Represented by women nancy pelosi in San Francisco, zoe lofgren in the south bay and lateefah simon, the replacement for barbara lees 12th district in the east bay. If she wins in november, it speaks to the issues that women face running in politics. Doctor Samantha Francois is a professor of womens studies at cal state east bay. She suggests that lower voter turnout means fewer younger voters, who are often more likely to vote for minority candidates. She adds that female candidates still face a tough time fundraising. Adam schiff outraised both his female opponents in the democratic party. Both katie porter and barbara lee, by like 2 to 1. But professor francois also notes that schiff got big endorsements from high profile female politicians like pelosi and barbara boxer, and that exit polls suggest that women voters supported schiff in equal numbers to men. I think we have to have a broader lens in terms of looking at local elections, city elections, and county elections. And we saw
Election feels interminable, almost done, appropriate to paraphrase talking heads and ask, how did we get here . Hillary clinton began plotting a run in the 70s. The 1870s, fresh off her civil war victory, directly inspired by lincoln. You remember. She knew she wanted the top job and a beard so she got serious about running for president and huma, but there was just one problem. We came out of the white house not only dead broke but in debt. Kennedy so poor. Oh, my god nothing was going to keep her from the white house, not this guy and the home of the brave. I want to strangle myself with his guitar string. Or this guy, i hardly remember him. Hes not around right now. Kennedy he was smirking about killing a guy in nam. It was much tougher to throw this hot sack of socialism under the bus. The American People are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails. Thank you, me too me too no, they still want to hear about it, bernie. Of course her biggest obstacle was this human pile dr
Election feels interminable, almost done, appropriate to paraphrase talking heads and ask, how did we get here . Hillary clinton began plotting a run in the 70s. The 1870s, fresh off her civil war victory, directly inspired by lincoln. You remember. She knew she wanted the top job and a beard so she got serious about running for president and huma, but there was just one problem. We came out of the white house not only dead broke but in debt. Kennedy so poor. Oh, my god nothing was going to keep her from the white house, not this guy and the home of the brave. I want to strangle myself with his guitar string. Or this guy, i hardly remember him. Hes not around right now. Kennedy he was smirking about killing a guy in nam. It was much tougher to throw this hot sack of socialism under the bus. The American People are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails. Thank you, me too me too no, they still want to hear about it, bernie. Of course her biggest obstacle was this human pile dr
What they got instead . Its a whos who of definitely not the who. [ laughter ] good evening. Thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. As we come on the air tonight, were tracking emergencies on both sides of the country. The battle against wildfires in the west in a moment. But first, president obama late today declaring a major disaster in west virginia. Following torrential rains. This town is one of many where rooftops are now the only thing you can see. And in White Sulphur spring, this man gets a hug from his neighbor, his home completely washed away, only his foundation remains. And those powerful floodwaters ripping up this street turning a car upsidedown, the death toll climbing and now the urgent rescues and search for the missing. Hundred of volunteers rushing in to help in a disaster that took the region by surprise. Abcs eva pilgrim leads us off. Reporter west virginias still under water tonight and in a state of emergency. Historic floods devastating coa
Beyonce. What they got instead . Its a whos who of definitely not the who. [ laughter ] good evening. Thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. As we come on the air tonight, were tracking emergencies on both sides of the country. The battle against wildfires in the west in a moment. But first, president obama late today declaring a major disaster in west rginia. Entire towns there under water following torrential rains. This town is one of many where rooftops are now the only thing you can see. And in White Sulphur spring, this man gets a hug from his neighbor, his home completely washed away, only his foundation remains. And those powerful floodwaters ripping up this street turning a car upsidedown, the death toll climbing and now the urgent rescues and the national guard, fema and hundred of volunteers rushing in to help in a disaster that took the region by surprise. Abcs eva pilgrim leads us off. Reporter west virginias still under water tonight and in a state of