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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to announce if she will retire after midterm election results showed Republicans took control of the House. ....
View Comments Correction & clarification: A prior version of this article misstated the number of female municipal officeholders, details about verification of the data, some location information and a couple of quotes. Women are underrepresented in political office on the municipal level, according to a new report released Thursday by Rutgers University,findings that contradict previously held beliefs that women are more likely to hold office locally than on the state or federal levels. An analysis of census-level data by Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics the first university-based center to focus on women s participation in American politics on a national scale found the percentage of women in municipal office virtually matches that of women serving in state government and in the House of Representatives. ....
USA TODAY Women are underrepresented in political office on the municipal level, according to a new report released Thursday by Rutgers University,findings that contradict previously held beliefs that women are more likely to hold office locally than on the state or federal levels. An analysis of census-level data by Rutgers Center for American Women in Politics the first university-based center to focus on women s participation in American politics on a national scale found the percentage of women in municipal office virtually matches that of women serving in state government and in the House of Representatives. Currently, 30.5% of women occupy municipal seats, 30.9% are in state legislatures, and though Pew Research Center reported the number of women serving in the 117th Congress increased 50% from 10 years ago, 26.5% hold seats in the House. ....
USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page Releases ‘Madam Speaker’ Book on Nancy Pelosi Page’s biography of Pelosi is her latest book since “The Matriarch” on the life and impact Barbara Bush Staff USA TODAY NETWORK PRESSROOM USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page today released her new book “Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power.” Page’s biography of Nancy Pelosi is the inside story of how the most powerful woman in American political history outwitted her foes, dominated the Democratic Party with an “iron fist in a Gucci glove” and stood up to Donald Trump. Page interviewed House Speaker Pelosi 10 times during the past two years for her biography and spoke exclusively with more than 150 friends, family members and notable political allies and adversaries – including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Boehner and Newt Gingrich. ....