Amy Klobuchar was 37 when she ran for Hennepin County district attorney in Minnesota. Her opponent, in a 1998 debate, labeled her "nothing but a street fighter" -- to which Klobuchar responded, "thank you." The image of a tough competitor is one that Klobuchar, who is now a Democratic
Amy Klobuchar was 37 when she ran for Hennepin County district attorney in Minnesota. Her opponent, in a 1998 debate, labeled her “nothing but a street fighter” — to which Klobuchar responded, “thank you.” The image of a tough competitor is one that Klobuchar, who is now a Democratic senator from Minnesota and presidential candidate, has come to embrace.
Ahead of Buttigieg’s 38th birthday Sunday, The Times spoke with female politicians the same age as him for insights into the career paths and outlooks of women in office, asking them the same questions about politics, experience and identity that Buttigieg has answered in some form. It’s not lost on me that at no other time in the history of the republic would somebody like me, doing something like this, have ever gotten this far. I believe that validates the idea that this is a moment that calls for somebody like me.
Nichole Frethem, member of the Ramsey County, Minnesota, Board of Commissioners. I’m a dork and not fun at parties and would talk someone’s ear off about a weird public policy nuance, and probably to get away from me they’d say you should run for office. I came back from the deployment and realized that you only get to live one life. And I was not interested in not knowing what it was like to be in love any longer, so I just came out. I had no idea what kind of professional setback it would be, especially because inconveniently it was an election year in my socially conservative community.
Stuck: When I first got into office I tried to start a bipartisan paper caucus. I spent an entire day calling 35 Republicans and Democrats who had paper companies in their districts to see if they would be interested in starting something like this with me and they all said sure, they were interested keep them informed. And a few hours later Republicans put out a statement saying they were starting the bipartisan paper caucus.
Frethem: I mean, child care was one of the big policy things I wanted to do more to invest in, especially in our family child care providers which in Minnesota are licensed by the county agencies I would oversee as a commissioner. It’s both personal and professional and political for me to talk about child care.
Buttigieg, asked by Gabriel Debenedetti in New York Magazine about the importance of ceremony in politics: Edwards: A lot of the issues people are facing are life and death issues, access to health insurance, immigration, gun violence. I want to make sure people understand I get that. My dad was diagnosed with cancer when I was 10 years old and he died when I was 17. I learned what access to health insurance looked like by asking my father whether his treatments were going to be covered or not. That’s a real issue. For so many, I’m speaking for them when I say that.
Marquez: We Latinas are overly sexualized. I’m always very careful of people not perceiving me as too sexy or giving off a sexual vibe. It’s a delicate balance, because there’s things I can’t control about how my face looks or my body looks. I don’t want to look too expensive and it’s like she looks elitist, or if I look poor it’s like I’m perpetuating the poor Mexican stereotype.
Kelly: Union negotiations, there is no better way to learn when to fight and when to compromise, to learn about prioritizing issues and understand the value of preparedness. There was a nasty gram in the inbox [once], somebody talking about how by visiting the school and bringing Chasten a cup of coffee, I had put things in kids heads that they had no business knowing about at that age, and it was like I was corrupting the youth by trying to be nice to my partner.
Hembree: I’ve had nicknames that were pejorative and reference my femininity. Someone I knew was referring to me as ‘skirts’ behind my back. I think as a young woman who steps into a leadership role you have to have a pretty high ability to let those types of things roll off your back. Stuck: I’m trying to show how we can work better together and being the kind of politician that doesn’t attack the other party. I’m one of the only Democrats that shows up at the conservative coalition town hall in my district, and I think it’s really important that I still show up and listen.
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