A tax attorney, minority leader in the Georgia statehouse, and romance novelist, Stacey Abrams brings her incredible energy to a tough primary fight in Georgia.
Christine Lui Chen is a neuroscientist and health-care expert, which is a big part of the reason why she’s running for a seat in the New Jersey statehouse.
When Jennifer Carroll Foy—a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and a public defender—decided to run for a seat in the Virginia statehouse, she was months behind her opponent’s fundraising goals. And no one knew she was pregnant with twins.
Twenty-three-year-old Mexican-American Crystal Murillo is running for a seat on town council in her hometown, Aurora, Colorado. Her opponent? The incumbent, a 79-year-old white Republican woman.