We were tired of having the same conversations again and again about advancing women in politics. So we decided to try something different. Consider this: Women make up 51 percent of the population but 18 percent of Congress. Donor fatigue...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 —...
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,...
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...
Now that the Texas primary is over, we're a little closer to knowing who our confirmed Democratic challengers will be. Congratulations to Lillian Salerno (TX-32) and Gina Ortiz Jones (TX-23), who advanced into runoffs, as well as Lizzie Pannill Fletcher...
The 2018 election officially gets under way next Tuesday—when Texas primary voters go to the polls. Illinois follows close behind on March 20. So now is the time to get involved! In the three most competitive Texas and Illinois primary...
There’s only one way to stop this epidemic of gun violence: Elect progressive Democrats and kick out the GOP. It’s clear by now that Republicans in Congress aren’t going to do a single thing to make our streets and schools...
