Women leaders needed in the Legislature — now | Opinion

Training June 17-18 in St. Cloud aims to help women run for office

There’s only one state in this country with a female majority in its state legislature, and unfortunately, it isn’t Minnesota.

In the Land of 10,000 Lakes, women are 50.3% of the population but only hold about 36% of the state legislative seats. The number is drastically lower for women of color, who are 18.2% of the Minnesota population but only 6.47% of the Legislature.

At the current place, it would take Minnesota more than two decades to reach gender equality in our Legislature, and it would be more than 60 years for the entire country to create a reflective democracy in our statehouses.

Vote Run Lead is developing strategies to elect female majorities in all 50 statehouses through our RUN/51 program by focusing on three key bellwether states: New York, Georgia and my home state of Minnesota.

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