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By Elise Stefanik |2.8.2010

A New Wave of Conservative Female Candidates: Starting in the 1st District in Arkansas

Following the recent announcement from Democratic Congressman Marion Berry (AR-1) that he would not be seeking re-election in 2010, the Facebook world was aflutter with groups and posts encouraging conservative, Princella Smith to run for Congress in her hometown district; “Run Princella Run!” echoed on Facebook and through the Twittersphere. Since American Maggie ...

By Elise Stefanik |10.27.2009

NY-23, of All Places? Defining the Future of the Republican Party

Despite the competitive gubernatorial races in the Presidential battleground states of VA and now-bankrupt NJ; one needs to look no further than the upstate New York special election in the 23rd Congressional district to see the true future of the GOP playing out - particularly at the presidential level.  The race stands to highlight the ...

By Cheri Jacobus |9.8.2009

The Modern GOP Woman

Sarah Palin. Meg Whitman. Carly Fiorina. Kay Bailey Hutchison. There are more, but for the first time in memory, there are actually too many to name and count without resorting to Google. Republican women running for high office and being appointed to key positions are no longer the anomalies they once were. ...