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Date Posted: 22:25:48 11/06/07 Tue
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Go Kirsten
's message, "Re: I think Kirsten needs to consider running for office. She is one sharp cookie!" on 15:48:49 10/30/07 Tue
>>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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