BOSTON (AP) – Democrats are turning to Hillary Rodham Clinton to drum up support among female voters as polls show her party could be losing ground among women in next month’s elections.
Clinton was rallying Democrats in Boston on behalf of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, who is running for governor. The former secretary of state was holding similar events later in the day in Rhode Island and Maine to help Democratic candidates for governor.
Clinton says in Boston that Coakley’s race against Republican Charlie Baker shouldn’t be close, but it’s an election season where it’s close everywhere.
Democrats need strong support from women on Nov. 4, a midterm election in which the party is defending its Senate majority. Some see signs that their traditional edge among women may be narrowing.