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Results from the Oregon Primaries
Final votes were counted last week in Oregon's congressional primary. Among the most notable results for women:
- Both incumbent women running in Oregon's congressional and statewide executive primaries - U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D, OR-01) and Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum (D) - will be on the ballot this fall and are favored to win re-election.
- Republican women won nominations for the U.S. Senate and 2 of 5 U.S. House districts in Oregon; Jo Rae Perkins won the GOP primary to challenge Senator Jeff Merkley, Joanna Harbour won the GOP primary in Oregon's 3rd congressional district, and Amy Courser won the GOP primary in the state's 5th district. They will challenge incumbents who are favored to win re-election in each of these contests in the fall.
- In the open seat contest for Secretary of State, current State Senator Kim Thatcher secured the Republican nomination and current State Senator Shemia Fagan is competing in a Democratic primary that remains too close to call. Current Secretary of State Bev Clarno (R) is not running for re-election.
Full context about women in the 2020 elections, including candidate lists, summaries, results from previous primaries, and historical comparisons, are available via the
CAWP's Election Watch
. Read more about last week's results on our
Election Analysis page
.
Upcoming Primaries
Over the next two weeks, congressional and state primaries will be held in 12 states, with 147 women on the ballot across the two primary dates. Stay tuned to
@CAWP_RU
on Twitter for election night results and analysis, and for complete results for women candidates in the primaries, bookmark our
Election Analysis page.
This concentration of primary contests provides an opportunity to evaluate gender and partisan trends at play not only in these contests, but throughout the 2020 election cycle. Get a preview of what we're watching from CAWP Scholar Kelly Dittmar on our Election Analysis blog.
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Memorial for Ruth B. Mandel
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Last week, a memorial for Ruth B. Mandel, our founding co-director and the long-time director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, was held via video conference. The memorial was filled with loving remembrances from Ruth's life and work from her daughter Maud S. Mandel, CAWP Director Debbie Walsh, Eagleton Director John Farmer, and many students, colleagues, faculty, and political practitioners whose lives were enriched through their relationship with Ruth. The event also featured tributes from luminaries of the world of women and politics, a world whose rise Ruth both predicted and championed, including former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman, former Senator Mary Landrieu, former Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, political strategist Donna Brazile, and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The full memorial will be available shortly on the
YouTube page
of the Eagleton Institute of Politics.
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The Shortlist
With summer on the way and the Biden VP selection looming, and with
some
potential
picks
revealing that they're being vetted, news organizations have started handicapping the veepstakes. At
The Washington Post
, Karen Tumulty and her fellow columnists have formed a "Ranking Committee" to create an evolving ranking system of potential VP picks (Kamala Harris currently leads). Stacey Abrams is at the top of
Slate
's
list of candidates, though they, like the Post, note that her lack of executive experience hurts her standing at a moment of crisis, particularly because Biden would be the oldest person to ascend to the presidency in history if he were to win. If you're looking for a good digest of veepstakes news, check out this run-down from Adam Edelman at
NBC
.
If you're looking for a more data-driven take on the VP selection process, check out
this analysis
from our own Claire Gothreau, in which she analyzes poll data on the potential contenders to determine what slices of the electorate they may bring to the Biden campaign.
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CAWP provides data and analysis that give context to the 2020 elections.
Help us in this mission.
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Help students find an internship in the time of COVID-19
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Lots of students are seeing summer internship opportunities evaporate in the current work climate. If you work in government, politics, or political campaigning and know of an internship, virtual or in person, that a student can apply to, please add the position to the Eagleton Institute of Politics internship repository by filling out
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Vote-by-Mail: Protecting the Ballot during COVID-19
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On June 2nd, join our colleagues at the Eagleton Institute of Politics and The Fund for New Jersey for a special virtual session exploring how we can effectively transition the processes and practices of politics to meet the challenges presented by COVID - most especially the continuity of elections. Panelists - including Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman, MIT Political Science Professor Charles Stewart III, Union County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi, and Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for American Progress Connor Maxwell - will discuss the opportunities and vulnerabilities to be considered, best practices for administering elections by mail, and how vote-by-mail and other solutions can be implemented in ways that protect ballot access and power for all communities. Register to attend the webinar
here.
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Center for American Women and Politics
Eagleton Institute of Politics
Rutgers University | New Brunswick
191 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8557
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