Democratic Senate Field Shaping Up To Be Most Diverse Ever
9 years, 8 months ago

Democratic Senate Field Shaping Up To Be Most Diverse Ever

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Kamala Harris, Loretta Sanchez, Donna Edwards and Tammy Duckworth are running for Senate this cycle. Getty/AP Images WASHINGTON -- There are already at least five major Democratic candidates of color running for U.S. Senate in 2016, a significant boost in diversity to a group that has traditionally been overwhelmingly white. Of the 14 major Democratic Senate candidates thus far this cycle, 36 percent of them are people of color: state Attorney General Kamala Harris and Rep. Loretta Sanchez in California, Rep. Tammy Duckworth in Illinois, Rep. Donna Edwards in Maryland and former state Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada. "Several months into the cycle, we are proud to already have the most diverse group of candidates in our history," said Sadie Weiner, spokeswoman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Allison said that although more minorities identify as Democrats, the party infrastructure still needs to make sure that it's recruiting and supporting candidates who know how to engage with communities of color and talk about what's important to them -- topics like income inequality, education and criminal justice reform -- in order to turn out people to vote.

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Diverse Republican presidential primary field sees an opening in 2024 with voters of color
1 year, 10 months ago

Diverse Republican presidential primary field sees an opening in 2024 with voters of color

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Race has emerged as a central issue — and a delicate one — in the 2024 presidential contest as the GOP’s primary field features six candidates of color, making it the party’s most racially diverse ever. Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador, is of Indian descent, as is Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur who …

Column: Black women lost a Senate seat. It'll cost Democrats
4 years, 3 months ago

Column: Black women lost a Senate seat. It'll cost Democrats

LA Times  

The grandchild of a man who never had the chance to cast a ballot because he died before the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Unfortunately, it’s also impossible not to see her historic appointment as some sort of a consolation prize for the U.S. Senate seat that Black women lost. “Keep the seat” was the hashtag-driven rallying cry echoed by …

Gov. Newsom challenged to address Senate’s lack of diversity
4 years, 3 months ago

Gov. Newsom challenged to address Senate’s lack of diversity

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Should California get its first Latino U.S. senator or should the 100-member chamber maintain one Black woman’s voice? The only Black woman to be a major party’s nominee for Senate this year — Marquita Bradshaw in Tennessee — was not supported by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. “But that just did not happen for Tennessee.” Black women’s …

Gov. Newsom challenged to address Senate's lack of diversity
4 years, 3 months ago

Gov. Newsom challenged to address Senate's lack of diversity

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Without Harris, the only Black woman in the Senate, the chamber has: — two Black senators, …

2021’s Congress will feature the most women of color ever
4 years, 4 months ago

2021’s Congress will feature the most women of color ever

LA Times  

Next year’s Congress will feature at least 51 women of color – more than ever before. Marilyn Strickland is the first Black person to represent Washington state at the federal level and is one of three Korean American women ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In western Washington state, Democrat Marilyn Strickland was elected the first Black person …

Record Number Of Women Of Color Are Headed To Congress
4 years, 4 months ago

Record Number Of Women Of Color Are Headed To Congress

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A record number of women of color ran for Congress in the 2020 election, and a record number won their races and are set to serve in 2021. At least 50 women of color will serve in the next Congress, breaking the previous record of 48 set in the last elections, according to a report Thursday by …

Biden says VP committee ‘looking at more than a dozen women’
4 years, 10 months ago

Biden says VP committee ‘looking at more than a dozen women’

CNN  

Washington, DC CNN — Former Vice President Joe Biden for the first time on Saturday said that his vice presidential vetting committee is looking at “more than a dozen women” and that there is “significantly more than one black woman” being considered. He also recently shared that former President Barack Obama had advised him to pick someone who “has strengths …

Castro’s exit is latest blow to diversity of 2020 field
5 years, 2 months ago

Castro’s exit is latest blow to diversity of 2020 field

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The 2020 Democratic presidential primary initially featured the most racially diverse field in history. “When the field becomes less diverse, there’s going to be a shift from poor folks and voters of color and the need to engage them and get them excited about the Democratic ticket,” said Sonja Diaz, founding director of UCLA’s Latino Policy and …

With Kamala Harris Out, Democrats' Leading Presidential Candidates Are All White
5 years, 3 months ago

