At Least 29 Women Running For Governor In 2010
Dec 15th, 2009 | 3 responses
ElectWomen.com has the links and a list for “…the top, most viable female gubernatorial candidates…” and an asterisk after some of the names indicates that in addition to the women listed, there are also female primary challengers for some of the candidates.
The number of states involved: 16! Currently, just six states (Michigan, North Carolina, Arizona, Washington, Connecticut and Hawaii) have female governors.
And if you don’t subscribe to ElectWomen’s enewsletters, you should.
Any bets on how far these candidates will get, what the outcome will be in 11/10?
Alex Sink, Nikki Haley, Sue Bysiewicz, Meg Whitman, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jan Brewer – those are the names I know, from one way or another. I don’t think Whitman (CA) can do it, I wish Hutchison (TX) could at least get past Rick Perry (whose been endorsed by Sarah Palin) but I’m not sure, Nikki Haley (SC) is very intriguing but assessing the impact of her closeness to Mark Sanford and his policies is tough. Alex Sink (FL) has been getting name play from women’s forums for quite a while and I’ve been hearing about Bysiewicz for years and years because of my connections in CT.
And how many of these women, after two years, do we think might challenge potential candidates in runs as vice president…or president in 2012? If elected to gov-ship in 2010, they’d at least meet the minimum experience qualification threshold, set – for better or worse – by Sarah Palin in 2008.
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Pretty even across the D & R's too.
Yes, even though that's just a selection of who ElectWomen.com chose to picture. But even so, I think it's great. Here, locally, my state rep's seat will be an open seat and two women – one from each party – have pulled petitions so far. The Republican has been mayor of a small town for a few years and the Democrat has a lot of relevant experience, as candidates go (read: prosecutor's office etc.). Though I have to say, I've known for decades that people who “want to run for office” often look to get into prosecutor's offices early in their legal career, if that's their profession. But I still really don't understand why. Yes, it gives you an idea about the law, but I really don't think it's what best or only prepares you for public service. I'm glad I have a legal education and passed the bar etc. but I can't say that, given what I see a lot of politicians do, it's so incredibly critical. Being smart, thoughtful and caring seem at least if not more important to me.