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Iowa - Iowa, a hotbed for politics, is unfriendly terrain for female candidates. The state that holds the nation's first presidential caucus stands as one of just two — Mississippi is the other — never to have elected a woman governor or sent a woman to Congress.
It may be trendy to skip Iowa for some (Maverick John McCain) but with this little factoid in -my- mind Hillary has to run in Iowa
Iowa's record on female candidates has never been tested by presidential politics. Although they campaigned in the state, Colorado Rep. Pat Schroeder in 1988,
Elizabeth Dole in 2000 and
Carol Moseley Braun in 2004 quit before Iowans caucused in the opening nominating contests of their campaigns.
Since 1920, when women gained the right to vote, only 11 women have won statewide election in Iowa. All told, 21 states have elected women as governors, and eight states have a woman in the statehouse today.
again she has to win in Iowa
There's considerable frustration among activists. Campbell noted that Florida has an older population yet little hesitation sending women to Congress. Nebraska and Kansas are rural, too, but have had female governors.
"There have been women elected in far more conservative states than Iowa," Campbell said. "It is a bit of a perplexing question."
"It may be the candidates," Conlin said. "It may be the right woman has not come along."
If Hillary is going to be the It person in 08 and if *I* were advising her.... she would have to win in Iowa
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