On Sunday, March 21, Liz Ping, took her first steps towards the future when she announced her candidacy for the office of State Representative in Ohio’s 29th District. Speaking to an excited group of supporters and dedicated campaign volunteers and staff, Ping stated, “I will make it my business to meet with and listen to [...]

Julie Smith-Morrow’s campaign for Kentucky State Senate offers new solutions to growing jobs and families in the Commonwealth
By Vicki Prichard, Political and Media consultant
Like many women, Julie Smith-Morrow masterfully multi-tasks.  She’s a vice president of the Cincinnati-based Freestore Foodbank; holds a doctorate in plant genetics; is an elected school board member; and a wife, mother [...]

Susanna French has been in the spotlight during in recent years.  She’s been leading one of the country’s largest Democratic Woman’s organizations, helping to organize efforts to support Democratic candidates.  But this campaign season, Susanna French is a candidate herself.  French is running in the Democratic primary for Marshall County Circuit Clerk.  The office of [...]

Jennifer Brunner fell short, receiving 45% of the vote on Tuesday, in her quest to become the Democratic nominee for the open U.S. Senate seat in Ohio.  Billed as the underdog taking on the Democratic establishment in Ohio, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner (D-Ohio) isn’t giving up the fight to win the U.S. Senate race [...]

Kim McMillan (D-Tennessee) has been running for governor of Tennessee since 2008.  But on the last day of March, 2010, she announced she is no longer in that race and is running for mayor Clarkesville (TN) instead. There were at one time seven Democrats vying for the nomination, but had been narrowed down to two.
In [...]

On March 2nd Republican primary voters of Texas will select their nominee for Governor for the general election in November.  U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson at one time was considered the hands-on favorite, but now is slipping behind her opponent, Governor Rick Perry in recent polling.
While labeling herself a staunch conservative with the support of [...]

by Kathy Groob, ElectWomen Magazine
Florida’s Congressional District 7 has long been held by Republican John Mica who was elected in 1992.  That has not deterred a young, ambitious Democratic woman, Heather Beaven to step up to challenge the incumbent.  A resident of Palm Coast, Beaven has built her path to a political life through hard [...]

Terri Sewell is breaking away from her fellow challengers in the Democratic primary race for Alabama’s 7th Congressional District.  Sewell leads the challengers in fundraising by almost 3-1 with over $300,000 cash on hand, and has just picked up the endorsement and support from NOW, the National Organization for Women Political Action Committee.
“NOW PAC is [...]

by Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine
Author, writer, political analyst, researcher, blogger, mother and community activist, Jill Miller Zimon, has thrown her hat into the ring of politics.  A mother of three school-aged children, Jill is using her motherhood status as part of her platform.  As the only council candidate with children attending the Orange [...]

Just days away from the election for the next mayor of Houston, the city’s major daily newspaper The Chronicle, wrote that Annise Parker is an “exceptional” candidate for Mayor with “deep roots in the city and a dazzling range of life experiences and public service.”  The newspaper also co-endorsed Gene Locke and will make its [...]