Feeling outgunned by men in government, a “Main Street” Republican group has launched a multi-city campaign to get women registered to vote and on the ballots to run for office.
“Let’s not complain, let’s get involved” is how Main Street Advocacy’s Sarah Chamberlain described the effort that kicks off with a town hall forum in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday.
The tour has stops scheduled in four states where local women lawmakers will join in the “Women 2 Women” issue debates.
While the group leans GOP, she said the effort is bipartisan with a simple goal of getting more women to vote. The effort hopes to get women talking about the issues before Washington, including the country’s expanding war on terrorism and ISIS.
“We are switching from ‘soccer moms’ to ‘security moms,’ ” she told Secrets.
Chamberlain said the goal is also to get more women elected to legislatures in order to provide a female perspective to state and national issues. “We are 53 percent of the vote and we are not being represented,” she said, noting that just 20 percent of the members of Congress are women.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
