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Jessi Ebben: “We've stayed around that number [33 women in the state…”

Featuring: Jessi Ebben, Republican | Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, 7th Congressional District

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Hometown Conversations: Women in local government

Published | Video Starts at 30:21

I think that shows that Wisconsin has never really shied away from having women involved. And you know, we had, in 1989 is actually when we hit a peak for women elected to the state … We've stayed around that number [33 women in the state assembly] for more than 30 years. … a third, 33 in the assembly. That's a third of the assembly representatives. And so that's more than 20 years ago. So we've. It's more than 30 years ago. (30:21–30:22)

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Asserts that Wisconsin has maintained around 33 women in the state assembly for over 30 years.

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