Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S. and around the world with a little gardening and goodwill mixed in for refreshment!
After graduating from college 35 years ago this week I took a job on a U.S. Senate campaign because I thought that getting good people elected to Congress was the cure for an unhealthy democracy. But after years of working for terrific candidates at all levels of government, I realized that it wasn’t a lack of good candidates that was causing dysfunction in Washington. Rather, it was then and still is the infrastructure of our electoral system that prioritizes handfuls of voters in swing states, protects incumbents, and solidifies the overrepresentation of white men in politics.
Navarro, the term-limited incumbent, might seek another office
June 3, 2021 | 9:29 am
June 3, 2021
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Maricé Morales, a former state delegate, said Tuesday that she is running for Montgomery County Council in District 4.
Council Member Nancy Navarro, who has held the seat since 2009, can’t run for re-election because of term limits.
Navarro said she is still deciding what her next career step might be and has set a deadline of around September.
She has not ruled out a run for county executive or a state or federal office.
Navarro, who previously served five years on the Board of Education, said, “Everything is still in play, because obviously, after so many years of having the honor to serve on the Board of Education [and] County Council … I still would want to play a role in public service and policy. I’m also being approached in other sectors, so I need to see what makes more sense for me and my family.”
Big Boom: A mysterious explosion at an Israeli air base last week was purportedly caused by a rocket engine test, say analysts.
☢️ Sanctions Demands: Iranian diplomat Abbas Araghchi said that the U.S. must remove sanctions designations from 1,500 people in order to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. Reassurances: Brett McGurk, the National Security Council’s Middle East and North Africa coordinator, told Jewish leaders on Friday that the administration will not lift sanctions on Iran before any agreement on the 2015 deal. Big Deal: Israel’s Delek Drilling is working on plans to sell its stake in the Tamar offshore drilling plant to Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Petroleum for $1.1 billion.