Democrats Go All-In for Female Candidates
By Jessica Brady, CQ-Roll Call
Democratic women are redoubling their efforts to preserve their numbers in the House and Senate as scores of their colleagues appear increasingly endangered.
Of the 54 Democratic women who the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says are running for re-election to the House, at least a dozen face tough battles for another term.
In the Senate, Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) appears headed toward defeat, while Barbara Boxer (Calif.) and Patty Murray (Wash.) are narrowly ahead of their GOP challengers.
Defeating these women is a central part of the Republicans’ plan to gain control of the Senate,” Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), who isn’t up for re-election this year, said in a recent fundraising plea.Female Democratic incumbents on more secure re-election footing are rallying behind their colleagues. “I don’t want to write that obituary yet, because I think there are a number of women who are running really tough and great races,” said Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), who traveled to Ohio this week to campaign for Reps. Mary Jo Kilroy and Betty Sutton .
“We’re all working really hard to make sure that we re-elect all of our colleagues, and a lot of the vulnerable freshmen and sophomores are women. They’re in tough districts,” DeGette added.
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The White House is also ramping up its efforts to help women candidates. First lady Michelle Obama joined Jill Biden and actress Sarah Jessica Parker in New York on Monday to raise money for the Women’s Leadership Forum, which is affiliated with the Democratic National Committee and aims to galvanize female voters. That event and another DNC fundraiser Obama attended that night raised a combined $1 million, according to a DNC official.more...
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