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sheshe2

(83,739 posts)
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 08:31 PM Dec 2013

Elizabeth Warren, "Congratulations to my friend Katherine Clark"

Congratulations to my friend Katherine Clark, our newly elected Congresswoman from the Massachusetts 5th Congressional district! I'm glad we'll have another strong woman here in Washington fighting for working families in Massachusetts and across the country.



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Katherine Clark to succeed Edward Markey in House



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“Being from Massachusetts is not a hindrance,” he added. “Being a freshman is not a hindrance. It’s that attitude that will determine whether she becomes another O’Neill or Moakley and another one of the successful Massachusetts politicians or whether, two years later, people say, ‘Who was that woman who won that special?’ ”

Women’s groups celebrated Clark’s election Tuesday as a milestone in Massachusetts, a state that, despite its progressive reputation, has a poor record of electing women to office. Clark will be the third woman in the state’s 11-member congressional delegation, joining Warren and Representative Niki Tsongas, Democrat of Lowell. That is the most women ever to represent the state at one time. Clark will be the 79th woman in the House.

“We’re seeing a gradual and, unfortunately, fairly slow trend toward increasing the numbers of women in Congress,” said Ann Bookman, director of the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Boston. “But we need many more Katherine Clarks and more wins in the country to really develop a critical mass in Congress.”

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/12/11/katherine-clark-posts-lopsided-victory-race-fill-markey-house-seat/Dfr5VPA2ePUex4JAZhmLTM/story.html




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Elizabeth Warren, "Congratulations to my friend Katherine Clark" (Original Post) sheshe2 Dec 2013 OP
What a glowing asset to the US Congress, she! Cha Dec 2013 #1
We rock, Cha! sheshe2 Dec 2013 #2
EMPOWERING OURSELVES, she~ Cha Dec 2013 #3
I love love love this! sheshe2 Dec 2013 #4
I know, she.. I rather liked Cha Dec 2013 #5
Aloha my friend~ sheshe2 Dec 2013 #6
Aloha, sheshe~ Cha Dec 2013 #7

Cha

(297,137 posts)
1. What a glowing asset to the US Congress, she!
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 10:38 PM
Dec 2013

Two beautiful Democratic women representing Massachusetts~ One in the House and one in the Senate.

We have that gift goin' on in Hawai'i, too!

Awesome post, she, Mahalo~

sheshe2

(83,739 posts)
2. We rock, Cha!
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 10:58 PM
Dec 2013

And we sure as hell are going to keep it up!

Hawaii, Women, Massachusetts, Texas (thank you Wendy Davis), Kentucky( Alison Lundergan Grimes) This President!

Damn but things are looking uo!

GOTV 2014!!!!!


sheshe2

(83,739 posts)
4. I love love love this!
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 11:41 PM
Dec 2013

Empowered! Damn right! We sure are ready to go!!!!!

Back from the party of stupid.

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Excellent graphics, Cha!


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