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FIRST ON FOX: A newly formed group that aims to increase the number of female Republican governors across the country is showcasing its initial fundraising and making its first endorsement in a GOP gubernatorial primary.
Right Direction Women, the first national group exclusively focused on electing female Republican candidates for governor, says that it’s brought in $1 million in fundraising.
And the super PAC, which officially launched on April 6, is endorsing former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch in her state’s GOP gubernatorial primary in the race to face off in November with first-term Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. The fundraising and endorsement announcements were shared first with Fox News on Tuesday.
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Former Wisconsin Lt. Gov Rebecca Kleefisch on Sept. 9, 2021 formally announced her 2022 campaign for governor, launching a Republican challenge against Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
(Kleefisch gubernatorial campaign)
There are currently nine female governors across the country, but only three are Republicans: Govs. Kay Ivey of Alabama, Kristi Noem of South Dakota and Kay Reynolds of Iowa.
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A video announcing the group’s launch emphasized that “women Republican governors are leading the way forward with commonsense conservative change, moving their states in the right direction.”
And the narrator in the video pointed out that “19 states have still had only men as their state’s top executive. But we are going to change that by making this the year of Republican women governors, because a woman’s place is leading her state.”
Former New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, who made history as her state’s first woman governor and the nation’s first Hispanic female governor, is honorary chair of Right Direction Women.
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