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Check out CAWP'S Latest Election Watch Release
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According to CAWP's latest
release
, a record number of women are running for governor in 2018. "Much of the coverage of election 2018 has focused on the Congressional midterm contests. However, with 36 states holding gubernatorial elections, there are tremendous opportunities for women to advance as chief executives," says CAWP's director, Debbie Walsh.
For a full summary and listing of women candidates in 2018, see CAWP's
Election Watch.
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Eagleton Hosts Talk with Hillary Rodham Clinton
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On March 29, more than 5,000 people packed the Rutgers Athletic Center (the RAC) in Piscataway, NJ for the Clifford P. Case Professor of Public Affairs conversation between Secretary Clinton and Eagleton director Ruth B. Mandel. If you weren't able to attend, you can
watch the Facebook Live video of the full event here.
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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey
to Speak at Eagleton!
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Healey is one of only seven women currently serving as Attorney General and is the first openly gay person ever elected state Attorney General.
Don't miss her talk on "The Role of State Attorneys General in the Current Political Climate" on April 19
th at the Eagleton Institute of Politics in New Brunswick, NJ.
The event is free and open to the public, but RSVP is requested.
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Women Candidates: Records, Challenges, and #MeToo
Women in Congress: Milestones, Messages, and Myths
Weaker sex? U.S. Rep. Ruth Bryan Owen, the first woman elected to Congress from Florida and the South, sent that myth packing,
writes Joy Wallace Dickinson in Orlando Sentinel.
Fond Farewell
The Gender Gap
The
Pew Research Center
finds a "persistent gender gap" in a study of "more than 10,000 interviews of registered voters," with a 56% majority of women identifying as Democrats or leaning Democratic, while 37% affiliate with or lean toward the GOP.
Institutional Sexism in the Trump Administration
Annie Lowrey and Steven Johnson examine the very male Trump Administration in The Atlantic, noting that "the White House has named twice as many men as women to administration positions. This gender skew is both broad and deep: In no department do female appointees outnumber male appointees, and in some cases men outnumber women four or five to one."
In Memoriam
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Eagleton Institute of Politics
Rutgers University | New Brunswick
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