8 women on the challenges of being a woman running for office in the current political climate
Clockwise from top: Catalina Cruz, Anna Eskamani, Abigail Spanberger, Lauren Underwood. Photo: Courtesy of the Candidates The past few years have been groundbreaking for women in politics: In 2018, more women campaigned for elected office than at any time in U.S. history, and there are now more women in Congress and state legislatures than ever before.
Florida State Representative Anna Eskamani Anna Eskamani. Photo: Courtesy of the Candidate On rumors suggesting she was sleeping with a male lawmaker: “I think it’s because I’m a woman. All these women will be like, ‘Are you doing okay? How’s your self-care?’ I’m like, I don’t have fucking self-care! I’m running for Congress. I’ll take a nap in November. Do you want me to win this, or do you want me to go to yoga?”
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood Lauren Underwood. Photo: Courtesy of the Candidate/© R. Dione Foto On running as a woman of color and reactions within her own party: “One of the semi-scariest times canvassing was when I knocked on this man’s door and he opened the door and he had on nothing but a towel. He’s looking me up and down in a really disrespectful, Oooh, girl type of way. I’m standing at the door trying to say my spiel, but in the back of my head I’m like, This man could stash me in his house and rape me.
Gina Ortiz Jones, 2018 Texas U.S. House candidate running again in 2020 Gina Ortiz Jones. Photo: Courtesy of the Candidate/Ana Isabel Photography http://www.anaisabelphotography.com On being targeted for being a lesbian during a 2018 Democratic-candidate forum, where an opponent suggested she “flood the district” with fliers about her sexual orientation:
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