Meet conservative women running for a first term in Congress: Young Kim of California, Ashley Hinson of Iowa and Lisa Scheller of Pennsylvania. Margaret Hoover explores their motivations for running, policies and visions for the Republican Party.
“Let's be frank, in the past, the Republican Party has not done as good of a job of encouraging and recruiting women to run for partisan offices,” says Kim, who ran two years ago and narrowly lost. This time, she says there is more support from the party. If she wins, she will be the first Korean American woman in Congress.
Scheller, a former opioid addict from coal country who now employs other recovering opioid addicts, says her candidacy is about advancing the values that she represents, including those of “personal liberty, equality of opportunity” and “low taxes.”
Hinson is a former local news anchor turned Iowa State Representative who is looking to unseat Democratic Rep. Abby Finkenauer, who was elected in 2018. She tells Hoover that one of her inspirations for running is increasing the number of conservative women in Congress.
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Join author, activist and commentator Margaret Hoover for a public affairs talk show that delivers a civil and engaging contest of ideas among the brightest minds and voices from across the ideological spectrum. Produced by WNET/Thirteen.
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