Absolutely perfect:
I can’t tell you how inspirational I found this video to be...and that’s speaking as a dude. I’m gonna guess that it’s about 10x that for women.
Cosmopolitan has a feature piece about how this video came together:
The theory that the 2016 election might inspire women to run for all levels of political office proved true within moments of the presidential inauguration, when hundreds of women signed up for seminars on running successful campaigns. Now, less than a month before the 2018 midterm elections on November 6, women hold a record number of spots on ballots across the country.
Among the women inspired to run are eight whose work for the country started years ago, just in another form. In a new campaign video, debuting exclusively on Cosmopolitan.com, eight women who served in the U.S. Navy, Marines Corps, Air Force, and CIA–Abigail Spanberger and Elaine Luria from Virginia, Chrissy Houlahan from Pennsylvania, Gina Ortiz Jones and MJ Hegar from Texas, Amy McGrath from Kentucky, Mikie Sherrill from New Jersey, and Elissa Slotkin from Michigan–speak about how their service inspired them to run for office this year.
...The video, which features only first-time congressional candidates, was created by Serve America PAC, a political action committee started by Seth Moulton, a Democratic congressman from Massachusetts. It was executive-produced by activist Laurie David, who wanted to highlight these women because of their previous commitment to the country.
"They have already served their country in the most prestigious and courageous way, they have already sworn to uphold the constitution of the United States and now they are choosing once again to serve America," David said in a press release. "We all have an obligation too to serve democracy and that is to vote."
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- Elissa Slotkin (MI-08)
- Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06)
- Mikie Sherill (NJ-11)
- Amy McGrath (KY-06)
- Elaine Luria (VA-02)
- Abigail Spanberger (VA-07)
- MJ Hegar (TX-31)
- Gina Ortiz Jones (TX-23)