The Farm Team

So says Jeff Schapiro of The Richmond Times Dispatch.
Women make up half the state’s population. And while their numbers, as local elective officials are growing, women — in both parties — hold just over 16 percent of Virginia’s legislative seats.
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… the Farm Team is being pieced together ahead of a historic election, one that could [...]

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That is what The Farm Team intends to do.
What began as conversation at the Women’s Caucus Breakfast during the Commonwealth’s annual Jefferson-Jackson celebration in February has blossomed into a ground game effort dedicated to electing women candidates. Hosted by former Attorney General Mary Sue Terry at her farm in Patrick County, 23 women gathered for [...]

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“Between 1924 and 1933, six women ran successfully for seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, pioneering a wider role for women in Virginia politics.  All were Democrats (the majority party in Virginia at the time), and each had a background as a teacher or educator.  They were elected not from the heartland of the [...]

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