

Why So Few Women Running for Office?
Editor's Note: A version of this article was originally published before the November 2016 election. Since that time, a record number of women have entered races. KQED’s Forum recently hosted a show on the political gender gap. The premise is that we have too few women running for office at the federal and local levels. Getting women to run at the federal level starts by having women run at the local level — those down-ballot races that few people pay attention to. That’s bec