Posted on 01/01/2014 8:48:13 PM PST by Farnsworth
Forget whether Hillary Clinton could win the White House in 2016. Women still have yet to run many statehouses, but in 2014 two Texas Democrats are going for a new kind of history: Winning as an all-female ticket for governor and lieutenant governor. Related Stories
Texas 2-Woman Ticket Goes For History CBS Dallas Fort Worth (RSS) Democrats work to raise number of female governors Associated Press Manchin: Democratic success in Republican state Associated Press GOP governors defend edge over Democrats in 2014 Associated Press George P. takes baby steps away from Bush name Associated Press
Woven into one of the nation's most intriguing gubernatorial races this year is whether Democrat Wendy Davis, whose 11-hour filibuster over abortion restrictions catapulted the state senator to national fame this summer, can not only overcome long odds in a fiercely Republican state but pull off a political first.
If Davis and fellow state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, who is running for lieutenant governor, prevail in their March primaries as expected, they'll form what political experts say is only the fifth time in at least the past 20 years that a party has nominated women for both governor and lieutenant governor.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Plz read the article
Regardless of your politics, that’s a pretty low-class title.
Yep.
oops, should have put my title....not the AP or Yahoo news.
Sorry, I stand by my title. I have nothing but contempt for the aborter and her minion.
This is such bullsh*t!
In 1998 Arizona elected 5 women to the top five executive positions in the state. You don’t hear about it because they were all Republicans. They were called “The Fab 5”.
On January 4, 1999, five women were sworn in as the top executive officers in Arizona, a first in United States history. The national media dubbed them the “Fab Five” and celebrated them as examples of the progress women were making in politics. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who already had made history as the first woman on the nation’s highest court, administered the oath of office to Governor Jane Hull, Secretary of State Betsey Bayless, Attorney General Janet Napolitano, Superintendent of Public Instruction Lisa Graham-Keegan, and Treasurer Carol Springer.
http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/catalogs/dlg_show_excerpt.php?id=2072
Whoops!......all women and Republican except for the one guy ?Democrat, Napolitano.
Janet Napolitano was never a Pubbie.
If Texas falls for this we’re done.
I corrected in the next post. I don’t think she was ever a woman either.
yep and you can bet the left will bring the house, blitz and full court press this ticket. this is bad, very bad
Governor of Texas is a low class title?
Governor of Texas is a low class title?
What if they’ve perfected the off-year primary vote hack?
Napolitano was/is a Rep? thats gross....
*tsk*tsk* and I thought censorship was only on liberal sites, how sad. “free” republic...lol, sure....whatever, *wink*wink*
HA!!!
Is this THE Janet Napolitano. Was she a Republican then???
I corrected in the next post. I don’t think she was ever a woman either.
How so?
Everyone please go to Yahoo and comment! I am getting beat up there ;)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.