Lori Chavez-DeRemer sat in the gallery of the House nearly two decades ago with her mom and her twin daughters – tourists peering down at lawmakers on the floor of the chamber. “I’d really love to be here someday,” the Oregon Republican recalled telling her mother, who encouraged her to think about a run. She’d recently been [...]
Jennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox Tuesday, February 8, 2022 As the 2022 midterm election season gets underway, speculation is already mounting that it’s going to be another banner year for female candidates. Early reports suggest that Black women and Republican women are especially poised to make historic gains. But make no mistake, even if 2022 is another so-called “Year of the [...]
VIEW PAC executive director Julie Conway joined the podcast to talk about Republican women's successes in the 2020 campaign cycle. Conway discusses the challenges of recruiting women for Congress, the role that President Trump plays in these races, and the Georgia Senate runoffs. Listen now: iTunes Spotify SoundCloud
A network of mentors helped support female Republicans this cycle California Rep.-elect Young Kim, here campaigning in Brea, Calif., in 2018, says the level of behind-the-scenes support for GOP female candidates was more palpable this year because the party made it a higher priority. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo) The coronavirus pandemic sent candidates scrambling [...]
Karen Handel, who was endorsed by VIEW PAC, easily advanced to the GA-06 run-off last night. As expected, Democrat Jon Ossoff led the field with 48% of the vote. Handel finished in second place with 20%, easily besting her GOP rivals. With 100% of the precincts reporting, Ossoff fell just short of the 50% threshold required [...]
VIEW PAC is proud to announce its endorsement of Karen Handel for the GA-06 special election scheduled for April 18. Karen’s deep roots in GA-06 and her strong name ID make her an early frontrunner in the race. The first public survey for this race taken last week shows her with 25% of the vote and [...]
Please Join Us At VIEW PAC’s 2017 Kick-Off Reception There is no other organization that comes close to having as great an impact on the races of Republican women running for the US House and Senate. We are helping these women with the maximum support possible, as early in their primaries as possible – when it [...]
Please join VIEWPAC in welcoming the 115th Congress’s two freshman female Republican members: Liz Cheney (WY-al) Liz is an international law attorney and foreign policy specialist who held several positions at the U.S. State Department during the George W. Bush Administration. In the fall of 2015, Rep. Cynthia Lummis announced her retirement, Liz ran for and [...]