More Republican women than ever are planning to run for office.
"They're tired of being quiet, and they know they have a lot to give," says Patti Russo, who's helped run the Women's Campaign School at Yale University for more than two decades. nbcnews.to/326AdKZ (1/5)
Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee of Illinois, an investment manager who is pro-choice, pro-gay rights and concerned about climate change, is running for a seat in Congress straight away: "We need to have new role models in the party." (2/5)
Anne Smith, who left a foreign affairs job with the federal government and now cares for her 20-month-old twins, is plotting a run for a seat in the Virginia General Assembly: The GOP is "losing women voters, and it doesn't seem to be doing anything about it." (3/5)
The super political action committee Republican Women for Progress raised $1 million in a single month last fall on the promise of supporting Republican women's voices.
"We can't keep up with all the folks reaching out to us," a co-founder says. (4/5)
The National Republican Congressional Committee has a "record number of women running for the House," a spokesperson says. nbcnews.to/2Zp80kV
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