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General News    H3'ed 5/13/18

Women Target Old Boys' Networks in State Politics

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Women's Self Empowerment in American Politics
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Nevada and Arizona could make history this fall, with both states positioned to elect the first female-majority legislative chambers in the nation's history.  Nationally, campaign operatives say they cannot name a single state that does not have a record number of women running for state legislatures, and female candidates alone could flip party control of at least seven legislative chambers. The stage is set for a historic year for female political power at a time when state governments are filling the power vacuum left by a feuding Congress.

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Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and OpedNews Managing Editor who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled wellbeing since she was a hippie. She began writing for OpEdNews in Feb, 2004. She became a Senior Editor in August 2012 and Managing Editor in January, (more...)
 

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