US EditionIntense and intentional training is helping Democratic women gain state lawmaking seats
Democratic women’s groups have trained over 6,500 candidates and helped nearly 1,600 win state and local offices, advancing female political representation since 2016.
- Democratic women are gaining more state lawmaking seats through intense and intentional training programs run by groups like Emerge.
- Kimberly Pope Adams, a Democratic woman, attended a six-month Emerge training program covering campaign strategy and lost her first election by just 53 votes.
- The Center for American Women and Politics found that Democratic women now nearly equal Democratic men in state legislatures, while Republican women lag behind due to systemic failures to invest in female candidates.
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Intentional training is helping Democratic women gain state lawmaking seats in Virginia, nationwide
By ISABELLA VOLMERT Kimberly Pope Adams was an auditor working in Virginia when she got a call from a Democratic state Senator who had heard Adams was interested in running for office. Sen. Danica Roem encouraged Adams to attend a six-month training program with the state’s chapter of Emerge, a national group focusing on preparing Democratic women to run for office. Adams said the training was detailed, covering campaign finance, communications,…
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Intense and intentional training is helping Democratic women gain state lawmaking seats
Democratic women have made gains in state legislatures and are now nearly equal in number to Democratic men in state legislatures since 2016, according to the The Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
Intense and intentional training is helping Democratic women gain stat
Kimberly Pope Adams was an auditor working in Virginia when she got a call from a Democratic state Senator who had heard Adams was interested in running for office. Sen. Danica Roem encouraged Adams to attend a six-month training program with the state’s chapter of Emerge, a national group focusing on preparing Democratic women to run for office. Adams said the training was detailed, covering campaign finance, communications, media and overall s…
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