Record number of black women are candidates in Alabama

[RandySF]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — It's an unlikely location for a political uprising: A onetime drug rehab center in an office park, where metal bars still line the windows and the hum from the nearby I-20/I-59 overpass is constant.

But it is here that Jameria Moore, a 49-year-old attorney, launched her campaign for a judgeship on the Jefferson County Probate Court. She is one of about three dozen African-American women who are running for office as Democrats across deep-red Alabama.

It's an unprecedented number, according to party officials. Many, like Moore, are running for the first time. And many, like Moore, say Democrat Doug Jones' unexpected Senate victory in December inspired them to take a chance.

But there's more to this wave of black women candidates than that.

"It's so important that we step up, that we show the nation that we can lead," Moore told NBC News in a recent interview, as a small team of volunteers bustled about her law office and prepared for the campaign ahead. "That, here in Alabama, we're ready to lead our state into the future."


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/record-number-black-women-are-candidates-alabama-n857576

[Lithos]

1. Thanks for sharing!

I needed something good to cheer me up today.

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2. Unexpected dividends from Doug Jones

Somebody does what can't be done, and there are other people who want to take a crack at it. Will all these women win? Probably not. But there's a fresh breeze blowing in Alabama.