| April Wed, 2024
Charges of Nepotism greet First Lady’s US Senate Bid
According to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, eight widows were elected or appointed to their husbands’ U.S. Senate seats and 40 took their husbands’ seats in the House.
| April Wed, 2024
Historic all-female St. Paul City Council part of the growing trend
According to the Center for American Women and Politics, which tracks historical data about women in U.S. politics, the midterm 2018 election broke nearly all records for major-party women candidates running for the U.S. House and Senate.
| April Wed, 2024
Little diversity in NJ’s political appointees, white men dominate
A new report from the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University finds New Jersey falls painfully short in the diversity of appointed public officials. The report shows no other demographic comes even close to the number of white men who make up most of the appointments.
| April Wed, 2024
NJ First Lady Tammy Murphy Announces run for Rob Menendez’s senate seat
Political scholar Kelly Dittmar with Rutgers University says a first lady running for Senate isn't very common, and it could work for her or against her.