| July Mon, 2019
Madam President? Five Candidates on What It Will Take to Shatter the Most Stubborn Glass Ceiling
No matter how far we’ve come, the reality is that “the idea of a woman in a leadership position is still seen as ‘Oh, I don’t know if we can go there,’ ” says Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics.
| June Sun, 2019
Murphy, like Trump, won’t reach past his base
“‘We’ve never seen that, but I think it’s the likely scenario in the next few years,’ says John Weingart, director of the Center on the American Governor at Rutgers University. ‘It’s hard to imagine how this is going to get any better.’”
| June Sun, 2019
N.J. looks at allowing spending campaign dollars on child care
“‘One of the hurdles to women running for office is having young children at home and being confronted with the multiple demands of caregiving and trying to run for office,’ said Kelly Dittmar, a scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics.”
| June Sun, 2019
Female candidates challenge electability question in debates
“Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, said she is among those who have heard voters raise doubts about whether Democrats should nominate a woman in 2020 following Clinton’s loss.”