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2020
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As the nation waits for results, women election officials challenge disinformation
Women hold top election positions in key battleground states where counting ballots for the presidential election is underway.
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Transgender candidates make historic gains in statehouses around the country
The number of out transgender state lawmakers will nearly double, following a trend in increased trans representation in legislative chambers.
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Supreme Court weighs if government contractors can turn away LGBTQ+ people
The case is seen as a harbinger of things to come on the new 6-3 conservative court after the appointment of Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
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Woman says she deserves the North Dakota House seat won by man who died of COVID
The winner died before the election. The runner-up wants to join the 31 women in the state’s legislature.
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Mammograms fell sharply in early pandemic months, study finds
As COVID-19 cases climb again, cancer screenings are likely to plummet once more.
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Preliminary data suggests Latina voter turnout surged in key battleground states
Some organizers believe Latinas may be the ones to help deliver Arizona for Biden, and Latinas in Florida and Texas broke in significant numbers for Trump.
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Democrats spent hundreds of millions trying to flip the Senate. It didn’t work.
Susan Collins, outspent but underestimated, was among the Republicans who prevailed.
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A record number of Native American women are headed to Congress
At least 18 native women ran for congressional seats this year and three were elected.
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Republican women could double representation in the U.S. House
Election night proved to be a strong showing for Republican women, with at least 23 heading to the lower chamber.
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Voters in Colorado and Oregon approved two major wins for working women
The proposals come at a time when women have shouldered the bulk of child care and family care needs during the coronavirus pandemic.