in Politics: Groups Aim to Increase the Numbers in 2012
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyWith the 2012 elections in mind, several groups are gearing up to recruit and train women candidates after a mixed showing in 2010. The 2010 census means districts for the U.S. House of Representatives and for state legislatures are being redrawn, creating the potential for more open seats, more competitive races, and possibly more women in office. "We have to take advantage of that once-a-decade opportunity," said Mary Hughes, a California political strategist who is founder and director of the 2012 Project, a nonpartisan group trying to recruit women candidates. On the conservative side, ...
CEO Status Paying Off Big for Trio of GOP Women
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyThe 2010 midterm elections have already seen the rise of the Tea Party, the defeat of incumbents no one knew were in trouble, and a fresh batch of self-funding candidates -- not all of whom got out of their primaries with their prospects still alive -- who were willing to trade their fortunes for low-paying, high-flying jobs as elected officials. But three of those wealthy 2010 candidates are introducing a new archetype into American politics: the self-made female business executive who has migrated from the highest rung of the corporate ladder to the rough and tumble reality of the campaign ...
Women Candidates in Afghanistan Travel a Dangerous Campaign Trail
By Heather Somerville - Politics DailyAfghan women running in the country's parliamentary elections in September face security threats that make campaigning difficult, and at times impossible. Female candidates have reported receiving verbal threats and "night letters" from the Taliban that threaten violence if they don't stop their efforts, according to nonprofits working in the country. The threats haven't discouraged women from running for office, though. Of the 2,550 candidates in the country's second-ever parliamentary election, 406 are women. "The women who are brave enough to do this thing -- it's sort of a self-selected ...
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