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‘See Jane Win’: A riveting political deconstruction of 2018

By any measure, the 2018 elections were historic: A record 117 women were elected to Congress, including the first two female Muslim representatives; almost 1,900 women (another record) were elected to state legislatures, nine to state governorships, and countless to local office. The New York Times declared 2018 the “Year of the Woman.”

They were largely reacting to the election of President Donald Trump, but other factors played a role. Hillary Clinton’s defeat,

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