Tag: Women Vote 2020

Ms. will be on the frontlines, covering the most important election of our lifetimes—with a focus on gender and feminism. Our Women Vote 2020 series will run through the election, providing analysis, reporting and opinion pieces from movement leaders, experts and Ms. contributors and editors.

New Mexico Elects Its First All Women of Color House Delegation

New Mexico Elects Its First All Women of Color House Delegation

New Mexico made history by electing its first U.S. House delegation made up of all women of color, the result of three races with women running in both major parties.

Democrat Deb Haaland, one of the first Native women in Congress, was elected to a second term against in the 1st Congressional District; Republican Yvette Herrell, a member of Cherokee Nation, defeated the incumbent in a closely-watched race in the 2nd; and Democrat Teresa Leger Fernandez was elected to represent the 3rd District, the first woman to hold the seat since its creation in 1983.

Stay Alert Until Every Vote Is Counted: A U.S. Election Observer's Message

Stay Alert Until Every Vote Is Counted: A U.S. Election Observer’s Message

As a career diplomat who proudly represented the United States abroad in Latin America, Europe, Central Asia and Africa, I saw firsthand how elections were stolen in repressive countries. In the days ahead, we need to make sure that every vote is counted to avoid this result at home,” writes Mark L. Asquino, the U.S. ambassador to Equatorial Guinea from 2012 to 2015, the conclusion of nearly four decades as a foreign service officer.

What Do Women (Voters) Want? A Plan, Says Supermajority's Cecile Richards and Juanita Tolliver

What Do Women (Voters) Want? A Plan, Say Supermajority’s Cecile Richards and Juanita Tolliver

This year, the gender gap is wider than it’s ever been—a large reason for Biden’s lead nationally and in the battleground states.

But what do these women voters want? And what’s different about the 2020 election, compared to those in the past?

Ms. editor Roxy Szal in conversation with Cecile Richards, Supermajority’s CEO and co-founder, and Juanita Tolliver, Supermajority’s political director.