It was also a historic month for women down-ballot, with key wins in Florida, Pennsylvania—including a nail-biter of a special election—and Kentucky.Read More…
Yesterday the seismic political news we’ve been waiting on for months finally dropped: Delaware Sen. Tom Carper won’t run for reelection this cycle, clearing the way for Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester to enter the race for this safe Democratic seat.Read More…
This morning, Sen. Ben Cardin announced he will not seek re-election to the US Senate from Maryland. Sen. Cardin was first elected to the Senate in 2006, after 20 years in the US House and 10 years as Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates. We thank Sen. Cardin for his decades of service.
This month we finally got our hands on long-awaited first-quarter fundraising data, and things are looking pretty good for our 2024 Senate women—although when you look at men and women in similarly competitive races, a familiar gap remains.
Today is historic—the announcement of the first presidential re-election campaign with a woman on the ticket—and we are encouraging all of our Electing Women groups to help support the campaign.
A week out from a momentous pro-abortion rights victory in Wisconsin, abortion continues to make headlines and roil the nation—and send a clear signal about what this issue means for elections.
The Electing Women Alliance celebrated Women’s History month inspired by the trailblazing women who have gone before us, and by supporting the courageous women running for office in 2024—even as we suffered a few political setbacks.
There are four major themes in the data, according to an Electing Women Research analysis of pre-general fundraising totals, large-dollar itemized contributions from campaigns (>$200), and ActBlue/WinRed small-dollar itemized contributions (under $200):
Women’s Equality Day celebrates women’s right to vote — and women now consistently vote in higher numbers than men in every election. But that level of participation is not the case when it comes to political giving.
The big story this month is Kansas, where voters defeated by a 2-to-1 margin a constitutional amendment that would have paved the way for an abortion ban. Here’s some quick intel on exactly what happened—and what it means for future races.
