Kelly Dittmar is an assistant professor of political science at Rutgers University-Camden and scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.
While our organizations will celebrate important victories for Black women candidates in 2018, this work to reduce barriers and enhance investment in Black women’s political success is needed well beyond this election year.
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