Kamala just chose her running mate. Let’s welcome Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to the race 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Assuming Democrats win the presidency in November, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan will ascend to replace Walz, becoming the first Native American woman governor in...
The dog days of summer are here, and with them, the final primaries of the 2024 cycle. Coming up in just five short days—on August 6—are state and federal primary elections in Michigan and Washington. We’re watching one major US...
Amid all the conversation about the radicalizing political rhetoric and potential Secret Service failures that led to last weekend’s attempted assassination of Donald Trump, one piece of the conversation is missing: Why was Thomas Matthew Crooks able to gain access...
We know there’s a lot of uncertainty at the top of the Democratic ticket right now, but that hasn’t changed our mission: Empowering women donors to grow their influence, thereby helping ensure women running for office at all levels have...
It has been a tough few days for those of us supporting Democrats up and down the ballot—and we are reaching out to suggest a path forward in the days ahead. All of us at WomenCount hear the concerns from...
Today, Americans across the country are celebrating Juneteenth, our newest national holiday. Black Americans have celebrated it for decades as the official end of slavery in the United States. Federally recognized since 2021, it’s now a day we’re all called...
Yesterday morning, we got a rare win at the Supreme Court: In a unanimous opinion, the Justices preserved widespread access to mifepristone, one of two ingredients in the abortion pill. Sixty-three percent of abortions are medication abortions, and it is...
Last week the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) added five new candidates to its Red-to-Blue program of flippable seats, including three women: Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-8, Toss Up) Ashley Ehasz (PA-1, Likely R) Janelle Stelson (PA-10, Lean R) That brings the number of...
To wrap up this month, we’re excited to announce victories for women in every race featured on our 2024 May Primaries slate! The big news, of course, is Angela Alsobrooks' US Senate win in Maryland. But we’re also celebrating: Sarah...
Polls in Maryland’s US Senate race showed a dead heat for weeks—but in the end, it wasn’t even close. Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks cruised to victory over US. Rep. David Trone, netting a solid 54 percent of the vote despite being...
