Politics Quote by Jeanne Shaheen

For most women, running for office starts with a passion for an issue you care about. For me, it's always been about human rights,…

— Catherine Cortez Masto

I'll never forget when I was running, when I was knocking on doors for my first office as I served as a Cleveland city…

— Nina Turner

We have seen a lot of barriers removed for women like myself with young children to be able to run for office.

— MJ Hegar

I had run other people's campaigns. I had been doing political activities for a decade before I ever ran for office myself. That is…

— Mazie Hirono

Basically I'm the first woman [run a president campaign] - it doesn't get covered a lot because I'm in the wrong party to have…

— Kellyanne Conway

As a woman candidate myself, I know how important it was to be encouraged to run, to think outside of the box.

— Elise Stefanik

All my politics and campaigning has been around issues that affect women: violence against women, welfare cuts to women.

— Jack Monroe

When I first ran, being a woman in politics was seen as both a negative and also a positive. You could attract more women…

— Tammy Duckworth

When I first ran for office in 1980, there weren't that many women running for office.

— Mazie Hirono

As a husband and as a father of girls, I cannot imagine any woman in my family making the sacrifice of sanity required to…

— Mark McKinnon

“The important thing is that we are participating-whether it's by running, voting, or supporting (financially or otherwise) candidates who make a difference to women.…

— Jessica Valenti

I didn't go into politics because I'm a woman. I have done this because I have been interested in politics my whole life.

— Ksenia Sobchak