| February Wed, 2024
With New Jersey Legislature on ballot, candidates debate parents’ rights
“We used to say all politics is local, and now really all politics is national,” said Ashley Konig, director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University. “We’ve seen that seeping into New Jersey increasingly in the past several years now, where issues that are at the forefront on the national stage are now coming into New Jersey politics.”
| February Wed, 2024
Laphonza Butler Will Be Just the 3rd Black Woman Senator in U.S. History
“This just shows how long it’s taking for us to get Black women to the point where they can even launch viable campaigns,” said Kimberly Peeler-Allen, a visiting practitioner at the Center for American Women and Politics. “That has a lot to do with how leadership is viewed in this country — still predominantly white, predominantly male.”
| February Wed, 2024
Newsome Talks About Laphonza Butler his pick for US senate
Debbie Walsh, president of the Center for American Women and Politics, praised Newsom’s choice and speculated that Butler is positioned “to make a serious run.”
| February Wed, 2024
Laphonza Butler, who will be sworn in Tuesday as California’s Senator, called smart and savvy
That Butler has never held elected office before and is being appointed rather than elected to the post is “a non-traditional route on top of a non-traditional route,” said Debbie Walsh, director of the Rutgers University Center for American Women and Politics.