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Tag : election 2018
November 8, 2018 by Joan Roth
When Election Night Isn’t A Victory
While women broke many a glass ceiling this week, not every story had a happy ending. We were on the scene with Florida candidate Lauren Baer who ran a tough race in Florida, as the disappointing results came in.
“My campaign started with a sense of duty to defend the rights of my very sick mother and with a dream that I could help create a better world for my very young daughter,” she said in her concession speech. “But from the very start this campaign was about more than my mother and my daughter. It’s been about a dream that we all share…that children can be born into this world safe and wanted, that they can learn in good public schools and play in clean water and live free from senseless gun violence… Although our campaign must end tonight, our movement to restore faith in democracy will live on ….”
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November 1, 2018 by Noa Kattler Kupetz
Jewish Women to Watch in Election 2018
With less than a week until Election Day, here’s an update on the Jewish female candidates profiled by Lilith in our Summer and Fall issues.
Alma Hernandez, Democrat • Candidate for Arizona’s 3rd District
There are two spots in the race, and Hernandez is polling in second behind Andres Cano (D). Though there is a Green Party candidate, no Republican candidate is running for the seats, virtually guaranteeing Hernandez’s win.
-If elected, Hernandez will become the youngest member of the Arizona state legislature, and first Mexican American Jewish woman in office.
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October 25, 2018 by Joan Roth
On the Road With Susan Wild in Pennsylvania
Lilith photographer Joan Roth and her granddaughter, Lilith writer Shira Gorelick, visited the congressional campaign of Susan Wild in Pennsylvania’s 7th district and documented what they found. Shira’s account is accompanied by Joan’s photos below.
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