{"id":12617,"date":"2019-12-24T01:05:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T06:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internsdc.com\/?p=12617"},"modified":"2019-12-24T01:05:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T06:05:44","slug":"midterm-election-2014-complete-list-of-women-running-for-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/midterm-election-2014-complete-list-of-women-running-for-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Midterm Election 2014: Complete List of Women Running for Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"

To my fellow WISH Champions for Equality-<\/p>\n

Capitol Hill being a man’s world is shocking news to no one. Roughly seven months ago, Florida Congressman Steve Southerland notoriously hosted a “no girls allowed” fundraiser, sending out invitations boldly instructing donors to “tell the misses not to wait up” because of all the whiskey and cigars that would be consumed late into the evening. \u00a0Sure, that brand of sexism is so achingly 1950’s (“honey I’m home, is dinner ready yet”), maybe it’s supposed to be sorta funny. \u00a0As if.<\/del><\/p>\n

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Did you know only 18.9% of congressmen are congresswomen? \u00a0<\/em>That’s right. \u00a0Despite the fact that our population is more or less split down the middle, that “marble ceiling” stands firm, and now, almost 100 years after women received the vote, less than 1\/5 of our representation is female.<\/p>\n

But this year, the big 20%\u00a0might finally be met for the first time in our government’s history. There’s a slew of women running for office in November, and if things shake out a certain way, we could see some records shattering.<\/p>\n

Senate<\/h2>\n

15 women are running for Senate: 10 Democrats and 5 Republicans.<\/p>\n

Incumbents: <\/span><\/h3>\n