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Why there are more Republican women in Congress than ever before
CNN ^ | 14 Jan 2023 | Simone Pathe, Maeve Reston, Janie Boschma and Renée Rigdon

Posted on 01/15/2023 3:03:59 AM PST by blueplum

...Chavez-DeRemer flipped a Democratic seat in November, helping Republicans win a narrow House majority. She is now among a record 42 Republican women in Congress and one of the first two Latino members of Congress from Oregon.

The trail she has blazed is emblematic of the progress that the Republican Party has made in electing women over the past decade – hard-fought milestones reached only after outside groups began playing a larger role in primaries....

...Helping women get through primaries in safe red seats could become more difficult after a deal reached between two outside groups as part of the Republican negotiations over the House speaker’s election. Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC backed by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, agreed to stay out of open-seat primaries in exchange for the anti-tax Club for Growth’s support for his speakership bid....

...Party operatives credit strong recruitment – both in 2022 under NRCC recruitment chair Carol Miller of West Virginia and in 2020, under then-Rep. Susan Brooks of Indiana.

“That begins with the acknowledgment that the way you recruit women is different from men,” Savage said. “You don’t have to recruit men. They line up to tell you they’re the best fit.”

But one of the major lessons from 2018 is the recognition that getting women to run isn’t enough: Helping them through the process is also critical....

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: carolmiller; congress; nrcc; primaries; womeninpolitics
long read emphasizing a central point: the RNCC needs to get more involved in primaries
1 posted on 01/15/2023 3:03:59 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

The DemonRats made their worst error ever, they poked the Momma Bear!


2 posted on 01/15/2023 3:12:28 AM PST by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: Highest Authority

Leftists are obsessed with sex and race.


3 posted on 01/15/2023 3:13:08 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: blueplum

That, and women tend to be less willing to make deals for personal gain.


4 posted on 01/15/2023 3:31:10 AM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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To: joma89

an advantage to having more women on the Republican side of the aisle to counteract dem women is, Rep men are hesitant to go on the attack against women for fear of being seen as abusive or sexist - whereas women don’t have that problem when facing off with another woman - they can go honeybadger


5 posted on 01/15/2023 3:50:34 AM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: Highest Authority

Absultively!


6 posted on 01/15/2023 5:16:18 AM PST by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: blueplum

Post-redistricting, love my new Rep., Kat Cammack in north Florida!


7 posted on 01/15/2023 5:22:08 AM PST by NorthernDancer (“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”)
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To: blueplum

In Florida, there are two new XX ladies (as opposed to XY women) who are beautiful Ana Paulina Luna ? Flipped Charlie Crist’s seat) and Laura Lee (new seat). Both will be stars.


8 posted on 01/15/2023 5:27:38 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Defund the FBI, the American Stasi.. Hello 2023, can we get over 2020 yet? )
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To: blueplum

…because the sex parties were getting boring?


9 posted on 01/15/2023 6:23:47 AM PST by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: blueplum
"Why there are more Republican women in Congress than ever before."

Because the republicans have lost their testicles.?

We're all transgender now.. (spit)

10 posted on 01/15/2023 6:26:25 AM PST by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: Jonty30

“…women tend to be less willing to make deals for personal gain.“

My first thought when I read this was: “yeah, I see that..”

But the very next second, I realized that we’re talking about women POLITICIANS.

Biggest whores on the planet. None of them would be where they are without making deals for personal gain.

Think Hillary, Kamala, AOC, etc…


11 posted on 01/15/2023 6:27:23 AM PST by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: blueplum

“Rep men are hesitant to go on the attack against women”

Not an acceptable excuse. The attacks should be on the issues, not the people behind them.

There’s so much people-attacking. I think they are trying to avoid talking about the issues.


12 posted on 01/15/2023 8:53:40 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: blueplum

A Nation that does not promote male strength is domed. Women have a place in Nation’s but don’t do well when in charge.


13 posted on 01/15/2023 9:42:57 AM PST by TNoldman (AN AMERICAN FOR A MUSLIM/BHO FREE AMERICA. (Owner of Stars and Bars Flags))
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To: blueplum

Obviously because Republicans are misogynist ... oh, wait.


14 posted on 01/15/2023 3:01:02 PM PST by NonValueAdded ("There should have been an age and risk stratification approach." still true)
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