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Kirstin Snow, Mrs American Dream 2007
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Date Posted: 09:25:01 10/29/07 Mon
Hi, Everyone. It's that time of year again- no, not Halloween- election time! Many of us don't exercise our individual civic freedom- the right to vote- in primary elections for a plethora of reasons. I'm sending out this gentle reminder to vote next Tuesday because I've been working my platform of civic awareness and voting since my Miss America days in the early 90s. Local elections give us the best opportunity to let our voice be heard on issues that impact us close to home. Don't be fooled into thinking your vote doesn't count- several recent elections have been decided by just one vote! And consider this...the US ranks 68th in the WORLD for women's political leadership- a pathetic statistic. Finally, the US population is 52% female... yet less than 20% of our elected officials are women. How can a country move forward when over half its population is left behind? Don't sit out this election... go VOTE, and take your kids with you! Statistics show that first-time voters are life time voters, so get your kids interested in the process now! (and maybe by the time they're old enough to vote, we'll have worked out all those silly bugs in the voting machine process! :) Below are more stats if you're interested... I also encourage you to visit thewhitehouseproject.org, a nonprofit, nonpartisan site about women in leadership and politics. There's great stuff on there for girls, too! We're defending freedom across the globe, so the least we can do here is honor our own right to vote! Don't let it go to waste!
In 2007, 86 women serve in the U.S. Congress. Sixteen women serve in the Senate, and 70 women serve in the House. The number of women in statewide elective executive posts is 76, while the proportion of women in state legislatures is at 23.5 percent.
Congress: women hold 86, or 16.3%, of the 535 seats in the 110th US Congress — 16, or 16.0%, of the 100 seats in the Senate and 70, or 16.1%, of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives. In addition, three women serve as Delegates to the House from Guam, the Virgin Islands and Washington, DC.
Statewide Elective Executive: In 2007, 77 women hold statewide elective executive offices across the country; women hold 24.4% of the 315 available positions. Among these women, 48 are Democrats, 26 are Republicans, one is an independent, and 3 were elected in nonpartisan races.
State Legislature: In 2007, 1,734, or 23.5%, of the 7,382 state legislators in the United States are women. Women hold 423, or 21.5%, of the 1,971 state senate seats and 1,311, or 24.2%, of the 5,411 state house seats. Since 1971, the number of women serving in state legislatures has more than quintupled.
Women in Statewide Elective Executive Office 2007 – 77 women of 315 = 24.4%
9 Governors
11 Lieutenant Governors
4 Attorney Generals
12 Secretaries of State
11 State Treasurers/Chief Financial Officers
6 State Auditors
4 State Comptrollers
8 Chief State Education Officials
2 Commissioners of Insurance
1 Commissioner of Labor
2 Corporation Commissioners
5 Public Service Commissioners
1 Public Regulation Commissioner
1 Railroad Commissioner
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