Tag: elections
Diverse candidates make history in US midterm elections
Some of the winners in Tuesday’s US midterm elections will make history when they take office. Here’s a round-up of some of those breaking b...
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The trailblazing women poised to make history in next week’s US midterm elections
The US midterm elections on 6 November could lead to some historic wins for a host of women, whether due to their race, religious beliefs or...
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‘I'm young, working class and a woman – a breath of fresh air’
Morgan Zegers, a 21-year-old Republican, graduated from college in May and is now running for New York state assembly
Opinion Society World
'I'm a gay, biracial, working class woman – a whole bunch of otherness'
A military veteran turned organiser, Democrat Kerri Evelyn Harris campaigned to be the first woman, the first African American, and the firs...
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‘Whenever a woman looks at my campaign and gets fired up, that’s me winning’
A former Air Force colonel and one of America’s first female military pilots, Kim Olson is a Democrat and fourth-generation farmer. She hope...
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‘I want to make history as the first Native American woman in Congress’
Deb Haaland is a single mother who worked her way through college and rose to chair New Mexico’s Democratic Party
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