Episode 134: Running for Office

The Broad Experience

Careers, Society & Culture, Business

5.0 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The US midterm elections are just around the corner. In this episode we meet two women running for office for the first time, Suzanna Coleman and Morgan Murtaugh - one Democrat, one Republican. They're from different generations and different parts of the country. Each hopes to unseat an incumbent who's been around for a long time.

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0:33.8	No pressure.
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0:35.9	But for now, just relax.
0:37.8	I'm actually relax. Welcome to the broad experience, the show about women, the workplace, and success. I'm Ashley Nolte.
0:55.7	This time, America's midterm elections are coming up in a few weeks, and plenty of women are
1:01.3	running for political office for the first time. They're stepping away from their regular jobs to campaign.
1:07.7	Person of color and a Democrat has never won this seat.
1:11.2	I don't think anybody's ever run for this seat.
1:14.4	Just because of my party affiliation, people assume they know everything about me.
1:19.8	But I am the next generation of Republicans.
1:23.7	I'm not what we see right now.
1:25.9	Coming up on the broad experience.
1:36.8	My first guest is part of a wave of black women running for office in a southern state
1:41.9	known for its good old boy network.
1:44.7	My name is Susanna Coleman, and I am an attorney, and I am running for Alabama House District 15.
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