Run for Office, Bergen Executive Urges Women

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Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan said Wednesday that more women should consider running for public office, stating that their numbers at the state, national and local level remain relatively small.

In a speech to the League of Women Voters of Ridgewood, Donovan noted that New Jersey has had just one female governor, one female lieutenant governor and five congresswomen, with none since Marge Roukema, a Ridgewood Republican, left office after the 2002 election.

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Run for Office, Bergen Executive Urges Women

She added that New Jersey has 34 women in the state Legislature, 30 female freeholders and 25 elected co...

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