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Lack of party support and money, plus racism and sexism, mean Black women often lose statewide elections


Lack of party support and money, plus racism and sexism, mean Black women often lose statewide elections
Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY
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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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Glass ceiling on statewide offices remains for black women


Glass ceiling on statewide offices remains for black women
From left to right clockwise: independent Princess Blanding, former Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, D-Prince WIlliam, Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, and former Roanoke City Sheriff Octavia Johnson. (Source: Capitol News Service)
By Josephine Walker | Capital News Service | May 5, 2021 at 6:34 PM EDT - Updated May 5 at 9:34 PM
RICHMOND, Va. Four Black women have entered the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial race. If elected, the commonwealth would become the first state with a Black female governor.
Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, and former Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, D-Prince William, are competing for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Former Roanoke City Sheriff Octavia Johnson is seeking the Republican nomination. Independent activist and educator Princess Blanding is running for the new Liberation Party, which she helped establish last year. ....

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Democrats view Texas congressional special election with a mix of optimism and caution after disappointing 2020

Democrats view Texas congressional special election with a mix of optimism and caution after disappointing 2020
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