This is an exellent read…thanks to commenter Duane12 for sending me the link.
“The gender is interesting,” said Happ, who got 52 percent of the vote in a primary against two men. “I think women are saying, ‘Listen, we want more representation in our elected officials.’ Because we are woefully underrepresented.”
Win or lose, having Burke and Happ on the same ticket is significant in a state where no woman has held the top office, only one has been attorney general and Baldwin is the first female U.S. senator. Three women have served in the largely powerless office of lieutenant governor, including Republican incumbent Rebecca Kleefisch.
When women hold the top spot, Duerst-Lahti said, “there’s a role model effect, it opens the door for other women to move up easier and faster, and regardless of anything else, we have not had that in Wisconsin.”
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