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Primary Recap: Tennessee

August 03, 2018

Though hundreds of women are running and winning in 2018’s Congressional primaries, Republican women are strikingly underrepresented: just 17 percent of women nominees so far this cycle are Republicans. Prior to yesterday’s primary, Tennessee...

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#WomenToWatch on August 7

July 27, 2018

#WomenToWatch is a series by RepresentWomen that documents rising women leaders and their stories. Primary season resumes in early August, when voters in Tennessee, Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, and Washington will pick their candidates for...

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Primary Recap: Georgia

July 25, 2018

  Georgia voters returned to the polls for a primary runoff election yesterday, following up on three races from the May primary in which no candidate garnered a majority of the vote.   Yesterday’s...

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2018 Primary Recap: Alabama

July 18, 2018

  Yesterday’s primary runoff elections in Alabama decided the closely-watched Republican nomination for AL-2, as well as a handful of statewide executive offices and state legislature seats. Even though runoff elections are costly and...

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What's the Deal with Runoff Elections?

July 17, 2018

  The 2018 primaries have hit a bit of a lull this July. From April to June of this year, 31 states and the District of Columbia voted in primary elections to choose their...

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#WomenToWatch on July 17

July 06, 2018

  #WomenToWatch is a series by RepresentWomen that documents rising women leaders and their stories.   Alabama holds primary runoff elections on July 17th, and Republicans will vote for their Lieutenant Governor nominee alongside...

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June 26 Primaries: Slow Progress for Women Candidates

June 27, 2018

                          Photo: Scott Heins/Getty All primary results from the New York Times. This Tuesday saw primaries in five states -- New York,...

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#WomenToWatch on June 26

June 23, 2018

#WomenToWatch is a series by RepresentWomen that documents rising women leaders and their stories. In our first installment of #WomenToWatch, we are highlighting the stories of three women who will be on the ballot...

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Understanding New Research on Gender and Corruption in Government

June 21, 2018

Members of the EU Women Caucus An April 2018 study titled “Women and corruption: What positions must they hold to make a difference?” found that corruption is lower in countries with more women in...

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Meeting with Liberian Rep. Rosana Schaack

June 19, 2018

RepresentWomen was honored to recently welcome Rosana Schaack, member of the Liberian House of Representatives, to our offices. She shared her experiences working in a male-dominated government and the challenges she and other Liberian...

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