Today the Morning Call ran a front page article about the success of women in Pennsylvania congressional elections. Eight were nominated in yesterday’s primary; seven Democrats and one Republican.
Before you break out the champagne, think about this. Pennsylvania has 18 congressional districts. Assume one Democrat and one Republican run in each. That’s a total of 36. Eight of those candidates are women. That is fewer than one-fourth.
On the other hand, I live in Carbon County where no woman in history has been elected County Commissioner, so maybe eight is a pretty big deal.
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