Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I The Candidates 13
Chapter 1 Abigail Spanberger
The Resistance Comes for the Ballot: Spring 2017 15
Chapter 2 Meet the Class of 2018
Candidate Training: Summer 2017 34
Chapter 3 The 2017 Elections and London Lamar
Big Wins, Campaign Launches, and a Glimpse of What's to Come: Fall 2017 and Winter 2018 58
Chapter 4 Anna Eskamani
Testing a Progressive Agenda in a Purple District: Spring 2018 83
Chapter 5 Catalina Cruz
A Former Dreamer Takes On Trump: Spring 2018 98
Part II The Campaigns 109
Chapter 6 Take the Money and Run
Fundraising: Spring and Summer 2018 111
Chapter 7 On the Record
Media: Late Spring and Summer 2018 131
Chapter 8 Unbought and Unbossed
Candidates of Color: Summer 2018 145
Chapter 9 When Mom's the Candidate
Childcare, Breastfeeding, and Public Perception: Fall 2018 170
Chapter 10 Offense and Defense
Attack Ads, Trolls, and Debates: Fall 2018 186
Part III The Victories 205
Chapter 11 Primaries
The Blue Wave Is Pink: Fall 2018 207
Chapter 12 A Reckoning
The Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing, #MeToo, and the Final Push: Fall 2018 225
Chapter 13 Election Night
Historic Wins for Women: November 2018 240
Chapter 14 The Future Is Here
Swearing In and the First Few Weeks in Office: Winter 2019 253
Chapter 15 2020 Vision
2019 and Beyond 275
Acknowledgments 287
Notes on Sources 289
Index 311