Women who ran for Congress avoided women's issues in their campaign ads
- Written by Shawn Parry-Giles, Professor of Communication, University of Maryland
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A record number of women were sworn into Congress on Jan. 3.
The influx of women candidates helped turn the midterm election into what many observers dubbed a “Year of the Woman.”
But despite a tide of voter sentiment favoring women, these winners got to Congress or a...
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