More than 500 women are running for major office in the U.
S. in 2018. http://nbcnews.to/2nljWzN
By comparison: “In 2016,a high water tag for female candidates overall, there were 167 female major party nominees for the United States House and 16 for the Senate — well fewer than half the number of candidates vying for one of those spots now.” The 1992 “Year of the Woman” ushered in two dozen unusual women to the U.
S. House and four to the U.
S. Senate a year after the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearings.
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