CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The number of women running for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives set a record Thursday [4-5-18], the vast majority of them Democrats motivated by angst over President Donald Trump and policies of the Republican-controlled Congress. Their ranks will continue to grow in the weeks ahead, with filing deadlines still to come in more than half the states. In many places, women are running for congressional seats that have never had a female representative… A surge of women into this year’s midterm elections had been expected since the Women’s March demonstrations nationwide just after Trump’s inauguration in January 2017. Numbers analyzed by The Associated Press show that momentum is continuing. After Virginia released its candidate list Thursday, a total of 309 women from the two major parties have filed candidacy papers to run for the House. That tops the previous record of 298 in 2012.”
–Geoff Mulvihill and Muareen Linke, “Number of women running for US House seats sets record,” The associated Press, April 5, 2018 11:15 am