How Democratic Women Won (And Lost) The mixed lessons of Tuesday's primaries.............
Last Tuesday seems so long ago. I am proud of the women that ran--.
How Democratic Women Won (And Lost)
The mixed lessons of Tuesday’s primaries.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/05/16/tuesday-primaries-women-2018-218372
By BILL SCHER
May 16, 2018
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Democratic 2nd District House candidate Kara Eastman in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 15, 2018. | AP Photo/Nati Harnik
Democratic 2nd District House candidate Kara Eastman in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 15, 2018. | AP Photo/Nati Harnik
Democrats eager to see more women in office had reason to celebrate after last night’s primary results. Pennsylvania, which currently has no women in its U.S. House delegation, is now almost sure to get at least three sworn in next year.
In the safely Democratic 4th and 5th congressional districts, state Rep. Madeline Dean and former school board member Mary Gay Scanlon, respectively, emerged victorious from their hotly contested fields. And in the bluish 6th, military veteran and first-time candidate Chrissy Houlahan ran unopposed, after her lone opponent, also a woman, dropped out after the district lines were redrawn by court order.
And while Democrats can’t be quite as confident about their general election chances in the swinging 7th, former Allentown City Solicitor Susan Wild beat back male challengers on her left and right flank to claim that nomination. Beyond Pennsylvania, in the redder 2nd District of Nebraska, nonprofit executive Kara Eastman edged out former Rep. Brad Ashford. And in Idaho, Democrats made history by choosing a Native American woman, Paulette Jordan, for governor over a white male seeking his second consecutive nomination.
However, women didn’t run the table. Military veteran Rachel Reddick was trounced by wealthy philanthropist Scott Wallace in Pennsylvania’s 1st District. Twenty-six year-old former Obama administration aide Shavonnia Corbin-Johnson appears to have come up a few hundred votes short in the 10th District against pastor and veteran George Scott. And neither of the two Keystone State women vying for lieutenant governor could overcome the tattooed force of nature that is four-term Braddock Mayor John Fetterman.
Why did some women perform better than others? What lessons can other future candidates take from last night? Here are four key takeaways:
1. Ideological Purity Is Not Required.....................
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Maybe we were just plain voting for the best candidates, the ones who have the creds to beat the Republicans in November, male or female.
In my district, PA-14, Bibiana Boerio bested 3 men to win the Democratic Primary. Bibi was the most qualified candidate and has the best chance of beating Guy Reschenthaler. I think that counts for something! 
