DC Dems Continue to Control Candidacies!

(Courtesy of equalrepresentation.org)

Updating my list of current "open seats" and potential candidates, I ran up against news about DC Dems working to control who runs for a redistricted seat in California - in this case potentially pushing out a woman candidate in favor of men. State Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod has her eye on the slot, but Democratic Party wheels are churning against her according to a sitting Congressman:

"Friday, Baca, D-Rialto, said Democratic leaders in Washington had encouraged him to run in the new West End district to ensure a Democratic victory. Baca suggested that Negrete McLeod could not win the seat. Under that scenario, Baca said his son, Rialto Councilman Joe Baca Jr., would run in the Rialto-San Bernardino seat that Baca Sr. now represents." (The Press Enterprise 6/13/11)

When is this sort of good ol'boy activity going to stop? More importantly, when is the Democratic Party going to look for opportunities for MORE women to be elected to Congress to make sure women make real progress toward Equal Representation?

Happy Fourth of July! We will be celebrating 235 years since independence from the British Empire -- and still no equality for women under the U.S. Constitution, not to mention a measly 16.6% of seats in Congress. And it looks like this won't be changing much anytime soon.

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