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* Illinois is one of these states…
Women now make up a quarter of all state legislature seats in the United States. There are now nine state legislatures that could potentially be composed of 50% or more women after the general elections in November. That’s never happened. https://t.co/QJecze5CDJ
— dri (@DriXander) July 2, 2018
* From the story…
A record number of women won Nevada’s primaries in June. And there is now a possibility for the Legislature to have more women than men, which would be a first in United States history. Of the states that have had primaries so far, at least eight more have a shot at reaching or surpassing the 50 percent mark in November.
To reach this milestone, however, a woman must win the general election in every district where at least one is running, a difficult feat. Some female candidates are running in districts favoring the other party, and many are challenging incumbents, who historically almost always win. […]
Women now make up a quarter of all state legislature seats in the United States.
In Illinois, women hold 36 percent of seats in the state legislature. This percentage is the sixth highest in the country. Voters would need to elect 26 more female lawmakers for at least half of their state legislature to be women.
And yet, on the surface at least, I don’t ever think I’ve seen women legislators more divided than they are now in Illinois. As subscribers know, the bipartisan, bicameral Conference of Women Legislators has been disbanded. The Senate now has a bipartisan group, but Democratic women in the House have formed their own, separate organization which has had a hiccup or two so far.
Maybe these are just growing pains, or a sign of a much more divisive era (both at the state and national levels). And it’s their shops, so they get to call the shots. I’m not trying to be critical here, I’m just kinda lamenting the apparent loss of legislative comity.
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Jul 2, 18 @ 10:12 am
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I don’t think it is surprising at all. When women were few, it made sense to band together for a variety of reasons. As the numbers expand to the point where they have real power it would make sense that the ideological difference would become more important. Perhaps at some point there will be a “Male Caucus”; won’t that be the day. Not to be sexist but its perhaps time for the women to clean up the mess the men left.
Comment by What's in a name? Monday, Jul 2, 18 @ 10:19 am
hanging out with Ives would not be my interest. Dems only. but also tired of so many female pols claiming they are peace loving/no war because they are women (tell that to the former fighter pilots running for Congress in Ky and Tex), or that “we’re mothers” so xyz, cause not all women are mothers. it’s well past time that everyone was judged by their thinking, not their body parts.
Comment by Amalia Monday, Jul 2, 18 @ 10:32 am
=== I’m just kinda lamenting the apparent loss of legislative comity. ===
+1
Comment by Norseman Monday, Jul 2, 18 @ 10:34 am
== apparent loss of legislative comity. ==
Yep. A symptom of the breakdown of political civility in our nation and state and not really related to the #metoo phenomenon.
Comment by Roman Monday, Jul 2, 18 @ 10:43 am
No more musicals? Maybe they realized that the departure of BFC and her feather boas was more of a loss than they first thought.
(CoWL was always far more than the shows, but the shows were great fun)
Comment by Anonymous Monday, Jul 2, 18 @ 10:44 am
But interestingly, there will be fewer Women in the Senate GOP Caucus next year than there were in the 1990s.
Comment by GOP Monday, Jul 2, 18 @ 1:43 pm
Amalia, don’t disagree with how you feel about Ives, but it’s unfortunate that your views on retired military officers running for office are so one-dimensional. Quite often people who have seen the horror of war first hand have more finely tuned opinions than those who have seen it from an armchair watching CNN.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Monday, Jul 2, 18 @ 5:46 pm
Arthur are you mansplaining? Amelia never said anything specifically about military, she was comparing the sterotypes women deal with daily in this world and said she’d much prefer all to be considered by their backgrounds/voices rather than stereotypes.
Comment by Union Thug Gramma Tuesday, Jul 3, 18 @ 9:04 am