Chemist Nancy Goroff eyes national stage despite losing race for Congress
Chemist Nancy Goroff eyes national stage despite losing race for Congress Dec. 17, 2020 , 11:40 AM Last month, chemist Nancy Goroff failed to unseat Representative Lee Zeldin (R–NY) and become the first female science Ph.D. in the U.S. Congress. But the 52-year-old Democrat is still hoping national politics will loom large in her future. Goroff waited until after New York state election officials completed counting absentee ballots on 4 December to concede defeat, by a margin of 55% to 45%, in her race against Zeldin. The three-term congressman got more votes than President Donald Trump, wh...
Source: sciencemag.org