With Kamala Harris Out, Democrats' Leading Presidential Candidates Are All White

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LOADING ERROR LOADING What started out as the most diverse field of Democratic presidential candidates in history is quickly becoming a glaringly white one. Her departure leaves six candidates — all white — who have qualified for the next debate, scheduled for Dec. 19: Former Vice President Joe Biden; Sen. Elizabeth Warren ; Sen. Bernie Sanders ; South Bend, Indiana, …

Democrats value diversity, but the presidential field is increasingly white
5 years, 3 months ago

Democrats value diversity, but the presidential field is increasingly white

LA Times  

Kamala Harris’ abrupt exit from the presidential race Tuesday underscored how in this election cycle, where Democrats have placed a particularly high value on diversity and inclusion, they are left with a slate of presidential candidates dominated by white men. The other one, 37-year-old Pete Buttigieg, the openly gay mayor of South Bend, Ind., does bring a measure of diversity …

Women And People Of Color Were Elected At Same Rate As White Men In 2018: Report
5 years, 9 months ago

Women And People Of Color Were Elected At Same Rate As White Men In 2018: Report

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A new report on the 2018 midterm elections found that women and people of color won their races at similar rates to white men ― challenging prevailing notions of what types of candidates are more “electable.” The Reflective Democracy Campaign ― a group that studies the demographics of elected officials in the U.S. ― looked at the …

Old, young, liberal, centrist: Democrats will have no end of choices for president in 2020
6 years, 2 months ago

Old, young, liberal, centrist: Democrats will have no end of choices for president in 2020

LA Times  

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has announced her presidential candidacy, waves to the crowd during an organizing event in Des Moines on Jan. 5. “Any candidate who is going to win a Democratic primary needs to engage young people and women, African American women in particular,’’ said Amanda Litman. “There are some voters who are reluctant to vote for a woman …

Kamala Harris top pick for White House run for Democratic women of colour
6 years, 3 months ago

Kamala Harris top pick for White House run for Democratic women of colour

Hindustan Times  

Democratic women of color have spoken. Their top choice for the party’s nomination for the White House in 2020 is Kamala Harris, the first time senator from California who expects to announce her run, or not, after the holidays. Harris, who is an American of Indian and African descent, is followed by Beto O’ Rourke, a congressman whose unsuccessful but …

Dramatic Increase In Women Of Color As 2018 Candidates: Report
6 years, 5 months ago

Dramatic Increase In Women Of Color As 2018 Candidates: Report

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The 2018 midterm elections have already broken barriers for representation among candidates for political office: A record number of women ran and won in the primaries, and an unprecedented number of LGBTQ candidates also ran and have won so far. There was a 75 percent increase in women of color among nominees for Congress in 2018 compared …

Women Of Color Are Viable Candidates No Matter What Their Communities Look Like
6 years, 6 months ago

Women Of Color Are Viable Candidates No Matter What Their Communities Look Like

Huff Post  

Stacey Abrams won 153 of Georgia's 159 counties in the state's May Democratic primary. In June, it was reported that several women of color candidates who won primaries in competitive districts didn’t receive support from party gatekeepers ― and, in some cases, faced outright opposition. Democratic women running for the Virginia House of Delegates ― many of whom were women …

Democrats Are Pushing More Diverse Candidates. Behind The Scenes, Not So Much.
6 years, 6 months ago

Democrats Are Pushing More Diverse Candidates. Behind The Scenes, Not So Much.

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People for the American Way interns prepare information packets on July 6, 2005, at the organization's "action center" in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images For the past year, Carol McDonald has been trying out a new way of introducing herself when she speaks in public. “You need to be able bring your own car, or move across the …

Record number of women bid for Senate but challenges await
6 years, 9 months ago

Record number of women bid for Senate but challenges await

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wisconsin — A record number of women are running for the U.S. Senate this year, and their stiff challenge is winning enough seats to dramatically diversify a chamber long dominated by men. When GOP state Sen. Leah Vukmir of Wisconsin filed petitions Wednesday, it meant 41 Republican and Democratic women had qualified to run for the Senate — the …

No Matter What Happens, The Next Senator From California Will Be A Woman Of Color
8 years, 9 months ago

No Matter What Happens, The Next Senator From California Will Be A Woman Of Color

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Rep. Loretta Sanchez, left, and California Attorney General Kamala Harris, right, will advance to November's general election for California's open Senate seat. Reuters/Getty California Attorney General Kamala Harris and Rep. Loretta Sanchez came out on top in Tuesday's primary for California's open seat in the U.S. Senate, all but ensuring a woman of color will represent the Golden State in …

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