Female candidates boost Dems hopes in tough year
Female candidates boost Dems hopes in tough year
By DONNA CASSATA
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A woman nicknamed Rocky. A daughter of former migrant farmworkers. A child of politics.
These female candidates for the House embody Democratic hopes in a rough election year.
President Barack Obama's unpopularity is a drag on his fellow Democrats, and no one is talking seriously about breaking the GOP lock on the House in midterm elections, when the president's party traditionally loses seats.
But Democrats, after robust recruiting of female candidates, are counting on women to knock out a few GOP men.
That's where Rocky from New Mexico - 39-year-old Roxanne "Rocky" Lara - comes in.
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Hell, all of my representation at the national level are women. 
Susan Debene
Mary Cantwell
Patty Murray
Not perfect, maybe, but good women working for our state and the nation.
