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Clint Reilly has a post today that gets it right in a post today, The Bay Congresswomen Power Bloc. He writes,
It is a remarkable fact that while women make up 64 percent of the Bay Area’s Congressional delegation, only 16 percent of the total members of the House of Representatives are female. Even within the Democratic House Caucus, only 22 percent of the members are women.
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Senate District 19 is the KEY State Senate race this year. This is the district that is most likely to flip from Republican to Democratic, delivering a majority large enough to actually pass budgets over Republican obstructionism. Hannah-Beth Jackson is the Democratic candidate for State Senate District 19.
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Last year as I watched Debra Bowen being sworn in as Secretary of State I couldn’t help but feel this was a momentous achievement in history. As Secretary of State, Debra Bowen would be heading the governmental body in California responsible for overseeing voter rights and the accountability of the State’s electoral process. How delightfully appropriate because women represent the largest group of disenfranchised voters in history and now a woman was going to be the chief elections officer for the state with the highest number of registered voters in the nation. Score one for the women’s movement and suffragettes everywhere.
Irony aside, Debra Bowen has proved to be the right woman for the job. Debra realizes that the electoral process is fundamental to democracy not only as a constitutional right, but as a personal privilege. Since taking office last January, Debra Bowen has worked to restore confidence and reliability in the voting process here in California. So it should come as no surprise that Debra has been selected to receive the prestigious John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award along with Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. Debra will be presented the award on Monday, May 12th in Boston. The award is designed to make Americans aware of the “conscientious and courageous acts of the public servants and to encourage elected officials to choose principles over partisanship.” Debra is certainly a living tribute to the significance of this award.
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