Democrat Candidates Want To See More Women On The Ballot
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COLUMBIA CITY – It’s been almost 100 years since women received the right to vote in America and they now determine elections as both candidates and voters, Trish Whitcomb told a gathering of Democrats Saturday. Whitcomb, president of the Indiana Democratic Federation of Women and former campaign manager for Public Instruction Superintendent Glenda Ritz, was one of several speakers at the 28th Indiana 3rd District Democrat dinner. Many of them emphasized the need to send Democrats to Indianapolis to support Ritz as well as the need to put more women in the statehouse. “This is the 94th year that women have had the vote, and now women are the majority of voters,” Whitcomb said. “The party that puts more women on the ballot is the party that wins.” She noted that Ritz, one of two high-profile Democrat winners in 2012, didn’t just get lucky. “She had a plan and she won big. She got 1.2 million votes, more than Mike Pence got. She had a clear vision of the policy implications of the job and she had the support of the public and independents,” she said. “She would invite you to imagine Indiana with more Democrats in office, and imagine those victories paving the way for a Democratic governor to sit in the office in 2016.” Beth White, Democrat candidate for secretary of state, said Ritz “deserves a friend in the statehouse, not somebody who’s gonna beat her up” and find ways to undermine her position. White also remarked that, while it’s great to see women in positions like state secretary and auditor, both were appointed – one after a previous secretary was convicted of voter fraud and the other when the auditor resigned after only three months. She said she’d rather see women actually run for the positions. As secretary of state herself, White said she would make sure every vote counts and that the state does what’s best for working people. “You deserve better in the statehouse. Republicans in the statehouse are not listening to you. They don’t care about working people – they talk like working people in Indiana are the enemy,” she said. “The Republican Party in Indiana has lost their minds.” Also during the dinner, longtime Democratic volunteer Pat Moore, who died in February, was posthumously honored with the J. Edward Roush Service Award. She received praise for her faith and dedication, and her family received the award on her behalf.
