Kingmakers
All year long, we have heard about benchmarks for women, such as the possibility that Nevada will have a majority-female legislature this year. Most of them involve women seeking—money, office, support.
But one mailer from a candidate suggests women are also moving into a role of men seeking their endorsements. The flyer was sent out by Reno city council candidate Paul McKenzie, and it features endorsements by three leading Nevada public figures. What makes this one different is that all three endorsements come from women. We’re not sure we have ever seen this happen before in a single piece of campaign literature. The endorsements are from former Nevada regent, secretary of state and attorney general Frankie Sue Del Papa, Nevada Assembly majority leader Teresa Benitez Thompson, and U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.