FEC chair ’embarrassed’ by number of elected women

By Rudy Takala

Published September 4, 2015 4:01am ET

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FEC chair ’embarrassed’ by number of elected women — "Women tend not to be in the higher echelons of the economy. There are very few women CEOs in the United States, and women have much less access to wealthy donors." (AP File Photo) | Rich Pedroncelli

The chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission said Thursday she was “embarrassed” by the number of women elected to office in the United States and faulted the role of contributions in politics.

“You know, I’m a little embarrassed almost, because in the United States, clearly … money does have an outsized influence in politics,” Ann Ravel said at a conference in Mexico City,

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