WoMNLinks – January 13th, 2010
Starting off today’s links, 3rd CD candidate Maureen Hackett has released her second radio ad. Joe Bodell has an interview with Hackett and her opponent for the DFL nomination here. I will be meeting with Hackett on Friday, so if you have any questions for the candidate, please feel free to email me or leave them in the comments.
In gubernatorial news, Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher released her fundraising numbers last week. Despite not entering the race until August, she has managed to raise over $250,000 in those few months, and has $81,000 cash on hand. She also announced raising $80,000 in the month of December.
Making news in another way, Former State Auditor Pat Anderson announced she is exiting the governor’s race yesterday. Citing an unsettled field of GOP candidates, she’s declared that she will once again run for State Auditor. This departure represents the last female GOP governor candidate, with state Representative Laura Brod leaving last year for health reasons. This means that the entire governor’s race is now down to 2 female candidates, or 10% of the candidates, from a potential high of 25% back in June.
Quote of the day: “Home ownership doesn’t work too well without a woman willing or able to take on a share of the workload — or all of it.”
