Hundreds more women who are running in every office from the top of the ballots to the bottom cross the country and yes i absolutely want to make sure that women get elected here in new mexico you know as far as im concerned if i want native women or women of color to run to be willing to help them get out there. And its not just women Native Americans are also seeking office in Two Thousand And Eighteen in previously unseen numbers. The government recognizes Five Hundred Seventy Three tribes making up some two percent of the us population. Native americans have faced a long history of oppression including the government taking their lands and stripping them of their traditions today they still face higher poverty rates than the National Average and one in three says they have experienced racism thats why
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Have to ask a man one. this year a record number of women no longer need to be asked it could be a small step toward equal representation in a country where only one in five lawmakers is a woman well there are definitely more women running now than ever there there are hundreds more women who are running in every office from the top of the ballot to the bottom cross the country and yes i absolutely want to make sure that women get elected here in new mexico you know as. first i m concerned if i want native women or women of color to run to be willing to help them get out there. and it s not just women native americans are also seeking office in two thousand and eighteen in previously unseen numbers. the government recognizes five hundred seventy three tribes making up some two percent of the us population.
Hundreds more women who are running in every office from the top of the ballots to the bottom cross the country and yes i absolutely want to make sure that women get elected here in new mexico you know as far as i m concerned if i want native women or women of color to run to be willing to help them get out there. and it s not just women native americans are also seeking office in two thousand and eighteen in previously unseen numbers. the government recognizes five hundred seventy three tribes making up some two percent of the us population. native americans have faced a long history of oppression including the government taking their lands and stripping them of their traditions today they still face higher poverty rates than the national average and one in three says they have experienced racism that s why
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