There has been a lot of media attention surrounding Joe Biden’s recent announcement of his presidential candidacy, with outlets such as KPBS labeling him as the “experienced grown up” in the race. While Biden has many merits and a great amount of experience, labeling him as the “experienced grown up” undermines the other extremely qualified candidates. Let’s take a look at three mature, politically experienced women who are also campaigning for the presidency.
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Kamala Harris
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2019, Kamala Harris announced her intention to seek the Democratic nomination for the 2020 Presidential election. Leading up to her journey to the presidency, Kamala Harris served as a District Attorney of San Francisco, California’s first African American and first female Attorney General, and finally as the first African American senator of California. You may also remember her from Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings. She was among some of the most vocal individuals trying to pick apart Kavanaugh, and also made sure to specifically question him about abortion rights. Her grassroots campaign will not be taking any money from super PAC’s. Some of the key components of her platform are putting healthcare at the forefront, and that it should be a right and not a privilege, a belief strengthened by her struggles with her mother being diagnosed with colon cancer. She also aims to create an enormous tax cut for the middle class, which can be seen in her bill proposed before her announcement, LIFT the Middle Class act.
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Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren officially announced her candidacy on February 8, 2019 at a historic strike site, where she intended to appeal to overlooked groups such as the working class, unions, immigrants, and women. Prior to her announcement, she was a professor at several prestigious academic institutions, including Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, before becoming the first female senators in the state of Massachusetts in 2012. Her campaign, like Harris’, will not be taking any donations from super PAC’s. Warren’s campaign also outlines several core beliefs of true, staunch liberals. These components include the elimination of up to $50,000 of student debt per student, eradication of the electoral college, universal childcare, and close the infamous “revolving door” between Wall Street and DC, thus preventing former Senators and Representatives from working in stocks and becoming lobbyists.
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Amy Klobuchar
2 Days after Elizabeth Warren announced her candidacy, Amy Klobuchar officially launched her own presidential campaign. She started her early career as a corporate lawyer but eventually became a prosecutor, finally worked her way up to being a county attorney. In 2006 she kick started her career in politics by becoming the first female Senator in the state of Minnesota. Like Harris and Warren, Klobuchar’s campaign is solely funded through supporter donations, no Super PAC’s. While her platform is not as formally outlined as the previous two candidates, some of her proposals include increasing insurance for farmers, which she has already done as a Senator, reinstating the Clean Power Plan, free community college, and guaranteeing net neutrality.
These are all incredibly brief summaries of only what I believe are some of the most impactful cornerstones of each candidate’s campaign. I implore every reader to click on the hyperlinks to their campaign website and linked articles to learn even more about these three wonderful candidates.