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demmiblue

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Tue May 12, 2020, 04:55 PM May 2020

NEW RECORD: More women have filed to run for U.S. House seats in 2020 than in any year in history.

NEW RECORD

More women have filed to run for U.S. House seats in 2020 than in any year in history.

The 490 women who have filed this year outpace even the record-breaking 2018 midterms.

And. 14 states have yet to file.






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NEW RECORD: More women have filed to run for U.S. House seats in 2020 than in any year in history. (Original Post) demmiblue May 2020 OP
Hurrah! Shanti Mama May 2020 #1
Yeah! True Blue American May 2020 #2
WOW ! That's impressive! liberalla May 2020 #3
K&R, ... mama bout to get that belt uponit7771 May 2020 #4
Woohoo! crickets May 2020 #5
considering the record was set just 2 years ago..... mopinko May 2020 #6
Wimmen been votin fer a hunnerd years; what's takin so long? Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #7

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