Leading Female Candidates
Only one of the eighteen women running in this election won a seat. Where run-offs are mentioned, these took place on December 2. Below is a non-comprehensive list of some of the women candidates in the election.
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Famous quotes containing the words leading, female and/or candidates:
“The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“Let God be some tribal female who is known but forbidden.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“The difficulty is no longer to find candidates for the offices, but offices for the candidates.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)