Thank you Donald Trump for giving us the year of the woman | Keli Goff

Had Trump not won, had it been Clinton or even a decent man like John Kasich, it’s possible fewer women would have run for office

I’m about to type words I never thought I would: women owe Donald Trump a big thank you. And no that’s not sarcasm.

While media this election cycle devoted an inordinate amount of coverage to male candidates deemed rising stars within the Democratic party, such as Texas Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke and African American Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, lesser known women candidates were actually emerging as the real stars of the 2018 election.

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