Lafayette’s City Council: Microcosm of ‘women in politics’ in Trump era
Election returns on Wednesday showed that
It marks the highest percentage of female-representation on a city council throughout
The progression is easy to dismiss at first glance as isolated to
Women racked up victories across the country on Tuesday, and are being credited with the
The result may best be explained in a
In 2018, 40 women are already planning to run for governor across the country.
At the state level, the trend may be showing increasing returns, says
Harkins and
"It's not that surprising," Holden said of the splash women have made in politics and the recent election. "This time has been dominated at the state and national level and messages of "Trumpism,' and this is a direct impediation to that, even in municipal races."
"It's not just not just 'Trumpism,'" Holden said. "At the same time that women are woefully under represented in office, they're coming for protections on campuses and at workplaces, and these things have an impact on people waking up to these facts."
In 2016, Emily's List, the political group that backs female Democratic who support abortion rights, had discussions with a record 920 women interested in running for office, part of what was called the "Hillary bump." Since that election, nearly 20,800 women have expressed an interest in running for office, according to its own tally.
Historically, there has been an increase in the number of women running for office in the US. "when institutions are seen as nonrepresentative and hostile toward women,"
Serving with Harkins and Behanna on the
"I have two daughters who look up to me as a model for how to go out into the world," Behanna said. "For them to see me put my money where my mouth is, it's really important to me."
That group will oversee the overhauling of oil and gas regulation in the next several months, as well the future impacts the industry will inevitably have on the region. The group will also guide efforts to retool the city's affordable housing stock as the crisis is expected to linger across the county over into the foreseeable future.
"I think it's significant and a change of the dynamics at every level," Berg said of the uptick of women in both voting booths and as candidates.
Berg herself has been in a small percentage of female mayors throughout
"I've been the mayor for four years now," she said, "and it doesn't matter what demographic I speak to, but there's someone who's always surprised that I'm the mayor. It's a shift in consciousness in who we expect to be in these seats."
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