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zero tolerance

In the last six weeks, the Trump Administration has separated nearly 2,000 children from their families at the US-Mexico border. Donald Trump is using these children as leverage, telling lawmakers that family separation will continue unless they agree to an...
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Hillary’s Legacy

Just two years ago this month, Hillary Clinton made history and became the first-ever woman presidential nominee of a major party. Our hopes were crushed that November, and out of her defeat grew the Resistance—and a record number of women...
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Target state: Pennsylvania

Last year, we expanded our platform to bring the power of crowdfunding to state legislative candidates. Today, it’s finally time to start rolling out a series of slates highlighting states where women can make the difference in flipping critical seats...
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It’s real: Women are overperforming

Tuesday’s primaries continued a trend: Women are disproportionately coming out winners in some of this year’s most competitive races. Overall, women have won around 60 percent of May primary races according to the Center for American Women and Politics—and that...
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May primaries start tomorrow!

May primaries kick off tomorrow, and we’re closely watching one race: NC-13, where Kathy Manning is an underdog in this DCCC-top rated flippable seat. After that, we’ll have two more packed Tuesdays: May 15th, when we’ll be keeping our eyes...
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The pink wave in context

We’ve all seen the headlines that women are running for office in unprecedented numbers this cycle. Against the backdrop of #MeToo and the Trump administration’s war on women, this is good news. Indeed, with filing deadlines passed in more than...
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Tuesday’s special election:

Have you been following the special election in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District? It’s been an uphill battle for Democratic challenger Hiral Tipirneni, an emergency room physician who has made affordable, accessible healthcare the center plank of her platform. But now...
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Our baby gift to Sen. Duckworth

On Monday, Sen. Tammy Duckworth gave birth to a healthy baby girl and became the first woman in history to have a baby while serving in the Senate! We’re sending Sen. Duckworth two baby gifts from the WomenCount community —...
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Big Changes at WomenCount

We introduced the WomenCount crowdfunding platform in 2015 as a way for Democratic women donors and candidates to raise money and build community, starting with US House and Senate candidates, and our first female Democratic presidential nominee. Three years later,...
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Blue Wave: PA ➡️ IL

What Conor Lamb did this week in PA-18 was simply amazing.  We just saw the first Democrat flip a solid Republican seat—in a district that Donald Trump won by 20 points in 2016. Now, let’s make the most of this...