Abstract
It’s clear that many Americans have a new or renewed interest and engagement in politics. The 2018 national and state elections got a lot of media attention as more women, people of color and LGBT individuals filed for office in record numbers. In Michigan, where only 23% of state lawmakers were women in 2016, there were women on the 2018 ballot for governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and in 63% of the state’s Senate races and 71% of House races, according to a Reuters report. A similar phenomenon played out in North Carolina where I live and serve in the state House. Gale Adcock, MSN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, is Chief Health Officer at the global software company SAS Institute, Cary, NC, and a member of the NC House of Representatives. If you have a question you would like addressed in a future column, we welcome your thoughts; e-mail the department editor at [email protected]
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