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Lack of party support and money, plus racism and sexism, mean Black women often lose statewide elections Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY © Photo: Steve Helber, AP, Illustration: USA TODAY Network Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy holds her son, Alex Foy, as she and Del. Hala Ayala, D-Prince William, back, celebrate the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in the House chambers at the Capitol, Jan. 27, 2020, in Richmond, Va. In 2017, more than 30 prominent African American women wrote an open letter to then-Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez, calling out the party for taking Black women’s political activism and leadership for granted.  “We have shown how Black women lead, yet the Party’s leadership from Washington to the state parties have few or no Black women in leadership, the letter said. More and more, Black women are running for office and winning elections – with scant support from Democratic Party infrastructure.

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