Women in Politics

Planted in Purpose: The Political Leaders Hillary Clinton Trained, Mentored, and Sent Into the Arena

Across Senate offices, State Department corridors, and campaign field operations, Hillary Clinton spent decades deliberately cultivating the next generation of Democratic leadership. Today, the women and progressive leaders who passed through her orbit are winning elections, shaping legislation, and carrying her blueprint into chambers of power she never held herself. This is the story of the most consequential political mentorship network in modern American history.

Jul 1, 2026

Refusing the Concession: Progressive Women Who Are Competing — and Prevailing — on Hostile Political Ground

Conventional political wisdom has long decreed that certain states and districts belong, immovably, to the Republican Party — that the map is fixed, the math unforgiving, and the effort wasted. A new generation of progressive Democratic women is dismantling that assumption race by race, county by county. Drawing energy from the coalition Hillary Clinton assembled in 2016 and the organizing infrastructure built in the years since, these candidates are proving that no zip code should be written of

Jul 1, 2026

Eight Races, One Movement: The 2026 Downballot Contests Where Progressive Women Could Rewrite the Rules

While national attention fixates on marquee federal contests, some of the most consequential battles for reproductive rights, election integrity, and economic justice in 2026 will be decided in statehouses, attorney general offices, and secretary of state races most Americans have never heard of. Here are eight downballot campaigns where progressive women candidates have a genuine shot at shifting the balance of power — and where your support could make the difference.

Jul 1, 2026

From Inspired to Elected: How Hillary Clinton's 2016 Campaign Ignited a Women's Revolution in State and Local Politics

When Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic nomination in 2016, millions of women across America did not simply watch history — they decided to make it themselves. The surge of women running for school boards, city councils, and state legislatures in the years that followed represents one of the most consequential political mobilizations in modern American history. The glass ceiling at the national level may have held that November, but the cracks it left behind sent shards of ambition into eve

Jul 1, 2026

The Bench That Will Outlast Every Election: How Progressive Women Are Reshaping the Federal Judiciary

Federal judges serve for life, and for decades the composition of America's courts skewed overwhelmingly white, male, and conservative. A determined coalition of progressive advocacy groups, Democratic senators, and the nominees themselves are working to change that — and the resistance they face reveals just how much is at stake. The fight over who sits on the federal bench may be the most consequential, and least covered, battle in American democracy.

Jun 30, 2026

From the Trailblazer to the Torchbearers: The New Generation of Democratic Women Rewriting American Politics

Hillary Clinton shattered the highest and hardest glass ceiling in American political history when she became the first woman nominated for president by a major party — but she was the first to insist the ceiling remains stubbornly intact. A new wave of Democratic women is now picking up the hammer, running for offices at every level with unprecedented ambition, coalition support, and urgency. Their stories are different, but their mission echoes unmistakably.

Jun 30, 2026