| October Tue, 2023
The 2024 Republican Presidential Field Keeps Growing. So Why Aren’t There More Women?
Women accounted for roughly 21% of the major party candidates for U.S. Senate last year and about 31% of U.S. House candidates, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.
| October Tue, 2023
NJ could soon be the last state that bans self-serve gas
A Rutgers-Eagleton Poll last year found that nearly three-quarters of New Jerseyans want to keep the ban in place. State Senate President Nick Scutari (D-Union) has come out in opposition of a bill that would have changed the policy.
| October Tue, 2023
“Vote, Run, Win, Lead” : Counting Black Women’s Seats at the Table
In 2014, Higher Heights and the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) published the first Black Women in American Politics report. The report’s seventh edition first published in my Wednesday newsletter.
| October Tue, 2023
Northampton a standout in female leadership, yet challenges remain in ‘unique city’
Northampton is in many ways a stand-out in female leadership: more than half of the city's department heads, the mayor, the majority of the City Council and the city's representatives in both the state House and state Senate are women. And yet, this makes Northampton an outlier.