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Sohn: Yes, women were born for such a time

FILE — Georgia gubernatorial Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams poses for a photo with the staff at Schroeder's New Deli in Rome, Ga., in mid-May. Last week, Abrams became the first black woman to win a major political party's nomination for governor. (Audra Melton/The New York Times)
FILE — Georgia gubernatorial Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams poses for a photo with the staff at Schroeder's New Deli in Rome, Ga., in mid-May. Last week, Abrams became the first black woman to win a major political party's nomination for governor. (Audra Melton/The New York Times)

By Pam Sohn 4 min read

And still the women keep winning.

Stacy Abrams, the history-making African-American female Democratic nominee for Georgia governor, is just one example.

Many more women are running for elected office, especially this year – the year in the echoes of Donald Trump’s “hot mic” tape in which he boasts about grabbing women to kiss them and grope their private body parts. This year when the #metoo movement is still gaining steam.

In 1970, there was just one female Senate candidate. Today, there are 49 to 54 women running, depending on whether and which third-party candidates you include, according to a new count by CNN. There were 394 women running for the House and 56 in governor’s races (including third-party candidates), as of last Wednesday.

Certainly more state primary elections will winnow those numbers and fewer women will appear on ballots in November.