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Puget Sound Now: Recruiting “Gen Z” and Women Leaders
Posted OnMarch 10, 2024 byVote Run Lead and Vote Run Lead Action organizations recruit and train women for local and state political office: an interview with Emily Carmichael, state director for Vote Run Lead and Vote Run Lead Action. Read More >Read More…
Flip The Seats! Vote Run Lead Encourages Women to Run For EVERY Open Seat In State Legislature
Posted OnMarch 6, 2024 byIt’s time for women to flip the seats in state legislature and finally achieve equal representation in our statehouse governments. Vote Run Lead, the nonprofit that helps train women to run for office and win, has a plan to do this in just 10 years — versus the 100 years currently projected — by having women run for every open or contested seat. Read More >Read More…
Vote Run Lead Expands With Vote Run Lead Action and New Political Directors
Posted OnFebruary 13, 2024 byVote Run Lead, the nonprofit that trains women to run for political office and win, is thrilled to announce the expansion of Vote Run Lead Action into new states and with more personnel. This VRL sister organization is focused on training and supporting pro-democracy, anti-racist and feminist women to address the longstanding underrepresentation of women in…Read More…
Women legislators fight for salaries
Posted OnJanuary 17, 2024 byA small group of New Mexico lawmakers is working to modernize a system that, in important ways, hasn’t been updated since its establishment in 1912. Most significantly: New Mexico is the only state whose legislators don’t draw a salary. Read More >Read More…