Baby Baby Baby You're Out of Time

    Reality check on that "next woman candidate" thing. Women tend to rise to positions of power 10 or more years later than their male counterparts - if they're not being pulled up by some family connection slightly earlier.

    Lisa Murkowski - daughter of Senator
    Nancy Pelosi - daughter of mayor, husband's brother on San Francisco board
    Dianne Feinstein - became mayor through previous mayor's assassination
    Susan Collins - daughter of mayor/state senator
    Kirsten Gillibrand - grew out of Albany political machine
    Maria Cantwell - father held several influential positions, including Andrew Jacobs' CoS

    Patty Murray - self-made, state senator at 39, Senate at 43
    Kamala Harris - self-made, California AG at 46, Senator at 52
    Elizabeth Warren - self-made, advisory roles from age 36; senate at age 63
    Shelly Moore Capito - self-made, West VA house 43, Senate 57
    Mazie Hirono - self-made, state congress 34, Lt Gov 47, Congress 60, Senate 67
    Deb Fischer - self-made (entered politics at 54)
    Joni Ernst - self-made (state senate at 41)
    Tammy Duckworth - self-made, Illinois Veteran's Affairs at 38, Congress at 44
    Heidi Heitkamp - self-made, Senator at 57 (state AG 10 years before)
    Claire McCaskill - self-made, Senate at 53
    Kirsten Gillibrand - self-made, House at 40, Senate 42 (special election to replace Hillary)

    Ted Cruz - Bush Administration, age 29
    Marco Rubio - Florida House, age 27
    Jeb Bush - Governor age 45
    Barack Obama - state senate, 36
    Jerry Brown - governor 37
    Mike Pence - Congress 41 (after failed elections 9 & 11 years before)
    Andrew Cuomo - secretary of HUD, 40
    Anthony Weiner - Congress, 32
    Rick Santorum - Congress, 33
    Joe Biden - Senate, 30  (btw, in his 20's he was a Republican - anyone ever complain about that? Goldwater guy?)
    Ted Kennedy - Senate, 30
    Newt Gingrich - House, 35 (after 2 losses)
    Mitch McConnell - Senate, 42
    Paul Ryan - House, 28
    Russ Feingold - Wisconsin Senate 29, Senate 39
    Scott Walker - Governor, 43
    Chris Christie - Governor, 47

     

     

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