6 #DemWomen are Leading the Fight to Take Back the Senate

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Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ), Maggie Hassan (NH), Deborah Ross (NC), Katie McGinty (PA), Tammy Duckworth (IL), Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)

Female candidates are leading the push for a Democratic return to power in the Senate as Donald Trump’s sagging poll numbers leave the Republican majority under extreme pressure.

Even before Trump became the Republican presidential nominee, Democrats had a decent chance of picking up enough seats to wrest the Senate majority from Mitch McConnell’s hands: they need only four seats if there’s a Democratic president, or five if there’s not.

And in five of the seven states where Democrats have a strong chance of picking up seats, the candidates are women.

Read the full article on “The Guardian.”