2025 & 2026 Elections | Blue Wave 2025 results

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There's a big difference between electing a woman as POTUS and electing one as governor or senator. The fact that Republicans are willing to elect a woman as governor or senator doesn't seem to apply when they run for president. I have serious doubts that the MAGA base would be willing to vote for a woman to be the GOP presidential candidate. And Trump himself certainly seems to have no problems expressing his misogyny at every opportunity - does anyone think he would vote for a female presidential candidate in either party? I remember back in 1984 when Mondale (who was nicknamed "Fritz") chose Geraldine Ferraro as the first female v-p candidate that there were frequent jokes among Republicans that his campaign slogan should be "Fritz & Tits".

ETA: Democratic women make up 42% of their party's representation in Congress, while Republican women make up just 15% of their party's members. Seems like a pretty clear indication of which party is willing to vote for female candidates for office.

Link: Has the number of women in Congress hit a ceiling?
But you said "I've had Evangelical women tell me that they believe that god "set aside" major leadership posts like the ministry and presidency for men." How are those Republican women getting elected to Senator and Governor at all? Do the evangelical women feel that Senator and Governor are not considered major leadership posts?
 
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“… Democrat Eric Gisler, who works in the insurance technology industry, defeated Republican Mack “Dutch” Guest IV, the owner of a trucking company, to win the 121st House District in the Athens area by a 51-49 margin.

The district had been in Republican hands ever since its previous occupant, Marcus Wiedower, unseated a Democratic incumbent in 2018. In recent years, it had shifted rightward, supporting Donald Trump by a 56-43 spread in 2024, according to calculations by The Downballot, and handing Wiedower a dominant 61-39 win over Gisler.…
 
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