Surge in young women planning to run for office

Surge in young women planning to run for office

Brittany Shearer has always been interested in politics. She majored in political science in college, and regularly calls her state representatives about issues she cares about, such as education. But something changed when Donald Trump won the GOP presidential nomination last summer: She decided to run for office herself, and aims to get elected to the state Senate in Virginia within the next five years.

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