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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics. It's Thursday,

April 19th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker. A record-breaking number of

women are running this year for Congress and for governor, 607 of them. Emily's list, a political

action committee that funds pro-choice female candidates,

has raised more money than in any previous midterm season since its founding in 1985.

Alyssa Slotkin, a former analyst for the CIA, who's competing for a congressional seat in rural

Michigan and is supported by Emily's list, was asked

in an interview recently whether Trump's election has spurred the wave of women candidates.

You know, I think it was part of it, but it was the overall tenor in tone, just to women feeling like,

if not me, then who, and if not now, when?

The majority of these candidates are Democrats, but there's also been an increase of women

on the Republican side.

Representative Martha McSally of Arizona, a Republican running for a Senate seat, has been

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