RandomGuy
12-20-2019, 04:50 PM
The U.S. House has a problem with Republican women. There aren't that many of them.
Only 13 Republican women were elected to the U.S. House last year — the lowest number since 1995. By contrast, the Democratic Party gained a historic 89 women in the chamber, increasing their numbers by nearly 50%.
Making matters worse for gender representation, two Republican women are retiring from the House next year: Martha Roby of Alabama and Susan Brooks of Indiana.
But there are a "record amount of women running" in 2020 — over 160 have filed, according to the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), Tom Emmer.
Since suffering so much disappointment in the midterms, more Republican groups focused on electing women have popped up, and some are shifting the traditional strategies.
So far, though, it's still an uphill battle.
Representative Liz Cheney, who holds the third-highest House leadership post in the Republican Party, has acknowledged that there's room for improvement.
"We need to do better at making sure that we're helping and supporting Republican women as candidates," Cheney said on "Face the Nation" last year.
Getting involved earlier
New York's only female Republican in the House, Elise Stefanik, launched a political action committee, called E-PAC, after the midterms to recruit and support Republican women running for office. E-PAC released its first slate of 2020 endorsements in October.
Stefanik was the first woman to serve as vice chair for recruitment at the National Republican Congressional Committee. During her tenure, she recruited over 100 candidates to run, but many of them didn't make it through the primaries, and only one won their election.
The NRCC remains neutral during primaries. E-PAC will not.
NRCC Chair Tom Emmer has called Stefanik's strategy of getting involved earlier "a mistake." Stefanik doesn't care. "Newsflash, I wasn't asking for permission," she tweeted in response to his comments.
But Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel praised Stefanik for getting involved in primaries. At a Christian Science Monitor Breakfast in November, she said early support for female candidates is "something that needs to get stronger."
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(quite a bit more there, worth reading)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/after-2018-midterm-losses-republicans-ramp-up-efforts-to-elect-more-women-to-congress-in-2020/
Only 13 Republican women were elected to the U.S. House last year — the lowest number since 1995. By contrast, the Democratic Party gained a historic 89 women in the chamber, increasing their numbers by nearly 50%.
Making matters worse for gender representation, two Republican women are retiring from the House next year: Martha Roby of Alabama and Susan Brooks of Indiana.
But there are a "record amount of women running" in 2020 — over 160 have filed, according to the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), Tom Emmer.
Since suffering so much disappointment in the midterms, more Republican groups focused on electing women have popped up, and some are shifting the traditional strategies.
So far, though, it's still an uphill battle.
Representative Liz Cheney, who holds the third-highest House leadership post in the Republican Party, has acknowledged that there's room for improvement.
"We need to do better at making sure that we're helping and supporting Republican women as candidates," Cheney said on "Face the Nation" last year.
Getting involved earlier
New York's only female Republican in the House, Elise Stefanik, launched a political action committee, called E-PAC, after the midterms to recruit and support Republican women running for office. E-PAC released its first slate of 2020 endorsements in October.
Stefanik was the first woman to serve as vice chair for recruitment at the National Republican Congressional Committee. During her tenure, she recruited over 100 candidates to run, but many of them didn't make it through the primaries, and only one won their election.
The NRCC remains neutral during primaries. E-PAC will not.
NRCC Chair Tom Emmer has called Stefanik's strategy of getting involved earlier "a mistake." Stefanik doesn't care. "Newsflash, I wasn't asking for permission," she tweeted in response to his comments.
But Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel praised Stefanik for getting involved in primaries. At a Christian Science Monitor Breakfast in November, she said early support for female candidates is "something that needs to get stronger."
....
(quite a bit more there, worth reading)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/after-2018-midterm-losses-republicans-ramp-up-efforts-to-elect-more-women-to-congress-in-2020/