Michele Oberholtzer (left) and Maria Taylor.
Two Detroit area residents are among a mass of women on the cover of Time magazine who are running for elective office around the country.
The cover, titled "The Avengers," includes Michele Oberholtzer, a Detroit housing activist, who is running for Michigan House District 4, Metro Times reports. Oberholtzer is under "I" in the publication's name. Right below the "S" is Farmington City Council candidate Maria Taylor.
Time's article begins:
One year ago, millions of women protested in the streets. Now there are more women running for office than ever before...
Call it payback, call it a revolution, call it the Pink Wave, inspired by marchers in their magenta hats and the activism that followed. There is an unprecedented surge of first-time female candidates, overwhelmingly Democratic, running for offices big and small, from the U.S. Senate and state legislatures to local school boards. At least 79 women are exploring runs for governor in 2018, potentially doubling a record for female candidates set in 1994, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
The number of Democratic women likely challenging incumbents in the U.S. House of Representatives is up nearly 350% from 41 women in 2016. Roughly 900 women contacted Emily’s List, which recruits and trains pro-choice Democratic women, about running for office from 2015 to 2016; since President Trump’s election, more than 26,000 women have reached out about launching a campaign. The group had to knock down a wall in its Washington office to make room for more staff.
