Record number of black women are candidates in Alabama
Source: NBC News
They're fueled by Democrat Doug Jones' stunning upset Senate win, the #MeToo movement, opposition to Trump and a desire to carry on Obama's legacy.
by Adam Edelman / Mar.23.2018 / 4:36 AM ET
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. It's an unlikely location for a political uprising: A onetime drug rehab center in an office park, where metal bars still line the windows and the hum from the nearby I-20/I-59 overpass is constant.
But it is here that Jameria Moore, a 49-year-old attorney, launched her campaign for a judgeship on the Jefferson County Probate Court. She is one of about three dozen African-American women who are running for office as Democrats across deep-red Alabama.
It's an unprecedented number, according to party officials. Many, like Moore, are running for the first time. And many, like Moore, say Democrat Doug Jones' unexpected Senate victory in December inspired them to take a chance.
But there's more to this wave of black women candidates than that.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/record-number-black-women-are-candidates-alabama-n857576
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(9,728 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)This will require many black voters to get to the polls to vote. And they have someone worthwhile TO vote for.
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(51,302 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)My daughter is excited by this news - none in her district, but she'll work to the bone for the others!
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(32,891 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)I get on my knees and pray we don't get fooled again!
They absolutely did, and were major supporters in getting Doug Jones into office. My daughter and her BFF wore out 2 pair of shoes EACH on the stump!
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(47,211 posts)that demand an ID, or that shorten the days before election day.
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(32,891 posts)From the article:
Meanwhile, Republicans dismiss the gender and race of the Democratic candidates, saying the GOP is focused on issues.
"We are excited to showcase our winning policies as opposed to the failed ones of the liberal Democrats regardless of who is on their ballot," Alabama GOP chair Terry Lathan said.
The Government Of Putin sticks with the same old lies that their base feeds on.